I am a numb face...
What a difference a dentist makes
So I had to go to the dentist for a deep cleaning. Folks, take care of your teeth...deep cleaning isn't one of the most pleasant experiences in the world. Anyway, they can't do it all in one shot, so either they do it in quadrants(4 sessions) or just halves(2 sessions). My preference is to visit the dentist as few times as possible, so naturally I opted for the 2-session dealio. Two trips, two entirely different experiences. My first appt was on Friday, at 4:30PM. I think the office closes around 5 or 6. I get called in and seated, and I have to wait about 20 min. The doctor comes in, takes a look at my teeth, and gives me the lidocaine injections. He gave me a whole bunch of injections, and the ones on the inside(like on the inside-the-teeth side of your gums) hurts like a mother man...no joke. He waits for it to kick in, and checks his watch. My reaction? O - M - G. This guy's in a hurry. And he went to work...and boy did he go to work. He was so brutal man, no delicacy at all. I swear, even w/ all the numbness, I could still feel pain, they way he worked. Took about half an hour and I went home. That night, I felt horrible, I couldn't open my mouth and my teeth and gums were totally sore. He told me that'd happen, but I didn't expect it to be so painful. I couldn't really eat and didn't end up doing anything. With that experience in mind, I naturally gravitated towards dreading my next appt...which was yesterday. I guess they were busy yesterday because after they seated me in the room, they took an hour before they finally got to me, I even took a freakin nap... Anyway, different doctor this time. And he gives me like half the injections that the first guy gave me. I asked him, "You're not gonna numb the inside?" And he told me no, and that it wouldn't hurt really anyway. So I'm freaking out, because I'm expecting the same treatment as Friday. Nothing near the same thing. He was done quicker and I barely felt a thing...probably the most painful part was the lidocaine shot, but that's almost impossible to make painless(However, I did hear a commercial yesterday on my way home from the dentist about this guy who puts his patients to sleep w/ pills...sounds interesting, but also scary). Anyway, that same night, I was able to have a big dinner AND I even got to workout, and I felt just fine. The side they cleaned last week, STILL hurts right now more than the one they did yesterday... Well, now I can add one dentist to my blacklist...
I still have to post my pics and talk about my trip to the philippines...I haven't had much internet access lately, and I haven't been working in the office...so that'll come soon.
What a difference a dentist makes
So I had to go to the dentist for a deep cleaning. Folks, take care of your teeth...deep cleaning isn't one of the most pleasant experiences in the world. Anyway, they can't do it all in one shot, so either they do it in quadrants(4 sessions) or just halves(2 sessions). My preference is to visit the dentist as few times as possible, so naturally I opted for the 2-session dealio. Two trips, two entirely different experiences. My first appt was on Friday, at 4:30PM. I think the office closes around 5 or 6. I get called in and seated, and I have to wait about 20 min. The doctor comes in, takes a look at my teeth, and gives me the lidocaine injections. He gave me a whole bunch of injections, and the ones on the inside(like on the inside-the-teeth side of your gums) hurts like a mother man...no joke. He waits for it to kick in, and checks his watch. My reaction? O - M - G. This guy's in a hurry. And he went to work...and boy did he go to work. He was so brutal man, no delicacy at all. I swear, even w/ all the numbness, I could still feel pain, they way he worked. Took about half an hour and I went home. That night, I felt horrible, I couldn't open my mouth and my teeth and gums were totally sore. He told me that'd happen, but I didn't expect it to be so painful. I couldn't really eat and didn't end up doing anything. With that experience in mind, I naturally gravitated towards dreading my next appt...which was yesterday. I guess they were busy yesterday because after they seated me in the room, they took an hour before they finally got to me, I even took a freakin nap... Anyway, different doctor this time. And he gives me like half the injections that the first guy gave me. I asked him, "You're not gonna numb the inside?" And he told me no, and that it wouldn't hurt really anyway. So I'm freaking out, because I'm expecting the same treatment as Friday. Nothing near the same thing. He was done quicker and I barely felt a thing...probably the most painful part was the lidocaine shot, but that's almost impossible to make painless(However, I did hear a commercial yesterday on my way home from the dentist about this guy who puts his patients to sleep w/ pills...sounds interesting, but also scary). Anyway, that same night, I was able to have a big dinner AND I even got to workout, and I felt just fine. The side they cleaned last week, STILL hurts right now more than the one they did yesterday... Well, now I can add one dentist to my blacklist...
I still have to post my pics and talk about my trip to the philippines...I haven't had much internet access lately, and I haven't been working in the office...so that'll come soon.
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