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When in doubt, blog about the dentist
Jun. 28th, 2010 07:25 pmSeriously, don't tell my dentist, but he could like, take this gig on the road and make tons of money, he's that damn good.
Have I mentioned the massage chairs? They are just the best. I am very fond of them.
In the continuing saga of replacing all those weird silver fillings with natural colored ones, I was over at the dentist again this afternoon. This is like an every three weeks thing since November of last year or so. Anyhow, he hit me with quite a lot of novocaine again, and consequently, four hours later, I still can't feel my nose.
We did discuss from last time, and I guess I'm just really sensitive to the stuff, and while he's using a very very small dose, it's just totally goes through my system and works a little too well (need to remember this for any sort of anesthetic, I think, though I've been very lucky never to have any sort of surgery or anything to have to need any of that... oh, we're venturing into TMI territory... back again, then.)
So... entire left cheek numb, and nose, lips, bottom of eyelid, chin. Maybe I have really good circulation. I did realize something today, though... this seems to happen when I have a lot of caffeine before hand.
Googling... not much regarding the two together except in use with rats and bovines (probably not something I need to know about). But looking at their chemical makeups, they are both composed of the same four elements (this is when just about everyone except Anjulka runs off).
And here's something interesting:
Allergic reactions to procaine are usually not in response to procaine itself, but to PABA. About 1 in 3000 people have an atypical form of pseudocholinesterase, which does not hydrolyze ester anesthetics such as procaine, resulting in a prolonged period of high levels of the anesthetic in the blood and increased toxicity.
Not that I usually condone using Wikipedia for scholarly pursuits, but I'm just in the 'curiosity' stage, so I'm okay with it right now. So cross referencing, then:
Pseudocholinesterase deficiency may also affect local anesthetic selection in dental procedures. The enzyme plays an important role in the metabolism of ester-based local anesthetics, a deficiency lowers the margin of safety and increases the risk of systemic effects with this type of anesthetic. The selection of an amide-based solution is recommended in such patients.
Alright, well, enough on that. I need to go make some pudding (Mark went in today, too, but they didn't tell him until he was there that they were going to pull the tooth that has been basically falling apart in little pieces... I told him to check Friday, and they said no then, but... I think this was because he'd probably have been restless the whole weekend about it.)
Have I mentioned the chair massage thingie? Sorry... I kind of raved about it to the dentist, and he was genuinely pleased that I did as they had them put in two years ago and no one much says anything (this is also the type of place with cable TV in every room, adjustable to move it overhead so you can watch the whole time you're there if you want).
Alright... onto pudding...
Have I mentioned the massage chairs? They are just the best. I am very fond of them.
In the continuing saga of replacing all those weird silver fillings with natural colored ones, I was over at the dentist again this afternoon. This is like an every three weeks thing since November of last year or so. Anyhow, he hit me with quite a lot of novocaine again, and consequently, four hours later, I still can't feel my nose.
We did discuss from last time, and I guess I'm just really sensitive to the stuff, and while he's using a very very small dose, it's just totally goes through my system and works a little too well (need to remember this for any sort of anesthetic, I think, though I've been very lucky never to have any sort of surgery or anything to have to need any of that... oh, we're venturing into TMI territory... back again, then.)
So... entire left cheek numb, and nose, lips, bottom of eyelid, chin. Maybe I have really good circulation. I did realize something today, though... this seems to happen when I have a lot of caffeine before hand.
Googling... not much regarding the two together except in use with rats and bovines (probably not something I need to know about). But looking at their chemical makeups, they are both composed of the same four elements (this is when just about everyone except Anjulka runs off).
And here's something interesting:
Allergic reactions to procaine are usually not in response to procaine itself, but to PABA. About 1 in 3000 people have an atypical form of pseudocholinesterase, which does not hydrolyze ester anesthetics such as procaine, resulting in a prolonged period of high levels of the anesthetic in the blood and increased toxicity.
Not that I usually condone using Wikipedia for scholarly pursuits, but I'm just in the 'curiosity' stage, so I'm okay with it right now. So cross referencing, then:
Pseudocholinesterase deficiency may also affect local anesthetic selection in dental procedures. The enzyme plays an important role in the metabolism of ester-based local anesthetics, a deficiency lowers the margin of safety and increases the risk of systemic effects with this type of anesthetic. The selection of an amide-based solution is recommended in such patients.
Alright, well, enough on that. I need to go make some pudding (Mark went in today, too, but they didn't tell him until he was there that they were going to pull the tooth that has been basically falling apart in little pieces... I told him to check Friday, and they said no then, but... I think this was because he'd probably have been restless the whole weekend about it.)
Have I mentioned the chair massage thingie? Sorry... I kind of raved about it to the dentist, and he was genuinely pleased that I did as they had them put in two years ago and no one much says anything (this is also the type of place with cable TV in every room, adjustable to move it overhead so you can watch the whole time you're there if you want).
Alright... onto pudding...
