Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Zeroxmachina]

MIR seems to be doing such a good job that I don't think that will be necessary.  I also changed my mind, decided on simply having the tooth removed tomorrow morning, which will cost me a little more than $120 instead of thethousands of dollars for the other set of procedures (root canal and crown).  It turns out that I can get it pulled, let it heal and then get an implant, which is a better solution long term.  Or a bridge.

But I am impressed with how well MIR is handling this situation.  Of course since there is a hole in the tooth, there will always be some infection until the tooth is removed.  But the sickly sensation of infection is gone, the pain is gradually reducing and the feeling of the infection spreading into my jawbone is also gone.  Color me impressed.  And MIRv4 will be even better!

Tomorrow morning at 9 am, they'll shoot me full of Novocain and then rip that sucker out.  Then I get the joy of holding a cotton swab on the spot for a few days while I wait for it to stop bleeding.  I'll still be drinking my means for a week, but I won't be waiting a week for them to do something about it.

That is even better!
I do not like desensitizers cause everything is swolen for a few days when I get the shot....but when there is no other permanent solution I do the same.
Good luck Shannon!

I am not a fan of needles, but I'll take Novocaine for a tooth extraction or direct nerve procedures.  Significantly less a fan of blinding pain.  Can't wait to get GPR to where I can use it instead, but that is not today.

Been down the tooth issue route a few times, and every time managing the actual infection with anti-biotics causes the pain to subside completely, with no need for removal. This last time I managed to come up with a mean pain-management combo before I got the meds: Clove bud oil rinse, sea salt rinse, and oregano+olive leaf rinse, all of which also actively fight the infection wherever they gain access to it. When it got too rough i'd throw in the ibuprofen and/or tylenol, being as it was recent (this past year) I can fully sympathize with how it disrupted sleep and damn near everything else. The path of least resistance will eventually be getting the wisdom teeth yoinked but I need to be unconscious or i'm not gonna make it lol!

The source of the infection being a compromised filling that itself was making up most of the tooth after being repaired more than a couple times, the only options left were a root canal and extraction.  Otherwise antibiotics only kill the existing infection and train the bacteria to survive the antibiotic when the access to the blood stream remains.  That tooth is out.  Now I am managing the pain, and depending on how I must manage the pain, about to hit the remaining infection with guns blazing.  My immune system should be pretty well prepared for this, given how many infections I have lived through so far.

Hm, I don't see the deletion option here, but since we are on the subject, I've been wondering about the current tech insofar as possibly regrowing teeth using stem cells. The opportunity cost of 4k USD for an implant that will possibly require future surgical maintenance is not something i've been able to convince myself to do in good faith. But actual regrowth would be worthwhile no matter how you look at it. Time will tell though.