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Originally Posted by Crowbob
What kind of sickness allows somebody to think that would be an interesting and entertaining thread to read?
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Better to read about it than to hear it and smell it.
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Originally Posted by Nickshu
Oh and I highly recommend IV sedation. It makes the experience more fun for everyone.
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GD straight. I am a cheap date on versed. 1 mg and I am not on this plane of existence.
They produce some uber bad ass hardware for dental and maxillofacial facial surgery. Little titanium locking plates where the head of the screw is threaded and is rigidly attached to the plate, headless cannulated screws, all sorts of groovy stuff. Titanium is used for metal implants a lot, because it is the best thing they have found, and are likely to find if you ask me. It forms a coating of titanium oxide, which is extremely tough. Bone likes it a heck of a lot more than other metals. You put one of those old stainless screws or pins into bone and they get loose. Bone sticks to Ti better.
Hugh, get a couple of those gel ice packs for your face. You may find that ibuprofen works for your pain as well or better than narcotics, but you want to be careful taking anti-inflammatories perioperatively though, so ask the appropriate people first. If you alternate the narcotic and NSAIDs you can attain better pain control.
I added 4 different words to the dictionary on this post