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#1 oxybe Dec 06, 2010 21:14:55	so after 2 years of scheduling conflicts and work, i went to the dentist. standard session with the good doctor. face gets drilled a little bit, some filling put in. oh yeah, and i had been put in a headlock by a large man as he puts about a dozen needles and a vice in my mouth for the first time: partially due to a cavity, partially due to my wisdom tooth coming in a potentially awkward angle, we removed the tooth and i now have a gaping hole in the back of my mouth with some gauze shoved in it. so yeah... how much does adult teeth go on the tooth fairy market?
#2 Mad_Jack Dec 06, 2010 23:11:46
#3 jesse.two.coins Dec 07, 2010 6:55:35	bahahahahahaha
#4 iqwinn Dec 07, 2010 13:42:44	Dang!  You didn't get anesthesia?  Your insurance must really suck. The two times I had oral surgery (early 20's, then just a couple of years ago), I got an IV stuck into my arm, with a juncture near the needle.  The dentist stuck in a couple of syringes into the junture, push in a little on both of them, and I was out in less than a minute (and I mean, back of my head slammed against the headrest, darkness overtook me, unconscious).  I never woke up, although I did become ludidly aware during the surgery that something was going on (first time was when I was having my wisdom teeth removed:  lower left one was partially impacted, and he had to use a drill (more like an endmill) to break it up; no pain, just awareness of the drilling.  Second time I was having bone grafted to my jaw in that same area:  this time, I felt the braces holding my mouth open, and I realized that my hands were strapped to the arms of the chair, a very wise precaution)
#5 oxybe Dec 07, 2010 15:22:52	actually, the most pain i felt was when the dentist accidentally pinched my beard while removing the tooth. having my teeth drilled/filled was actually more nauseating then the procedure. seriously, the guy headlocking me and pulling out a tooth with some pliers (or whatever it is they use exactly) was the least disconcerning part of the trip. and though the entire process sounds ridiculously painful, but it wasn't in the slightest. i asked what the procedure would entail and never thought to ask for the anesthesia. dude pretty much just said: i'm going to numb out your mouth until you can't feel a thing and hold your head still. you'll feel a push while i remove the tooth. that's exactly what happened. he numbed out my mouth, held my head, fiddled a bit and i heard a "crack". i then see him pull out and hand me a gauze to bite on and my tooth. i was fully awake for the procedure. it was actually really fast and we finished at around 5pm and i was sucking on gauze for the rest of the night. i woke up this morning and went to work no problems. i can eat solids, as long as i use the left side of the mouth, i should be good by tomorrow or thursday for solids on the right side. i've not really had many operations done. the only time i remember being put under is when they had to tighten one of the muscles in my eye due to me having two lazy eyes, with one lazier then the other (they just tightened the laziest's muscles and my brain picked up the slack. sortof).
#6 Mad_Jack Dec 08, 2010 0:06:18	i've not really had many operations done. the only time i remember being put under is when they had to tighten one of the muscles in my eye due to me having two lazy eyes, with one lazier then the other (they just tightened the laziest's muscles and my brain picked up the slack. sortof).  I had a lazy eye when I was younger - I ended up wearing a medical eyepatch bandage over the stronger eye throughout kindergarten to retrain the lazy one. I used to color them black with a magic marker, although I only ever drew the strap around my head once cuz my mother whupped my arse for it.  (On the up side, though, we had this neat rocking boat (basically a picnic table without the tabletop, with rockers instead of legs) in the kindergarten classroom, and I always got to be the captain when we played pirates on it, lol.)
#7 pluisjen Dec 08, 2010 3:42:30	When I had one of my teeth removed I didn't get a full anastesic either, they just numb out the mouth. The worst part of the whole experience was the sound... the cracking and breaking sound of someone pulling your tooth sounds really nasty. Wouldn´t the anastesic be more dangerous then the operation in the case of pulling a single tooth? I thought putting someone to sleep was something they avoided if they could help it.
#8 iqwinn Dec 08, 2010 4:49:11	Possibly, Pluisjen, but then again, I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth yanked out (well, three yanked out, and the 4th one cracked by a dental drill, being partially impacted.  Still, I'm not a big fan of having needles and such put into my mouth.  A few years ago, I had to have major deep cleaning done to my teeth, and I had to take a pill before the procedures (yes, multiple procedures) that would relax me enough to let the hygenist inject my gums with the novacaine so that she could clean my teeth properly. I admit it, I'm a wuss when it comes to needles in my mouth.
#9 pluisjen Dec 08, 2010 4:59:22	I admit it, I'm a wuss when it comes to needles in my mouth. It's irrational, but it's real annoying. While needles in my mouth don't really bother me, my girlfriend needed to have blood tapped off a few weeks ago, and I nearly fainted from watching them remove the blood. Even though I'm not scared of and/or bothered by blood at all normally. Some times it´s just your body is messing with you, I think.
#10 jesse.two.coins Dec 08, 2010 6:31:46	when you're a kid they usually put you under. But unless you're getting like some serious stuff done they use oragel to numb it enough to jam the needle in.
#11 zombie_babies Dec 08, 2010 9:48:00	I opted to be KTFO by meds when I got all four of my wisdom teeth yanked.  I can handle all sorts of pain but for some reason mouth pain is just too much.  Can't stand it.  They asked me if I would like a local or to be put under.  I'm pretty sure I told 'em I wanted to be out before they finished the question.  IV Valium, IIRC.  'Count backwards from 100.'  I got to ninety-se ...  And man, was I messed up for the rest of the day.  Amazing, really.  But yeah, when it comes to mouth pain I am totally not game.  Stitches I can feel goin' in?  A-ok.  Acid used to cauterize a bleeding area on my big toe?  Sure.  But mouth stuff?  No way, man. EDIT: Oh yeah, almost forgot.  When you're young, anesthesia isn't a huge deal.  They like to avoid it with everyone possible, but they're not as concerned if you're young and relatively fit.
#12 oxybe Dec 08, 2010 11:28:25	yeah, the count back from 100 thing they used when they did the muscle fix on my eye left me all... weird. i did get some cool wrap-around shades since i was VERY sensitive to the light. i had to go out-of-town for the procedure and thankfully i was staying in my uncle's basement where there is very little light coming in. also:i'm very talkative and happy when drunk/drugged. as in, everything is f**ing FANTASTIC! and i become a motormouth. a slurred motormouth. in acadian french. and i could care less if you actually understand me because i will talktalktalktalktalktalktalktalktalktalk until the meds wear off and i pass out again. the worst part is how i'm actually quite aware that it's the meds/drink affecting me and how i'm aware that it's it that makes me not care. it's kinda scary in a weird way. John Coulton sums it up for me:
#13 Mad_Jack Dec 08, 2010 22:42:43	I've had nine root canals, several crowns and a bunch of fillings done. I've always had a high tolerance to and quick recovery time from intoxicants and medications, and I've developed a tolerance to the anesthetic - Half the time, the anesthetic starts wearing off before they're done. People think I'm nuts because I don't really care about pain all that much, but it's all mental discipline. No matter what it is, I've felt worse pain before, so it's not a big deal.