It’s Thursday. I’m a big baby when it comes to tooth pain. It comes from my childhood dentist who was a huge asshole that refused to use any kind of anesthetic, even on little kids. And as a kid I had a lot of cavities which made every trip to the dentist a nightmare.
We moved when I was 12 and our family got a new dentist. I was still apprehensive to get any kind of dental work done but our new dentist always made sure my jaw was totally numb so I wouldn’t feel any pain. He’s still my dentist and to this day I’ve never had any pain from anything that I’ve had done.
Why all the dental discussion? Today I had to go to an oral surgeon to get a cracked tooth removed. When we were first talking about the procedure, I was damn sure that I wanted to get knocked out. However, the Doc argued that the whole procedure would only last about fifteen minutes and assured me that it would be painless with only Novocaine. In a very uncharacteristic move for me, I agreed. They numbed me up and the whole thing took only 20 minutes and I was outta there. No pain. Just how it should be.
Gone Baby Gone
We moved when I was 12 and our family got a new dentist. I was still apprehensive to get any kind of dental work done but our new dentist always made sure my jaw was totally numb so I wouldn’t feel any pain. He’s still my dentist and to this day I’ve never had any pain from anything that I’ve had done.
Why all the dental discussion? Today I had to go to an oral surgeon to get a cracked tooth removed. When we were first talking about the procedure, I was damn sure that I wanted to get knocked out. However, the Doc argued that the whole procedure would only last about fifteen minutes and assured me that it would be painless with only Novocaine. In a very uncharacteristic move for me, I agreed. They numbed me up and the whole thing took only 20 minutes and I was outta there. No pain. Just how it should be.
-keep