Another visit to the tooth torturer

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Current mood: disappointed

So I went back to the dentist today to have some more work done. I had the molar I had a root canal on (in?) done on Saturday. I got a temporary crown put on. It’s actually pretty amazing. They make a quick mold of your teeth beforehand (it takes 2 min for the mold to set up), do the shaping, put some wierd gunk in the mold and then put it back in your mouth for 2 more minutes. Voila, instant tooth. Anyway, that visit went fine, but I went back in today to get my other crown replaced (sniff. goodbye gold tooth! I loved you!) and two other cavities filled. The problem came when I could feel the drilling. Apparently there was one section of my mouth that just didn’t get the message. No problem, he gave me another shot and off we go again... except. I guess that 3rd shot sent me over the edge. I started shaking uncontrollably. This time made the root canal look like a sneeze. It was like a total seizure. My mouth was twitching and the muscle in my left ass-cheek were just going crazy. The dentist said it wasn’t really a big deal (thank god). Of course people already have high adrenaline levels when they come in, and I guess they actually put adrenaline IN the shot. (omgwtfbbq!) I couldn’t think of why the hell they would do that to people until I was telling Dotson about it this evening (I had to go rescue him because he walked to Greenwood for some reason and got stuck in the SNOW!) and he said they probably put it in there so that the novocaine would take effect faster. That makes sense to me, but I just really hope I can order my anaesthetic sans crack-cocaine next time. All-in-all another horrible experience at the dentist. And the best part: I get to go in again next Friday to get the last (hopefully) cavity filled. Then I only have to get my two temporary crown made permanent, a process that requires no drilling (probably) says the tooth torturer.

I’m really starting to hate the dentist. But hey, my teeth are nice!

Currently reading:Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
By Kim Stanley Robinson
Release date: 01 October, 1993