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Saturday, 25 June 2005 |
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Fillings, teeth and dentists
I was brushing my teeth rather vigoursly the other evening and a filling popped out. I went to my local dentist on Friday to have the damage inspected and hopefully get it repaired. As I sat in the chair, I was amazed at the amount of technology he had available - he was using a poking around in my mouth with what looked like a handheld mini camera and was looking at the image on a lcd monitor above my head. It was really cool. He then, somehow, had a model of my mouth and was zooming around in what looked like a 3rd vrml world inhabited by giant teeth, a tongue and a river of saliva -- OMG it was my mouth!. He showed me what the gap looked like, how my bite was affected and what the options were to repair the damage. It was like looking at a model of a soon to be built house, but it a visualization of my teeth and gums. Amazing. I wanted a picture of it (so that I could post it on my blog of course) but he didnt give it to me. Maybe it's for the best. [listening to: Radio Death Song - Mark Seymour ]6:44:26 PM  comment [] trackback [] G!
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