Friday, January 29, 2016
Okay, hi-tech is good sometimes.
Dentist yesterday. I had chipped off a bicuspid and needed a crown. Previously the crown procedure took a couple of weeks and at least two separate appointments. Drill off bad stuff, form mold, make crude plastic temp crown. Wait for the lab to make the proper crown, then return for gluing. Return again for adjustment.
New method is all in one long session. Dentist uses an acoustic (or laser?) sensor to scan the shape of the residual tooth after drilling; then he does a bit of screen graphics to fill in where the missing parts should be; then a CNC milling machine forms up the new crown in porcelain. Immediately glued in.
New process is a little more painful than the old, but the result is DRAMATICALLY better. With the old method my tongue could tell that the crown was FOREIGN, and the tongue kept checking the Migrant Dreamer's ID card over and over. Even after the readjust, it was still a Migrant Dreamer. Never assimilated.
This new one is EXACTLY the same as the original tooth, it chews and flosses without needing any adjustment, and my VIRULENT XENOPHOBE FASCIST BUFFOON tongue is happy.
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