tooth , part 1

[low_delta]

The dentist shot me so full of novocaine (or whatever it is they use nowdays) that my ear and my eyelid are tingling. And the right side of my jaw - I was shot on the left. I'm getting a crown (I never knew I was royalty), so he had to grind away the entire surface of the tooth. Now I've got a temporary crown and have to go back in two weeks.

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[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

oof, i know the feeling. don't have soup or other leaky things,
you'll just get it all over yourself! ;)

the last time i had to have novacaine, after 5 or 6 shots of it,
and waiting between shots, it never took effect and we called it a day.
first time that's happened to me! i felt a little woozy, though-
i could *feel* the stuff go through my chest and straight to my knees!
the dentist stated that it probably wasn't the novocaine. whatever. *snort*

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Uh-ohhhh
*looks at the sloppy chili bubbling on the stove*

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

*snort* aw, it's probably just me~
i always have at least a leetle spot on me
after eating when drugged!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

My mouth was surprisingly functional afterwards.

When I was a teenager, my dentist found out that novocaine didn't work on me. But shortly thereafter, nobody was using the stuff. All sorts of variants. Synthetic stuff? I don't know.

It dissipated throughout your body? Weird.

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

Believe me. You're glad he shot you up that full with novocaine. Are you getting a porcelein crown, or all metal?
I've got a half and half one.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. When he first looked in, he poked it with a pick, and it hurt. It hurts now, and I don't think it's just because of the needle.

Nice crown! I hope it's not temporary, like mine is.

[shoo.livejournal.com]

Is this your first crown? You lucky bastid...

I think I have 7 now...=(

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, first one. Buncha cavities, but that's it.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Now do I have to refer to you as "Prince, Formerly Known As Freekee"?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Um...

Yes!

[sasquatch.livejournal.com]

Oh man. There isn't much worse than the dentist. My sympathies.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Actually, they don't bother me that much. More of a big annoyance than anything. I take it you've had trouble with them?

[sasquatch.livejournal.com]

Actually I haven't really had much trouble with the dentist. I think annoyance is a good word for it. I just don't like people digging around in my mouth, especially with needles or drills.

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

I got a crown on a molar in a similar scenario as yours. All four sides of a filled molar cracked.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

[rivendweller.livejournal.com]

Your highness..... *bows low*

Word: be careful eating milk duds.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

He heh. No kidding!

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

Now that you are royalty.. does that mean you are HIGH Delta?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I will be if I get any more novocaine.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

*LAUGHING*

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Be sure to describe the sensations to the dentist next time. You can only have so much novacaine in one year before it starts causing problems.

I feel novacaine in my lungs now - had it so many times during middle- and high-school, that i can feel it when I exhale.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It seemed normal. A little more than usual, because he had to shoot me twice. Numb in the middle, tingly at the edges, and spreads over time.

What do your lungs feel like?

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Well... there's a "cold" feeling, and I can "feel" vapors in my lungs that aren't normally there. Back a few years ago when I had to go in for gum scrapings and extra sets of X-rays, I was givin novacaine on at least 5 occasions. The first few times I didn't notice it, on the later ones it was more of a "nagging" feeling than obvious, and the last time there was no question. Have you ever "felt" alcohol vapors leaving your body through your breath? It's much like that. Except that last time it was pronounced enough it made me feel uncomfortable. I talked with the dentist about it, and he said "ya, it happens. We try not to use novacaine too much. We won't give it to you more than (so-many) times a year."

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's just.. wrong. And the feelign never goes away?

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

It does go away, but it takes longer for the vapor-feeling to go away than the numbness from the drug itself. And it seems to build-up too - like some component of the drug sticks-around in the system longer than the main active ingredient.

It's not surprising to me that it has that kind of action - it is an alkaloid compound, basicly "poison made by plants".

oops.. it's novocaine! Checked on-line to see if there was a good bit about the toxicity. It's derrived from cocaine HCL, one of the most famous alkaloids.

but yah, it goes away. The time I felt it the most obvious was after having novo about 5 times in 6 months, and that time I got the shivers from it (not horrible, but not fun either).

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

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