Been back from the dentist for a while now. The whole process only took 90 minutes. It was virtually painless. However, I am still waiting for the numbness to wear off and to stop drooling on myself.
The worst part of the whole thing was driving there and back on Fri afternoon with Abq drivers. Ugh!
In this particular case, it turned out to be a good thing that all my remaining teeth were loose. There was very little left below the gum line holding them in. Only one had any real anchor in the bone. In the past, my teeth were so deeply anchored that they had to be cut into halves or even quarters to pull them. The fact that they were worn away below the gum line proves absolutely that the problem was metabolic and nothing to do with hygiene. The only thing besides metabolic issues which destroys teeth below the gum line is infection. There was no infection present and no bone damage which indicated past infection. Basically, my body either attacked or consumed the toot enamel.
Happy that's done. The dentist did not give me a prescription for pain reliever. However, with no infection or inflammation and not much tissue damage because the teeth were loose, Naproxen should be enough. Didn't need anything stronger when I pulled my own teeth and I didn't have dentures to exert pressure then.
Just hanging out at home tonight. On a liquid diet and not sure how I'll feel when the local anesthesia wears off.
I may not look as bad this weekend as I thought I would. But it's still going to take a while to get used to these. Think I may have a slight lisp until I do get used to them.
The duct fan arrived while I was waiting for the dentist appointment. I had just enough time and installed a rough version of the improvised solar heat pump system. On the down side, shortly after I installed it the sky clouded over and it didn't do much good today. Oh, well. I actually think the fan may move too much air. So, I may have to install a dimmer switch and/or some poly fill in the duct to slow the air flow down, giving it more time to heat up. I know I'll be adding more ducting later. Mostly to run under the house but may add more to the ceiling to capture more heat. I'll wait and see how it does on a sunny day, first.
The worst part of the whole thing was driving there and back on Fri afternoon with Abq drivers. Ugh!
In this particular case, it turned out to be a good thing that all my remaining teeth were loose. There was very little left below the gum line holding them in. Only one had any real anchor in the bone. In the past, my teeth were so deeply anchored that they had to be cut into halves or even quarters to pull them. The fact that they were worn away below the gum line proves absolutely that the problem was metabolic and nothing to do with hygiene. The only thing besides metabolic issues which destroys teeth below the gum line is infection. There was no infection present and no bone damage which indicated past infection. Basically, my body either attacked or consumed the toot enamel.
Happy that's done. The dentist did not give me a prescription for pain reliever. However, with no infection or inflammation and not much tissue damage because the teeth were loose, Naproxen should be enough. Didn't need anything stronger when I pulled my own teeth and I didn't have dentures to exert pressure then.
Just hanging out at home tonight. On a liquid diet and not sure how I'll feel when the local anesthesia wears off.
I may not look as bad this weekend as I thought I would. But it's still going to take a while to get used to these. Think I may have a slight lisp until I do get used to them.
The duct fan arrived while I was waiting for the dentist appointment. I had just enough time and installed a rough version of the improvised solar heat pump system. On the down side, shortly after I installed it the sky clouded over and it didn't do much good today. Oh, well. I actually think the fan may move too much air. So, I may have to install a dimmer switch and/or some poly fill in the duct to slow the air flow down, giving it more time to heat up. I know I'll be adding more ducting later. Mostly to run under the house but may add more to the ceiling to capture more heat. I'll wait and see how it does on a sunny day, first.
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