This morning started with a trip to the dentist for a filling. Dr. Eddy’s new office is filled with about every dental gadget that one can imagine. X-rays are done without film and displayed almost instantaneously on a flat panel video screen for all including the patient to see. The pictures can be manipulated to highlight cavities and other abnormalities that need attention. You can zoom in to enlarge the picture, increase the contrast to bring out small details and print out pictures. There is another screen in front of the patient that can display such pictures, show “how to floss” videos and display cable TV for viewing such informative shows as Imus in the Morning. In addition to all this he has a video wand that when appropriately positioned in one’s mouth will show and take pictures of the defective tooth. This can help convince one that dental intervention is really justified.
After a couple of novacane injections sufficient numbness set in to allow the grinding and drilling required for filling replacement. An old mercury amalgam filling was replaced with a new polymer one with before, during and after pictures being taken as displayed below. I do not recommend looking at these pictures while eating.
It is time to stop these notes as the novacane is starting to wear off.
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