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teeth
surgery
novocain
[2004]
[Attendee]
Is there anything that I should eat like meatball and an egg before and after.
[Aajonus]
It depends, are you going to let them give you Novocain?
[Attendee]
I don't know. I should dig a little deeper.
[Aajonus]
I had 16 teeth drilled in 1978. 4 hours one morning, four hours the next morning with no Novocain.
What happens is the pain comes from when the bit gets hot.
So, I had a signal, every time that bit started getting warm. I tapped the dentist's elbow and he'd stop until that bit cooled down or he'd stick it in water and cool it.
[Attendee]
I don't think I'm that brave.
