Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2011/10

From: Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] dental question
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:19:22 -0400

Responding to lots in the long e-mail sent by Jennifer (feel free to contac=
t me off-list if you want to talk about stuff further)...

> So, I know there are degradable sutures available.=A0 I don't know what w=
ould be used orally.

When my dentist (and a surgeon) took my last wisdom tooth out in January, t=
hey used the dissolve-able stitches. When I had an infected tooth emergentl=
y pulled this summer (the molar in front of where the wisdom tooth was), th=
at surgeon used stitches that had to be taken out (same practice, but this =
was in the emergency part).

> Apparently one wisdom tooth had not developed at the time, =

I say that if it's not bothering you, leave it alone. My last wisdom wasn't=
bothering me, but it had a cavity. Since the 2 wisdom teeth I had pulled t=
he prior year has cavities and broke so extraction was necessary, I figured=
just pull this one, too. Of course, the last one was the only one that was=
impacted and fused to my jaw. Lucky me.

> Another person I ran into looked like he had a hole drilled in the center=
of each of his bottom incisors.=A0 Another looked like he had whittled his=
bottom teeth to look =

> like Gollum from Lord of the Rings.

I've seen a lot of strange things people put in/on their teeth. The gold-lo=
oking thing over (usually top) teeth looks creepy to me, personally. My bet=
on the bottom teeth is that someone put small round things on the surfaces=
of their teeth (I've heard that some people will go as far as using diamon=
ds; I have yet to see that).

> Thought about trying to find a new dentist, =

I don't know what you have for dental insurance (if any). I have Medicare/M=
edicaid (Medicaid covers the dental), and I'm thankful for it. Luckily, the=
re's a dental clinic nearby that takes Medicaid (and being full of students=
, they're always learning and applying new techniques and procedures). I've=
had a lot of restorative work done over the past couple of years and Medic=
aid has covered all of it (I have an enamel deficiency, so a lot of restora=
tive composite work has come my way). I think I would have a stroke if I kn=
ew just how much everything I've done would've cost an uninsured/underinsur=
ed person (I had a visit a couple months ago that would've cost $500 just f=
or that day). Between all the composites (and having 4 teeth (3 wisdom) pul=
led over the last 2 years), that's a lot of money

> I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, or perhaps more like a psy=
ch(ologist/iatrist) mentioned schizoaffective disorder in passing when I we=
nt in for evaluation.

Bipolar disorder here.

> That was after I said something to the effect of I wasn't psychotic that =
these are means of communication.

What do you mean by that exactly? Do you mean you communicating outwardly, =
or do you mean your body communicating within (the mind-body thing)? I ask =
because I've been told that my seizures are nothing more than my body tryin=
g to tell my mind something. I'm not sure I buy that completely, but I don'=
t have much choice since no one will test me for anything else (multiple EE=
Gs and Video EEGs say no abnormal electrical activity, or not enough to war=
rant a diagnosis; there are spikes on my EEG but docs say that's normal; I =
personally don't understand that).

Rachel
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