Comments on: The Dentist’s Paradox http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox Fiction has to be plausible. Reality is under no such constraint. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-79095 Andrew Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:07:26 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-79095 Or you could brush, rinse and floss more. lol. I like the paradox though! :) Or you could brush, rinse and floss more. lol. I like the paradox though! :)

]]> By: jesse http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-25498 jesse Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:01:37 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-25498 i have that coming, too. thanks for the nice read... perhaps i'm a tiny bit less anxious now... could need that... i'll try thinking about your "colorful language" while they rape my mouth... anyways, you have a nice way of writing, i'm going to subscribe :) i have that coming, too.
thanks for the nice read… perhaps i’m a tiny bit less anxious now… could need that… i’ll try thinking about your “colorful language” while they rape my mouth…

anyways, you have a nice way of writing, i’m going to subscribe :)

]]> By: Gnorb.NET » Blog Archive » Dance Dance J-Pop Grunge (or Why I Wear Polo Shirts) http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-18778 Gnorb.NET » Blog Archive » Dance Dance J-Pop Grunge (or Why I Wear Polo Shirts) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:11:45 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-18778 [...] [**Note: Yes, I know this is the second time in as many days that I’ve refered to copping a feel. Remember, however, that I wrote this article over a year ago, so no, that’s not at all what my mind’s on. This is simply a coincidence.] [...] [...] [**Note: Yes, I know this is the second time in as many days that I’ve refered to copping a feel. Remember, however, that I wrote this article over a year ago, so no, that’s not at all what my mind’s on. This is simply a coincidence.] [...]

]]> By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-18671 Gnorb Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:18:42 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-18671 @Melissa: Congrats on getting your husband to start a blog. (Wordpress.com would've been better -- IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR HIM!) Be glad you haven't had any dental surgery. Most of the time they don't let you sleep, although I've learned that if you go to sleep in the presence of just about any doctor -- unless you're married to them -- you'll invariably wake up in more pain than if you had been awake. - On a related note, I've been trying to comment on your blog but for some reason, Blogger and my browser don't seem to get along. I don't know if it's the network here or if it's something else, but nevertheless, my apologies for the seeming rudeness of non-reciprication. @Melissa: Congrats on getting your husband to start a blog. (WordPress.com would’ve been better — IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR HIM!) Be glad you haven’t had any dental surgery. Most of the time they don’t let you sleep, although I’ve learned that if you go to sleep in the presence of just about any doctor — unless you’re married to them — you’ll invariably wake up in more pain than if you had been awake.
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On a related note, I’ve been trying to comment on your blog but for some reason, Blogger and my browser don’t seem to get along. I don’t know if it’s the network here or if it’s something else, but nevertheless, my apologies for the seeming rudeness of non-reciprication.

]]> By: Melissa R. Garrett http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-18650 Melissa R. Garrett Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:56:13 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-18650 Oy! I'm off to brush and floss! The extent of my dental work is the oral surgery I had to remove all four wisom teeth. Thankfully I remember nothing of it and got to take a nap for the rest of the day while my husband and MIL watched the kids. Not a bad trade off- LOL! PS - my husband started his blog - http://UpstateRecess.blogspot.com - but I will be darned if he has written anything yet (baby steps . . .) Oy! I’m off to brush and floss! The extent of my dental work is the oral surgery I had to remove all four wisom teeth. Thankfully I remember nothing of it and got to take a nap for the rest of the day while my husband and MIL watched the kids. Not a bad trade off- LOL!

PS – my husband started his blog – http://UpstateRecess.blogspot.com – but I will be darned if he has written anything yet (baby steps . . .)

]]> By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-18643 Gnorb Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:00:55 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-18643 Actually my dentist is now using the composites. The issue yesterday was that a few teeth were getting drilled right next to one with a filling, which caused the vibrations. - Also I like to use colorful language. "Excavation" was just a... colorful euphemism for what they were doing. :D To be honest, the experience yesterday wasn't all that bad, at least not until the "crunch crunch crunch" of the filling, and that was just circumstantial the positioning of both the "new" cavity and the old filling, which is going to be replaced soon anyway, as per request. (I don't want metal in my mouth.) Actually my dentist is now using the composites. The issue yesterday was that a few teeth were getting drilled right next to one with a filling, which caused the vibrations.
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Also I like to use colorful language. “Excavation” was just a… colorful euphemism for what they were doing. :D To be honest, the experience yesterday wasn’t all that bad, at least not until the “crunch crunch crunch” of the filling, and that was just circumstantial the positioning of both the “new” cavity and the old filling, which is going to be replaced soon anyway, as per request. (I don’t want metal in my mouth.)

]]> By: Jeff http://www.gnorb.net/759/the-dentists-paradox#comment-18620 Jeff Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:56:45 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/observations/20070111/the-dentists-paradox/#comment-18620 As well, modern dentists don't (or shouldn't) make rough excavation techniques on the tooth. Old amalgam fillings (usually metal) are held in place by a mechanical bond. The filling material, as a liquid, is put into the hole, and it eventually hardens and expands to the point where the filling is too big to come out. The problem with this is porosity. It's not impervious to liquid, and after a certain number of years they need to be replaced — more drilling to make the hole bigger. - Newer techniques use composite fillings (usually tooth-coloured) are chemically bonded and completely sealed. As far as I know, most dentists use these fillings nowadays. - Maybe it's time to find a different dentist if you're not getting the modern treatement, though you may pay even more. I've also had really rough female dentists, and really gentle male dentists before. As my current career in the dental industry has taught me, each has their own personality. As well, modern dentists don’t (or shouldn’t) make rough excavation techniques on the tooth. Old amalgam fillings (usually metal) are held in place by a mechanical bond. The filling material, as a liquid, is put into the hole, and it eventually hardens and expands to the point where the filling is too big to come out. The problem with this is porosity. It’s not impervious to liquid, and after a certain number of years they need to be replaced — more drilling to make the hole bigger.
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Newer techniques use composite fillings (usually tooth-coloured) are chemically bonded and completely sealed. As far as I know, most dentists use these fillings nowadays.
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Maybe it’s time to find a different dentist if you’re not getting the modern treatement, though you may pay even more. I’ve also had really rough female dentists, and really gentle male dentists before. As my current career in the dental industry has taught me, each has their own personality.

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