http://cakeandicecream.vox.com/library/posts/tags/dental/page/1/ Too much coffee, not enough protein. en Vox Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:53:18 -0800 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss dental http://cakeandicecream.vox.com/library/post/gum-surgery-is-frigging-gross.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(bex) http://cakeandicecream.vox.com/library/post/gum-surgery-is-frigging-gross.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://cakeandicecream.vox.com/library/post/gum-surgery-is-frigging-gross.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:53:18 -0800 <p>Must. Get. Everything. Paid. For. By. Insurance.</p><p>Hence, what better time to have a procedure where someone else&#39;s gums are grafted onto mine, since apparently I have the gums of an elderly person? You know how it&#39;s annoying when the dentist is all, &quot;So, been on any vacations lately?&quot; and you&#39;re like, &quot;Um, your hands are in my mouth, asshole, so I can&#39;t really elaborate on my tour of Peru?&quot;</p><p>OK, the periodontist was doing the same thing--about books, no less--while half of my mouth was numb and my lips felt about twenty feet thick. Even if I&#39;d wanted to talk, I couldn&#39;t. I left the office with one side of my mouth all droopy and weird, with a giant piece of gauze stuck in for good measure. The effect was very...ugly. Then Ryan and I spent last night looking at my mouth and getting grossed out by it. <br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cakeandicecream.vox.com/library/post/gum-surgery-is-frigging-gross.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9784fca3f9cc00cd970114904cd5?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> gross pain mouth insurance gums dental ow gauze periodontist