Re: improvements in dentistry

[Guest guest]

Such experiences are one reason I really appreciate the advances in

modern dentistry. Truly, it's a dream come true for those who

remember the evil old days.

And even by my time, things were better than they had been. I

remember reading a collection of letters written by the wife of an

Alabama governor in the mid-19th century. She apparently also had

difficult teeth, and wrote piteously to her husband, who had to be

away from home, how much she dreaded having dental work done.

And later she did indeed die of an infected tooth that no one couold

cure in those days before antibiotics. The infection went to her

brain, I believe... Sad story, which again makes me most grateful tor

the times in which I live and the techniques our scientists and

caregivers have developed.

Orthodontia, too -- not to mention orthognathic surgery -- also have

become much easier for the patients with the changes in the tools and

techniques. Thank goodness!

Cammie

> > >

> > > Hi Cammie,

> > > Please do elaborate here!! What scar tissue were you chomping

on?

> > > Where was it in your mouth?? I ask, because I am starting to

have

> > some

> > > pain way back in my mouth where it feels like the gums are so

> swollen

> > > that they are hitting against each other. I don't know if this

is

> > > because I am starting to get feeling back there or if they ARE

> > > swelling up more, or maybe it is the scar-tissue thing you are

> > talking

> > > about!!

> > > Katja