Dentistry

[pmulcahy11b]

Dentistry and oral hygiene are some more of those really overlooked things in T2K. People in such a situation would have their oral hygiene go to crap, along with the rest of their hygiene...though the fact that the junk food is going to run out quickly might help! But historically, people have even died from poor oral hygiene, from abscesses that started as simple cavities, then went septic.

As an aside, I had all my wisdom teeth removed as various time when I was in the Army. The first was easy -- the doctor was the KATUSA-equivalent of an orthodontist, he used a minimum of painkillers, and literally had it out before I noticed. He told me he used an acupressure point during most of the procedure. The third was the absolute worst -- took forever, and hurt like hell the entire time (the doctor said I was doing "tiger growls" the whole time). Then he prescribed me Valium, and we quickly discovered I had an allergy to it -- I spent six hours in the latrine crouched over a toilet, and I had to go back to the dental clinic to get my mouth and the empty socket cleaned out again.

The fourth was the best -- they stuck an IV in me, I knew what was going on but didn't care, and when they were done, all I needed was Motrin.