Dentistry question and CTTS

Younger DD took a bad fall in PE yesterday and broke off one
of her front teeth. Permanent tooth, of course. There is
temporary bonding material on it now, and they will put on
the permanent stuff to build it back up to full size in
several weeks. On our estimate for that visit, there is a
line for nitrous oxide. Has anyone's kids used this? How
did it go? I had it once as a teenager and hated it. I
will be calling the office later to find out if it's really
necessary for a non-invasive, if somewhat long, procedure.

The CTTS: on the way home from the dentist, she sighs and
says "This is my *second* mid-life crisis." (The first was
some stitches several years ago.)

I managed not to laugh and said "It was a crisis, but
mid-life comes later."

DD: "Around 27 or so?"


Lesley

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:32:10 EDT, LFortier
wrote:

Younger DD took a bad fall in PE yesterday and broke off one
of her front teeth. Permanent tooth, of course. There is
temporary bonding material on it now, and they will put on
the permanent stuff to build it back up to full size in
several weeks. On our estimate for that visit, there is a
line for nitrous oxide. Has anyone's kids used this? How
did it go? I had it once as a teenager and hated it. I
will be calling the office later to find out if it's really
necessary for a non-invasive, if somewhat long, procedure.

Nitrous is fairly standard for use in Australia, we use it during
childbirth as well. It is also very easily available (if you know
these things) in the supermarkets, the type of whipped cream canister
where you pour in your thin cream, add a bulb of gas and twist to make
whipped cream uses nitrous oxide. When my friends found that out in
high school I became very popular because I had one of those
canisters. But I digress....

As far as I'm concerned, nitrous is lovely while you are breathing it
because it acts kind of like a twilight anaesthetic - you are aware of
what's going on around you but it doesn't really bother you. Once you
finish breathing it and take another breath the effects wear off. I
once described it to a friend as feeling kind of drunk for a very
short time. The only side effects I've ever had were a sense of deja
vu (which makes sense because most of the time I was lying on a
dentist's chair staring up at the light, so of course I would see the
same thing every time I used it!) and depending on the mix of oxygen
to nitrous I would sometimes find it a little hard to breathe, like a
tight-chested feeling.

--
Cheryl
Mum to Shrimp (11 Mar 99), Thud (4 Oct 00)
and Mischief (30 Jul 02)

In article ,
LFortier wrote:


Younger DD took a bad fall in PE yesterday and broke off one
of her front teeth. Permanent tooth, of course. There is
temporary bonding material on it now, and they will put on
the permanent stuff to build it back up to full size in
several weeks. On our estimate for that visit, there is a
line for nitrous oxide. Has anyone's kids used this? How
did it go?

Sorry to hear about the tooth?

I had nitrous oxide when I was 9 and had several baby teeth pulled. I
liked it. I felt like I was floating, and was basically unaware of the
passage of time: the dentist was actually finishing up when I thought
he was starting.

Good luck!

--Robyn

In article ,
Robyn Kozierok wrote:


Sorry to hear about the tooth?

oops, I didn't mean to use a question mark there!

--Robyn