Dental Tools and Novocain
I went to the dentist yesterday so that he could fill/replace my tooth. I was loaded up on Novocain – I think it affected my mental state. I remember going to another dentist many years ago. He was my very first dentist when I lived in Midvale. He would ask patients if they wanted gas to help them relax or the walkman and maybe something else. I wanted it all. How the right side of my mouth felt each time I tried to eat I don’t know why when my mouth is getting worked on, I somehow feel so relaxed in the dentist chair. I’m really not. I could sense my body tension as I sat in the dentist chair yesterday, but in my mind, I thought I was relaxed. Somehow my mind detaches from my physical body when I am in the dentist chair. They had given me sunglasses to...