Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[sourland]

The chill is back on my lily pad. Good morning.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

He said they have a new drug for people with high dental anxiety. It’s apparently like Xanax on steroids. You’re awake, but you just don’t care what’s happening & the timeline is kinda blurred, like 3hrs in the chair feels like 30mins. It’s not covered by the insurance, but sounds like it’s worth every penny. You obviously need someone to drive you.

Halidol does the same thing.

This is a an antipsychotic medication.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ponders good morning one and all!

The temperature is 51 and cloudy.

Have a great day!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Pond suppose to be more than a week dry. Second cup just 41 out.

 

[Cynthia12]

Teeth , and I have a good dentist. Had a crown on a root canal bust off several weeks ago. First I had to get the abscessed root canal under control (that was on another tooth) - semi accomplished. On the 10th he's going to work on the broken crown. When he looked at it he said something like, "Hope we can save that tooth as it's broken off right at the gum line. No, I don't eat rocks. Stuff just happens to my teeth. I don't want to spend lots of money. I don't mind that hole way back in my mouth.

Went through the hole in my mouth for three months after having a tooth pulled, then a post put into the bone. Yep, an implant. It's weird now that I have a "tooth" back. It's numb feeling. I asked if this what it feels like when people get their beautiful smiles implanted. He says ..yep. How can they stand it?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Went through the hole in my mouth for three months after having a tooth pulled, then a post put into the bone. Yep, an implant. It's weird now that I have a "tooth" back. It's numb feeling. I asked if this what it feels like when people get their beautiful smiles implanted. He says ..yep. How can they stand it?

That would bug me to no end .. Really sorry.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Went through the hole in my mouth for three months after having a tooth pulled, then a post put into the bone. Yep, an implant. It's weird now that I have a "tooth" back. It's numb feeling. I asked if this what it feels like when people get their beautiful smiles implanted. He says ..yep. How can they stand it?

I have implants for my bottom teeth.

The plate attaches to the implants.

I really wish I had done that with the top teeth.

 

[Alaskan]

I prefer not to know what they’re doing. I need to be gassed just to clean my teeth with the power tools. (However, my current hygienist is willing to clean them manually, and has saved us both much angst the past couple of cleanings.) For fillings and crowns, I put my earbuds in, crank up my music and close my eyes. My dentist knows to gas me till I float and give me enough Novocain to numb my whole head. He’s going to have to knock me in the head if I ever need a root canal.

I have told him that he doesn’t get to retire until I’m dead, and my grandma lived to be 102, so he’s got a ways to go.

Room, I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.

I want your dentist!!!!!

 

[Alaskan]

I have implants for my bottom teeth.

The plate attaches to the implants.

I really wish I had done that with the top teeth.

Huh..... interesting.

I wonder if the difference (if people like it or not) is due to how good the dentist was... or just different mouth/body/person thing.

My mom dislikes her implant.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

We love our dentist. I went there as a kid and when I got older, I was embarrassed to go back. I hadn't been to the dentist in a long time (lack of insurance) so I went to a different one. I feel like he totally messed up my teeth with high spots, unnecessary drilling, an uneven bite etc. When I finally got the courage to go back to my original dentist, they fixed what he screwed up and now I would never go anywhere else. My kids have gone to them since they were little. They love going there and both have had cavities so it's not like they haven't had that experience. My original dentist passed away last year after a freak accident while cutting down a tree. He was a wonderful, kind man but his daughter is just as wonderful as he was and is carrying on just as he did. Several of the hygienists that work there have been there forever and still remember me from when I was a kid. It's a very familiar and welcoming place.