I'm having it done this week!!!



(That's false bravado - actually I feel more like this)

 

Not much pain in the mouth, it's mostly in the pocket book!

 

ive had 5 or 6 i forget but there really not that bad.....

just hope it doesnt get infected mine did about 6 months after the whole side of my face swelled up.

The thing that hurts the most is the shot in the roof of your mouth other than that your good.

 

It can be painless.

My dentist applies a local with a swab.
When that kicks in I get the needle in the jaw.
I also get nitrous oxide (you don't smell anything)
Also, a music device with earphones (you don't hear anything).

The only thing left is the feeling of someone pushing down (or up) on your jaw.
Just relax and listen to the music, the nitrous will have you cloud walking.

 

I have had root canal done twice before so I am aware of what it is and what it's like.

For me it was anything but painless, and this tooth especially is going to be a problem (it already has been twice in trying to crown it).

So, although I know it will all be fine, I'm still not looking forward to it.

 

yes X2 take an ipod the noise sucks it doesnt hurt but you can hear everything.

my dentist doesnt us Nitrous oxide. he puts the numbing swabs then the needles i am awake for the whole thing.

 

Damn it man, go to a dentist who has electricity! I don't care how far you got to drive, it's worth it.

This moving to the sticks and living the simple life has gone too far, I say.

 

Not far enough yet . . . but we're getting there.

For example, electricity to power the house and my computer . . . I have my cat in a turn-wheel (or whatever they're called). I flash a laser pointer in front and he tries to chase it, turning the wheel, powering the Mac and the house.

Right now the cat is going ape-crap crazy chasing a green light and I get to work on the computer while listening to the Beach Boys on iTunes (it looks like The Doors are up next). He gets exercise, I get work done.

As an added plus I don't pay no 'lectric bills. (Little midwest dialect for y'all there).

By the way, speaking of The Doors, I'll have to PM you an interesting story if you're interested.

(And all the young pups on this forum - who for some unknown reason think hip-hop is "music" - collectively say "What's all this about doors? Why would someone want a PM about some doors? )

ETA - after The Doors, it looks like Cream follows. (And the youth wonder who would poor cream on a door) Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton . . . awesome.

By the way, does anyone know the story about how they came up with the name "Disraeli Gears"? Funny story.

Wow . . . it's a "walk down memory lane" day

 

The dentist who took out my wisdom teeth is dead.
I know this because he looked to be about 80 when he took them out 35 years ago and I haven't read about any 115 year old dentists.

His drill was connected to the chair and powered by a series of pulleys.
When the drill stopped the pulleys stopped.
The pulleys would start up again and go fast but seriously, how fast could these pulleys (aka drill bit) go?

Thank god I was a man when I was twenty
and didn't turn into a wuss until sometime during the first term of the second Bush.

 

Good times:

http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargem...-21566578.html

 

Yes.
It did have a footpedal like a sewing machine.

 

I didn't so I cheated.

Kind of like Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'.

 

Good luck Kobi, hope this time around goes smoothly.

 

http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargem...-21566578.html

I had all 4 wisdom teeth taken out at 1 time, plus a molar pulled. It was a "little crowded" in there. That's what he used to "power grind" through the center of each tooth. The thing I didn't care for was when he got out the 8' cold chissel (sp?) to bust 'em in 2 to pull the pieces out. This guy was a specialist and he was GOOD! Took him 20 min. to do the whole thing and sew the gums up. I think he had probably done about 50k of 'em and could do 'em in his sleep. Glad that's over and it was a LONG time ago!

 

Not a young pup, so I had to Wiki it.......good one.

By the way, does anyone know the story about how they came up with the name "Disraeli Gears"? Funny story.

The title of the album was taken from an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it with Ginger Baker, when a roadie named Mick Turner commented, "it's got them Disraeli Gears", meaning to say "derailleur gears," but instead alluding to 19th Century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album. Had it not been for Mick's turn of phrase, the album would simply have been entitled "Cream."