NOYB wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
I need a professional opinion from you, if you would do me that favor.

My daughter had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted on 9-11. She was awake
during the entire procedure, with a local anesthetic given via injection.

As of today her tongue is still numb, although she is now feeling some
tingling in it, although slight.

The doctor performing the extraction told her not to worry as it can take
up to 5 weeks for the senses in her tongue to return to normal.

Yes. If there's been some improvement, that's a very good sign. It means
the nerve was bruised, but is healing. If the nerve was severed, there'd
have been no change since day 1.


Thank you. Another doctor agreed with your professional assessment.

I apologize for the garbage others made you wade through Doc, including
those who responded to a question directed only to you but decided to
try to make this a confrontational thread.

Thanks again Doc! I will relay your response to my daughter. ;-)

You're welcome. I used to post regularly on the sci.med.dentistry
newsgroup, but got tired of arguing about the safety of amalgam fillings
with a former daycare operator who thinks she knows more about teeth and the
body than the dozen or so dentists who post there.






"JimH" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
I need a professional opinion from you, if you would do me that favor.

My daughter had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted on 9-11. She was awake
during the entire procedure, with a local anesthetic given via
injection.

As of today her tongue is still numb, although she is now feeling some
tingling in it, although slight.

The doctor performing the extraction told her not to worry as it can
take
up to 5 weeks for the senses in her tongue to return to normal.

Yes. If there's been some improvement, that's a very good sign. It
means
the nerve was bruised, but is healing. If the nerve was severed, there'd
have been no change since day 1.


Thank you. Another doctor agreed with your professional assessment.

I apologize for the garbage others made you wade through Doc, including
those who responded to a question directed only to you but decided to
try to make this a confrontational thread.

Thanks again Doc! I will relay your response to my daughter. ;-)

In article .net,
"NOYB" wrote:

I used to post regularly on the sci.med.dentistry
newsgroup, but got tired of arguing about the safety of amalgam fillings
with a former daycare operator who thinks she knows more about teeth and the
body than the dozen or so dentists who post there.

I know every time I spit the amalgam fillings in my mouth release
dangerous mercury into the envirenment. That makes me feel guilty, and I
know one day they'll come after me. Maybe they're already coming.
Psychiatrists around, by any chance?...

Frogwatch wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
ups.com...

All I can do is shake me head and walk away from this thread.

******. You've been here forever and never noticed that the make believe
dentist only shows up on weekdays, when he can post from his office. He
could never say the things he does from home, where his wife (mommy?) might
catch him.

Weird, he asks a boating NG about dentistry and then doesnt like the
opinions he gets? OK, would it make any sense for me to ask opinions
about x-ray optics from people here? I can be certain nobody would be
qualified to respond but I'd take that into account when I read their
responses.
I can empathize with him though having been through this very issue
(wife and daughter). These experience have caused me to be very
skeptical about the whole wisdom tooth removal thing. I am hanging
onto mine and I am 50. My 89 year old dad just had an implant put in
and they used his intact wisdom tooth to anchor it. I figger God put
em there for a reason and I use mine. They're great for openin beer
bottles.

JimH might have gotten a better reception to his problem if he hadn't
in the past been a genuine prick to EVERYBODY here.

Huss Mohrens wrote:
In article .net,
"NOYB" wrote:


I used to post regularly on the sci.med.dentistry
newsgroup, but got tired of arguing about the safety of amalgam fillings
with a former daycare operator who thinks she knows more about teeth and the
body than the dozen or so dentists who post there.


I know every time I spit the amalgam fillings in my mouth release
dangerous mercury into the envirenment. That makes me feel guilty, and I
know one day they'll come after me. Maybe they're already coming.
Psychiatrists around, by any chance?...

I questioned my dentist closely about my amalgam fillings a number of
years ago when national concerns were raised.
My dentist said not to worry...as along as they are intact..there's
little need to be concerned.