Re: No-needle dental work

From: Rich (nomore_at_spam.no)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:45:06 -0700

"Adenosine" <adeno@nospam4u.org> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:05:19 -0700, "Rich" <nomore@spam.no> wrote:
>
> >I heard on the news this evening that there is a new painless way of
getting
> >dental work done *without a needle*. Any idea on what this is, seriously?
> >Because my wife is SOL. She had seizures at the dentist office awhile
back
> >and two neurologists said this month that the mepivicaine (or any
"*caine")
> >can likely cause seizures for her, believe it or not. Her dentist thinks
> >this is donkey doo, so he is giving one neurologist a phone call next
week.
> >She has some other underlying problem but these "caines" push her seizure
> >threshold over the edge. The neurologists also advised her not to start
> >seizure medication "just for the dental work" as she has not had seizures
> >since the dentist visit on Sept 30th, but she is in serious need of some
> >dental work now. She still has more tests going on (MRIs, another EEG,
etc.)
> >but her tooth hurts really bad and she doesn't want to loose it. She's
not
> >up to nitrous oxide so the only other choice would be ga and that doesn't
> >sound too fun either. Can they just use ice or something that numbs it up
> >without any "caines"?? How did they do it in the old days?
> >
>
> What about ether? It's got a risk of cancer associated with it, but it
> also has the claim of being the 'original' anesthetic.

You mean the stuff I use to start my tractor with?

Rich

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