On Mar 7, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Mike wrote:
I'm stoked they won. Good for them. I went for a root canal this week
and right at the end the tooth "fractured" and so will now have to be
extracted. I was pretty bummed. I wasn't even angry just bummed. I
came home feeling a bit sorry for myself and then read a Riv post
about Smile Train and made a donation. Sure I get the Riv credit but
the fact is I just don't have dental/oral problems like the kids
served by Smile Train and that got me out of my head.
I really should have known something was up when the endodontist
leaned over me to get to work and said "Is it safe?"
Ah, the joys of dentistry. Unfortunately I found out belatedly that
you can brush your teeth too much and too enthusiastically, causing
gum recession and all kinds of problems- and also that you should
have your wisdom teeth extracted before you're about 40, if they
should come out. Oh well, six extractions, four crowns and one as-
yet incomplete implant later I *still* don't have the issues that the
kids helped by Smile Train have had.
This stuff is extensive (and expensive). My wife's family has a
young man born with a cleft palate. He's had about six surgeries
over that time, repairing the lip, palate, building a ridge to
support his teeth, etc. plus braces and normal dental work. He just
turned 18 and had his last major surgery, which was to detach his
upper jaw and move it forward 6 mm and to shorten his lower jaw by 2
mm to correct his underbite. They also repaired an incidental
deviated septum while they were at it. This is the first person I
have known with a cleft palate during the procedure; I've got friends
with cleft palates but met them as adult when they were already
through all this stuff. The amount of work that needs to be done is
just astonishing.
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