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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: eureka AT hctc.net, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Self dentistry?
  • Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:23:33 -0800 (PST)

Sounds like you have a very good dentist. Don't lose that mouth guard, if it
was made to the mold of your mouth . A new one will cost you about $700
...............bobford


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--- On Tue, 11/11/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Self dentistry?
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 11:19 AM
> No, it's my fat lower lip. I've had good success
> with tape before. I'd trust this before I'd trust
> the nearest hospital. If I'd broken my arm, I'd
> definitely go to the hospital, only one further away that I
> trust. When you live far from competent medical care, you
> have to make decisions like this--to go, or not to go.
>
> OK, I called the dentist who says to wear the mouth guard
> another 24 hrs to keep my bite aligned, continue taking
> ibuprofen, and try to ice it. He says I'll know by this
> afternoon from the pain if I'll need to come in and gave
> me his home number. If it gets worse instead of better,
> I'll go. He's the kind of doctor that would meet me
> there at midnight if he had too. He says in the future I
> should wear my mouth guard when I feed the sheep!
>
> Years ago when I was leading wilderness tours, I had a
> three year certification for wilderness medicine which
> allowed me to treat emergency situations more than three
> hours from help. Not that I remember all of it now, but
> assessing a situation is always a must.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Sage
>
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:16 -0800 (PST)
> bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > call first ,and then ,go to the dentist , Sage . You
> would go to the doc if you had a broken arm . You don't
> know what might be broken in your mouth. And, if your lip,
> especially a top lip, is split, it will niot heal properly
> without stitches...............bobford
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 11/11/08, eureka AT hctc.net
> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> >
> >> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> >> Subject: [Homestead] Self dentistry?
> >> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> >> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 10:29 AM
> >> The blind rescue sheep nailed me with a horn in
> the mouth last night at feeding time as I was kneeling down
> and something spooked her. I'm suprised I still have all
> my
> >>
> >> teeth, but my split lip and gums are swollen and
> my bite is off. It feels like my teeth got a little
> rearranged. I took some ibuprofen and slept with a custom
> mouth guard I happen to have from when I used to grind my
> teeth in my sleep and the bite seems better today. I could
> tell it was moving the teeth back where they should be. I
> can't
> >> really keep ice on it and get anything else done,
> and my dentist is half day away. I'm going to tincture
> my tickle
> >> tongue tree to numb it.
> >>
> >> Do you think wearing the guard is a good idea to
> make sure my teeth stay aligned, or is this worth the trip
> to the dentist (or at least a call?)
> >>
> >> --Sage
> >> Way 'Ouch' in Texas
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