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Dentally Incorrect: The Last of Us … Practicing

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Dentally Incorrect: The Last of Us … Practicing 

The hit HBO series (and the source action-adventure videogame) inspired a message board post from one dentist out there practicing on his own

TheDocWithAllTheGifts
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Patient Zed #902 crawled out of the irradiated wastelands and into the mobile clinic the other day. Typical stuff at first—or so I thought. Got him trapped and then strapped him into the chair.

Isolation is always tricky when the patient hungers for human flesh, but I have developed a good system: If you hang a slab of wild hog near the makeshift operatory light, it seems to keep them relatively rapt.

Because I’m my own hygienist now, I started by washing out the dangling scraps of pulp and sinew from his mouth. Zed had some recession, but nothing that would show when he snarled.

Once I got in there, I realized I was dealing with far more than some core buildup or a few crowns. Having never done a full-mouth rehab case on a ghoul, I was a bit nervous to start. I explained my treatment plan and got a mix of what I took to be mostly agreeable guttural sounds … which isn’t much different than before everyone I treated was undead.

Decided to make this a same-day case, mostly because if I didn’t get back into the quarantine zone by curfew, I’d get shot by the wall guards or spend the night fighting off walk-ins. Went ahead and proceeded with extractions. When your patients no longer have beating hearts, the amount of blood you must work around is minimal.

Here’s where I got brave: I didn’t use a surgical guide when I placed the implants on for the all-on-four. But it all worked out. Both arches in maybe two hours. (I stopped for lunch and did a little CE from that old copy of Dentaltown magazine I found scavenging last week. Sure, civilization has collapsed and the dental board isn’t checking, but I feel like you must make an effort.)

Sent him away by throwing the pork slab out the door and pushing him with the riot shield. At least I know he’s going to get that meat chunk, unlike all those “Can I get the fluoride to go?” people I used to beg to review me on Google.

Side note: Say what you want about the world ending or whatever, but my overhead has never been better. For one, I’m not ordering any anesthesia. And not paying those monthly fees on practice management software has been a godsend, too … especially because I used my last working keyboard to beat away a pack of mutant raccoons. I bet those all-digital offices are kicking themselves now, right? This zombie apocalypse has been a welcome throwback to retro dentistry.

Anyway, is anyone out there having any luck with aligner compliance? Is anyone out there at all?

Humor with bite


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