Help! Any Dentists at BM? Thank you

galchonok · Post by **galchonok** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:28 am

I know i am a bit pushing it.. But i just found out I have dry socket and i am leaving in a week to BM, really want to go. Any dentists that can help there?? Or does anyone knows where i can find a closest dentist? Thank you very, very much.

Cabana Springs · Post by **Cabana Springs** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:30 am

Try Astroglide

Trixy · Post by **Trixy** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:33 am

galchonok · Post by **galchonok** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:58 am

I am sorry.. This is my 1st BM.. what is ROFL and Astroglide?? Are those users of this site (nicknames?)..

Trixy · Post by **Trixy** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:01 am

ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing

Astroglide = sexual lubricant, i.e. for the "dry socket", hahaha.........

lots of joking goes on around here, all in good fun, but bring your thick skin

galchonok · Post by **galchonok** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:04 am

ok.. :) unfortunately "dry socket" is smth happends when you get your wisdom tooth pulled out.. :( pretty pianfull stuff.. :( but will take astroglide :)

Trixy · Post by **Trixy** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:06 am

yes, well aware of what a "dry socket" is.

Best of luck to all those with maladies who are on the brink of not making it to the playa this year due to said problems.

Take care of yourself, and don't overdue it. Remember: radical self reliance in BRC

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:07 am

what is ROFL and Astroglide?

ROFL is an online term meaning "Rolling On the Floor Laughing", like writing "Haha", except funnier.

Astroglide is lubricant for sexual activities. I think it was a joke referring to other holes as the dry "socket".

Around here, we think we're funnier than we are.

Don't take things personally, if you really think you need a check-up out there you might find one, but it's not likely. What did your dentist recommend? Is there some treatment you need someone to do out there? Just do what your dentist recommends and hopefully most of the pain will have subsided by the time you're out there.

plowman · Post by **plowman** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:25 am

It doesn't matter where you are, you will still have a dry socket.
Just deal with it as you would in your own home

phil · Post by **phil** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:39 am

Just what exactly did you want a dentist to do for you?

(Depending on your answer, there are _many_ camps at BM that are coming to mind. I need to whitle the selection down, though.)

geo8rge · Post by **geo8rge** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:20 pm

Talk to your local dentist and see if they can do see you. There are dentists in Reno too. I doubt a dentist could do much in BRC anyway.

Megaflow · Post by **Megaflow** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:51 pm

My brother is a dentist and will be at BM with me but I guarantee that you don't want him working on you once he goes into burn mode which starts once the RV leaves the bay area. No responsibilities from the real world taken to the playa is his motto.

Trixy · Post by **Trixy** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:07 pm

My camp is full of health care workers, MD's, RN's, and all manner of others who work on/for people the rest of the year. We, however, do NOT work on/for people during the burn, as this is our vacation.

We are camp: No Compassion

The other 51 weeks, we are caring, compassionate, healthcare professionals. But if you need help this week, you better look someplace else, the medic tent I would suggest. Thanks to those fine people, I don't have to work on my vacation!

Token · Post by **Token** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:31 pm

I'm sure someone will do Little Shop of Horrors on the Playa this year ...

nocturnal_steve · Post by **nocturnal_steve** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:39 pm

I am a dentist, Dr. Al Yankowitz, formally of Queens Blvd. Just come on by Camp Los-ya Molar, and I'll be right with you AS SOON AS I GET OFF THE LAUGHING GAS !

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:34 pm

Oh, the dreary fish will inject sensible realism into this silly thread.

There is a dentist that used to work with the Rangers Medical branch, back before ESD was born and it was decided that they wouldn't let him contribute that way any more because of liability issues. I understand that he still attends at least 3 or so years ago. If you walk around and ask at camps and follow leads you may find one. Dentistry is a nice middle class profession where you can be your own boss and take your vacation when you want; so I assume they are represented in a population of ~40,000. It's your job to find one.
Do what your doctor says and hydrate. Idon't know if hydration will help with dry socket, but going to Reno to hydrate cause you didn't take care of yourself, is a bitch.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:40 pm

never leave home without "oil of clove" it is your first aid for your mouth.. add cotton balls with that..

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:01 am

Unless you have some mutated abnormal case of dry socket, it should be over and done with in about 5 or 6 days.

Since you are posting here, it means you have access to the Interwebz. A much more informative visit for solutions to your condition would be www.google.com and enter "dry socket care" or "dry socket help" or "ZOMIGAWDS! I HAS ZE DRYSOCKET SUXORS!" or something similar in the search window.

And lastly, why are you not talking to the dentists that pulled your tooth/teeth a few days ago and why did you not follow your after care instructions?

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:06 am

Smoker? Sucking too much on cigarettes will do that to you. Yet another way smoking can make your life miserable.

galchonok · Post by **galchonok** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:22 pm

well... didn't expect so many replies.. thank you to those who actually recommended stuff.. I don't smoke, and i did follow the instruction, and i continue to follow the instructions of my dentists. who placed a cotton ball or smth along those lines with solution on my tooth, he said a dentist needs to change this solution every two days untill the wound heals.. my biggest concern is that the wound won't heel in a week, and i will have to visit a dentist in reno every two days while i am at Burning Man.

that is all... sorry if smth i said was out of place.. i thought this was a "help" forum..

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:32 pm

sorry if smth i said was out of place

Nope. Like I said, we think we're funny, but we aren't. If you stick around you'll get used to it. When we make snide remarks it probably means we don't have anything constructive to say, but we're bored enough to type something out anyway.

It usually have little to do with the actual poster

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:08 pm

Bring your wallet, I think they charge you 25.00 to leave and come back in every time... correct me if Im wrong gang..?

nocturnal_steve · Post by **nocturnal_steve** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:27 pm

I would ask your dentist all the particulars about changing the dressing , see if it requires any special skills that take a long time to master or is it something you can manage yourself. It does not sound like brain surgery, and given the alternatives of leaving the event or forgoing it, seems like a reasonable solution. Medical and non medical personnel have preformed life saving procedures under all kinds of conditions.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:53 am

pinemom wrote:Bring your wallet, I think they charge you 25.00 to leave and come back in every time... correct me if Im wrong gang..?

I think it's $20. In any case, be aware that you will have to pay.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:07 am

Bring your ticket stub with that $20 too.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:30 am

And a note from your dentist.

galchonok · Post by **galchonok** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:36 am

Thank you.. So it shoudl not be a problem if i will have to leave the playa every 2 days (paying $20-25)? Do i need a note from the doctor to leave the playa and come back in?

Thank you

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:37 am

I do know a note from the med tent gets a free bus ride in and out of the Gerlach clinic. Couldn't hurt to inquire.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:41 am

galchonok wrote: i thought this was a "help" forum..

It is. Sometimes the best help that can be given is a shove in the right direction.

Robert A. Heinlein wrote:A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

misfit · Post by **misfit** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:49 am

>>>>My camp is full of health care workers, MD's, RN's, and all manner of others who work on/for people the rest of the year. We, however, do NOT work on/for people during the burn, as this is our vacation.

so you posted to say," yes we can help, but we won't."... why waist the key strokes.?..

come to 3:00 esd station, i can repack for you. just bring listerene mouth wash.....

Help! Any Dentists at BM? Thank you

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