scott wrote:

> I had a woman do mine :-)  And from what I remember she actually used 
> some implement to *push* the tooth down into its socket really hard 
> until it cracked, then she just picked it out.  It was a very bizarre 
> feeling, when your brain is telling you that this should be *really* 
> hurting, but you can't feel anything except for the reaction force on 
> the back of your head.

The whole process only took about 5 minutes. Which is weird.

Usually they get you in there, stab you a bit (which really hurts), and 
then make you go sit outside for another 20 minutes. While you sit 
there, half of your entire head slowly goes numb, until you look like a 
person suffering some kind of neural malfunction. (Which, technically, 
you are I suppose...) Then they lay you down in the chair for a couple 
of hours with your mouth wide open while they poke around inside. All 
you can do is try not to drown in your own saliva.

This trip was much shorter. They kepted me waiting until about 30 
minutes after my appointment time, just to make sure I was utterly 
nausious with adrenaline when I walked in. They lay me down and stabbed 
me. I don't recall feeling any numbness. And then the dentist is like 
"OK, let me have a little feel here..."

I remember the nurse holding my head still, and hearing a loud crunching 
sound, and feeling something grinding around. And warm blood dripping 
onto my face. They did some sewing, and then gave me some cotton to chew 
on. And, eventually, they let me leave. (Feel quite dizzy after having 
my feet on the ceiling for so long...)

When I got home, I looked like something out of a bad horror movie. My 
teeth are stained red, brown and black with bloody goo, one side of my 
mouth is actually glued shut with dry blood, and now my face is slowly 
going numb.

About an hour later, the drugs wore off. Now, considering that I have 
broken bones, severed arteries and ripped tissues, it didn't hurt nearly 
*as much* as you'd imagine. But it still hurt quite a lot! **** me! >_<

Eventually a took some painkillers. It's almost impossible to swallow. 
To do so, you have to press your toung against the roof of your mouth, 
and it's quite hard to avoid the gaping hole at the side. Man, dried 
saliva and dried blood tastes like crap! >_<

By the evening, it didn't actually hurt much at all. This morning I 
discovered that I've drooled blood all over my pillow. (Niiice.) But 
today it hardly hurts at all - which is surprising considering the 
extreme magnitude of the injury...

PS. I'm still drooling brown goo.

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