hi

Mark Wrote:

Joel,

You have a periodontist working for you... maybe he can  answer Mark'
questions and alleviate some anxiety

Thanks
Su

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Su

Mark Wrote:

Mark

I am sorry for this delayed repsonse.  Here is a message from joel, on
of our resident dentists.  His bottomline seems to indicate that thi
surgery is nothing to worry about.  I ma sorry he did not address th
anesthetic question

Good luck

-Su

From Dr. Joel Eichen

True, and periodontics is one of my favorite areas as well.

As you may already know my degree is in dental surgery (D.D.S.) whil
those other fakirs (sadly just like me) are D.M.D.s or doctors o
DENTAL MEDICINE. C'Mon ........ when you need serious stuff done yo
ALWAYS need a dental surgeon

Now I am joking of course, in that DDS and DMD are in fact the same
EXACTLY THE SAME, although many patients believe I have some advance
status. Its balderdash! Complete rubbish. Someone in her infinit
wisdom decided that dental surgeon was misleading so they vowed t
change everyone to D.M.D in time

Periodontal "surgery" (in quotes) means cutting the gums which a barbe
can do in many countries and used to do in ALL COUNTRIES. That is unti
we got fancy-shmancy with our degrees and stuff. So prognosis i
excellent, yes you can go back to work, and the success depends on
what's being done

Joe

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Su

Actually the anesthetic is xylocaine a.k.a. lidocaine
which is NOT novocaine. We dropped novocaine in
1945 quite literally. So you will be ok with the anesthetic.

Hey? What's the name of the procedure, the sugery?

Its like I'm going in "FOR SURGERY" on my body. Oh,
you mean open heart surgery or to remove a wart?
They are different operations.

So tell us what sugery, I mean surgery.

Joel