Today is D-Day!

Yep, it's dentist day!

I HATE going to the dentist.

I have an appointment in about 51/2 hrs, and I'm not looking forward to it.

I'm getting a filling done, as well as cleaning.


If you don't hear from me again, you'll know it didn't go well.

 

Ooooooh...I feel for you!! I HATE the dentist, and mine is really good about making sure I don't have pain.

There is just something about it....I hate it!!

Roger

 

I'm only going because I have to.

Just the thought of the drill sends a shudder up my spine!

Not to mention the HUGE syringe they use. Sometimes I think it's all on purpose.

They probably all joke about their patients and what they do to them when they meet at a dentist convention.

 

I hope it went well for you Insomniac.

I share your hate for all things dental. I had a particularly sadistic dentist growing up and I have never gotten over it.

I have been pretty lucky with the dentist I have had for the last few years though. I just had to have my first root canal / crown done and he (knowing my disdain for any dental procedure) suggested my using the gas because of the length of the procedure. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. It was the first time I have ever had nitrous oxide, but nothing about it was unpleasant and it makes the time fly by -- plus, as a bonus, you don't really remember many of the details.

 

does that gas put you to sleep or just stop the pain publias

 

A little of both. I would compare it to a pleasant daydream. I found that my mind wandered -- thinking back on it, I was certainly aware of what was going on if I wanted to be, but it didn't bother me. It wasn't that the gas made me physically numb, but it certainly eliminated any anxiety I had about the situation.

 

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The Dentist:
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or
The Dentist 2:
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Good Luck

 

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Lucky I got back before seeing your posts ASUS!

I made it. Bad news is I have another appointment in about 3 weeks.


That's what you get for putting off dental treatment!

I don't like the gas, it's very bad for your bone marrow.

It's basically laughing gas. Same thing they sometimes give to women in childbirth, or people undergoing bandage changes for painful wounds etc.

 

Oh, can't imaaagine why you don't like the dentist!

And how can Rogvalcox not like the dentist, look at the beautiful teeth in his picture...I mean, his avatar's picture. Me, I doooon't like the dentist. Well, he's really very nice, but I'm not fond of the sound.

Glad you made it back!

 

LOL, thanks Gektumi!

My worst experience was a root canal, and having braces many years ago.


Although braces are the best thing you can do for your teeth, it's several years of pain and discomfort.

I wouldn't hesistate to do it again for the results. What a difference. It's amazing what they can correct.


Now I have to work up the courage for my next appointment at the end of March!

 

What got me the last time I had a tooth numbing,the dentist pushed the needle in pressed some of the 'juice' in,then with the needle still deep inside manuovered the needle like 45 degrees and pumped in the rest of the juice

 

What scares me is the size of the syringes!

Why do they have to use something so large to inject less than 1 cc of liquid?


I get really concerned when a doctor or dentist says "it won't hurt".

That's when you know it will hurt like all hell!

 

My favourite as a kid when they used to knock you out was "just a little scratch",those old school big bore needles hurt

 

I haven't played with the dentist for a while, but every time I get my monthly IV drip from the oncologist, the nurse yells "Big stick! Big stick!" as she shoves the needle in. I keep asking where her stick is. I think I'm confusing her.

 

It is the same as laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Though I don't believe it is used during childbirth or wound cleanings in the US -- maybe in AUS.

Also, I have never heard of, and can't imagine, any reason it would be bad for the bone marrow -- do you have any links?

 

Oops, spell check. My fingers moving faster than my mind.

And you're welcome, I was fun to make. Someday I'm going to read a manual. Did a nowadays usual "Well, do it...read about it...then ask questions."

Braces ...so where's the avatar toddle picture where you smile like rogvalcox?

 

Here:
http://http://www.resort.com/~banshee/Info/N2O/nitrous.dangers.html

It's normally a problem ONLY for amateurs that overuse it for recreational purposes.

 

That is hysterical that it would be given for childbirth. I'm a comedian at heart and I'd be yelling, "Prepare to launch!" or something silly in that high pithched voice one get after using the gas.

 

Helium is the stuff that makes you talk like The Chipmunks. Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) just makes you giggle and dizzy.

Actually, it just makes ME dizzy and my ears ring. I've yet to giggle in the dentist's chair.

 

As GT said theres no high pitch voice,but the statement is almost right nitrous oxide is the new oxidizer in amateur hybrid rocketry and was responsible for sending spaceship one into space-twice!!

I know I'm boring SOB

 

If you only take it once rarely, it's reputed as being safe.

The damage comes from repeated use as G.T correctly pointed out.

Do a Google if you want links. There are plenty.

Believe it or not, they used to sell small bottles of the stuff in liquid form in magic shops.

You can still buy it in cannisters in speciality food stores in the form of whipped cream cannisters, where it's sale is legal.


And as he correctly pointed out again, it has nothing to do with Helium.

Nitrous Oxide dumbs your body's reaction to pain and relaxes you.

Only thing Helium does is give you a Chipmunk voice for a little while. You can't physically feel it, unlike Nitrous Oxide.

 

No, you're a geek.

It's also used in drag racing. Adds big time horsepower increase for short periods.