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.

Comments

[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).