Re: NTI cost

carabelli <huerter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1. without reference to evidence based research - this is a response for
> *some* when mental stress is added to the equation.
> 2. Why this is the response - I don't have a clue. For some people playing
> with a string of beads, etc will provide a physical activity that alleviates
> to some extent the mental stress that (acknowledged or not) exists. For
> some reason unknown to me, unusual and/or certainly unnecessary physical
> activity (clenching) is an involuntary response to stress levels that may
> affect one individual and may not affect the next.

Ain't that the truuuth: When I'm takin' out a tooth on a medically
compromized elder lady, and I DON'T wanna see it break, and she's waited
until there's no lingual left on the tooth, and so I have to force the
beaks WAY subgingival to find something to grab onto, and I only have 20
minutes to do this,,,, I catch myself CLENCHIN' my teeth real good...
and then I berate myself for concentratin' on my clenching instead of
the tooth, and then I refocus on the tooth, and this goes round and
round a few times....

.... And if that happens more'n once a week, I've got my NIGHTTIME NTI in
place, and I'm bitin' on it but good....

..... and I don't care if they can't understand what I'm sayin'....

.... And if they ask why, I tell them that over your'n, in the US of A,
people TAKE CARE of their teeth and they don't wait till the last minute
to get a tooth out if that's what is necessary. And I tell them that I
know dentists who charge what the xray says the tooth is: simple or
complex compared with the bone, even if the dentist was able to take it
out as a simple extraction.

..... And I tell them I want them to heal up and come back to get the
rest of the mouth looked at because I don't want them having problems
with their teeth as well as their heart.... or they can go get treated
in a hospital milieu where all bets are covered.... and so is the $$$$
thay they will pay....

..... and THEN, and ONLY then, do I take out my NTI.

..... and I take off my helmet and my seatbelt,

.... and my O2 mask....

Because if the tooth breaks, it is NOT my fault, and they will have to
come back some other time....

..... and have to stop their Coumadin AGAIN.....

..... and meanwhile my staff steal my Big Mac Trio lunch and my extra
Mountain Dew...

..... and the petty cash money...

.... and I stare thoughtfully into the distant sky....


..... and CLENCH summore....


<....the Pipe bursts out crying into his iBook....>

<.... and the sparks start flyin'.....>


HAVE A FRIGGIN' NICE DAY!!!!!!!!! :-/

SP
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