Dental woes OR My jaw hurts, for all the wrong reasons

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

I once knew someone who claimed she always asked NOT to have any novicane. That's strange.

I do that if it's not a terribly deep cavity. The shots sometimes make me sick to my stomach. Actually, they do that almost all the time. So if it's a small cavity, I'd rather it hurt a little bit and be over than leave me nauseated for the rest of the day.

[AllyOops!]

My jaw hurts, too, but for all of the right reasons..

Feel better, GD! I hope the pain soon goes away!

[Kels]

I was put out for my wisdom teeth as well, but only had the bottom two pulled. Apparently they were both stradling nerve. Tricky. Signing the little waiver about probable permanent loss of feeling wasn't fun either.

Four years of braces for me. All at once. I never got a retainer when the came off. More of a "thanks, here's the door, you don't need to come back". They've pretty much stayed put.

[€uroMeinke]

I had Nitrous for my Wisdom tooth, but it gave me the spins so I had to switch to novacaine - that was okay until they brought out the mallet. So far my remaining three wisdom teeth have been fine.