Why I love the dentist

[miles]

I have an appointment at 3:00 but I'm going to be there 30 minutes early to get a thirty minute head start on the nitrous oxide. Very nice stuff. I'm going to ask for a couple of those 5' tall steel cannisters to take home as samples and tell my family it's helium.

Someone please help me get this nitrous monkey off my back.

 

[TN_Vixen]

miles

that ain't no monkey.

 

[SimplySouthern]

And here I was thinking you loved the dentist because he "drills" you.

 

[Oliver Clozoff]

Do they even use nitrous oxide anymore? I'd go to the dentist a lot more. All I ever get is lidocaine or some general anesthetic that knocks you out cold. Where's the fun in those? Either half my face feels like rubber for the next 4 hours and I can't stop myself from drooling all over myself or I wake up all groggy and nauseated.

Too bad they don't use LSD as an anesthetic anymore.

 

[sarahuk4]

Hi Miles, want me to hold your hand ......lol...lol.....

 

[Cheyenne]

Hey, Miles. We must be the same person! I had dental work done today, too. So far, so good. Don't even need the pain meds that I got (knock on wood.)

Here's an edited (believe it or not)version of an email I sent to a friend earlier this afternoon to describe it:

Just got back from the endodontist. What a fun afternoon THIS one has been! It ended up being the tooth that I just had crowned afterall.

Of course, based on tapping my teeth and looking at the xray, the endodontist thinks I will need ANOTHER root canal in the tooth that I thought it was all along. There's a chance this sucker could thaw out and I still have the same pain I had before because they didn't get the right tooth!!! If I have to go back for another root canal on the other tooth this week I'll be pissed.

I don't know how many times this guy stuck me to freeze the tooth. He is much better at it then my dentist, I didn't even feel the needle after he put the topical stuff on first. That was the easy part. The latex they put in your mouth to isolate the tooth conveniently was covering my nostrils too! Imagine me laying there practically dumped on my head, with the crap running down my throat from my post nasal drip (I love
allergies) and then I can't breathe! I mumbled that "I'm having a hard time breathing" and he said something like "you can do it" to reassure me. Imagine someone putting a condom over your mouth and nose and that's what this was like (I think.) He must have realized that the latex was in the way and he cut away the edge that was covering my nose so I could breathe again. Not a good start to the procedure. Then he got working. With 3 roots in the molar, it felt like he was screwing those little rods all the way to China!

He worked on it for about an hour after I'd already been in the chair for 1/2 hour for the consult, freezing, etc. At about 1 hour and 20 minutes, I realized I had to PEE. The combination of soda for lunch, the allergy meds that act like water pills, being dumped on my head in the chair, and the office being cold while I was
dressed more for my hot normal office made me have to PEE right NOW. I mumbled how much longer or could I have a bathroom break. They were just about done, luckily. Guess I'm not the first to have to go after being in the chair so long- they got me up quickly and down the hall to the ladies room in about 30 seconds
flat. Relief!!! Now I have to go back in a few weeks for another 90 minute appointment. Unless I'm back this week because they did the wrong tooth.

 

[Barb Dwyer]

Cheyenne

Here is some practical advice for your next dental visit. ALWAYS ask the following questions of the dentist BEFORE he looks in your mouth:

Are you planning any overseas vacations/trips?
Are your children college age?
Gee, the office is looking a bit run down, you aren't planning on remodeling anytime soon are you?
Say, how old is that Mercedes of yours getting to be?


I wonder if nitrous oxide has the same effect on men as it does on women? How you feeling, miles?

 

[miles]

Barb Dwyer

The only after effect is that it makes me want to piss like a racehorse.

 

[Guest]

My dentist is a very special person. I love her because she lets me pick from the toy box each time I visit her. Her philosphy is that adults still need to feel that rush each time they put their hand into that huge covered box and fish around for their surprise. That is their reward for having to deal with the possible pain that she might have caused. LOL

 

[Guest]

One hit of valium + nitrous oxide + intravenous anesthesia = one wild ride.

When I had wisdom teeth extracted, it was way better than shrooms or weed..uh, from what I've been told and stuff.

 

[SEXXYNESS]

i like dentist

he took my teef (cute speling)

 

[TN_Vixen]

miles

let me know when you get a sweet tooth?

I have one... it's a horrible sweet tooth, one I can't seem to satiate. Sometimes just thinking of something sweet can cause my salivary glands to activate and I find myself licking my lips as I imagine putting those sweets into my mouth, sucking the stickiness off my fingers? MMmmm

~sigh

It's a sickness, I know.

 

[miles]

It's an uncontrolled urge for jelly roll.

 

[Elizabeth]

Dental work and I don't do too well together. I actually told the people at 1-800-Dentist that I needed a dentist for total pussies. I always take a valium and I happily accept any and all drugs they are willing to give me. I can't even have my teeth cleaned without gas. I have a root canal next week but this endodontist is good. In and out in like 20 min.

 

[Guest]

Dental work and I don't do too well together. I actually told the people at 1-800-Dentist that I needed a dentist for total pussies. I always take a valium and I happily accept any and all drugs they are willing to give me. I can't even have my teeth cleaned without gas. I have a root canal next week but this endodontist is good. In and out in like 20 min.

I hear you! I was terrified at the thought of oral surgery and gladly accepted any and all drugs. I can handle alligator clamps on my nips, but when it comes to the dentist- eek! I'm a total wuss.

 

[Cheyenne]

I have a root canal next week but this endodontist is good. In and out in like 20 min.

That isn't physically possible. Have you had a root canal before? It takes a lot longer than 20 minutes, trust me. It also makes a difference which tooth it is- molars have more roots than a front tooth, for example.

On a positive note, I woke up yesterday with a pain-free mouth for the first time in 2+ weeks! I guess the root canal on Monday was worth it afterall.

 

[batter]

root canals?

i have had 3 and they are no problem.
i dont mind getting them at all any more. i had my first one 26 yrs ago and i just had the tooth capped last year.
only had 2 visits from start to finish and a total time of probably an hour and a half for the two visits.
piece of cake.

 

[Cheyenne]

Re: root canals?

i have had 3 and they are no problem.
i dont mind getting them at all any more. i had my first one 26 yrs ago and i just had the tooth capped last year.
only had 2 visits from start to finish and a total time of probably an hour and a half for the two visits.
piece of cake.

We have something more in common! My first root canal was also in 1975. On Good Friday as an emergency visit so I don't forget the date. That one I had to go several times with a few weeks inbetween before it was done. Technology was much less advanced back then- a lot more manual work. The second one was done through a crown a couple of years ago and was only one root. That one was just one visit and I was done, no problem. But the one THIS week was a molar so three different root canals in the tooth to clean out- 3 separate little pins to put in. 1 1/2 hours in the chair already with another 90 minute appt in a couple weeks to finish. If the doc keeps that latex away from my nostrils next time, we'll get along fine. Maybe.

 

[Elizabeth]

That isn't physically possible. Have you had a root canal before? It takes a lot longer than 20 minutes, trust me. It also makes a difference which tooth it is- molars have more roots than a front tooth, for example.

On a positive note, I woke up yesterday with a pain-free mouth for the first time in 2+ weeks! I guess the root canal on Monday was worth it afterall.

It's not a molar. I do have to go for 1 more visit but the actual root canal is done. This is to prep it for a crown. He told me a little drilling to shape it and make sure everything is clean inside. Hey, I made it throught the whole appointment without crying or threatning to rip off a body part. I think I did pretty good.