Tin foil and fillings
Posted on October 8, 2007 in the Ranting category
I have no idea why I did it, but when I was younger, I chewed on tin foil. Seemed like an amusing thing to do until that slightly painful twinge in your head reminds you that you are being an idiot. Come to find out that you are actually getting an electrical shock when this happens. How it works is that, if you have fillings and you chew on foil, there is a reaction between the metals and, because there is saliva in your mouth you create a battery - hence the shock. Apparently just another one of God’s ways of letting you know you are being a dope.
Another amusing way to cause unnecessary dental pain is to lose a filling all together. An extremely effective way to do this, as I found out, is to whack your head on a desk. I had dropped a pen under my desk which, of course, I had to pick up. So I am down on all fours under the desk, grabbed the pen, and began the ascent back up to my chair. Having no situational awareness whatsoever, I hit my head on the underside of the desk. Well, the rapid deceleration of my head in relation to my jaw caused my teeth to smack together and, voila! Out popped a filling.
At first, I thought I chipped a tooth but realized what it was after I spit it out. After the throbbing in my head went away, I couldn’t believe how much the tooth hurt. Worst thing about it was that it was a Saturday evening - no chance for a dentist appointment for a couple days. Now, I am no hockey player so I never felt the need to concern myself with temporary dental repair. If I had known about Dentemp OS, I would have cried much less. Dentemp OS provides fast, temporary relief of pain associated with lost fillings or loose caps. Its actually easy to use - you just open the multi dose container and apply it. You can even eat within 30 minutes of it setting. While it wont cure stupidity (i.e. hitting your head on hard objects) at least this way you wont have to be the only grown man walking into the dentists office crying.
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