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You can buy powdered lidocaine online, mix it up to 2% with water and inject it with a diabetic needle. Boil the water first, then inject it on the tooth that needs work an hour before the dentist looks at you, it reaches peak numbness at about 1.75 hours after injected. Nobody should have to endure dental work without anasthetic.

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Tooth care (&c): My approach has been not dissimilar to our host's for about as many years as well, re medical people & access, incl. dentistry (a dentistry-savvy friend says, especially dentistry!). I did go to one dentist close to 20 yr ago who shook his head at what he saw, but recommended as alternative-minded that he was, offered that given my habits I could arrest what was going on. So i upped the effort, which 'til then included splashing propolis tincture on trouble spots. I changed to beeswax and alcohol-softened propolis chunks. That was >15 years ago. My teeth & gums have almost not changed at all since! Each tooth is valuable and one should try to save by these/similar methods, requiring a bit o' patience at first but then becomes 2nd nature, and truly no more time & effort than standard brushing and other hygiene. I should add: no toothbrush/paste has entered my mouth since i began this "protocol". Cost: Canadian pennies per day. Always rinsing with one or another version of camelia sinensis - tea - after meals or snacks, esp. a black or twig tea. (Very high fluoride, too.) On the very uncommon occasion when I am neglectful and some pathogenic factor causes pain, repeated colloidal silver held in place has always helped chase the trouble (if with Herxheimer effect for a while). Main item: plugging trouble spots with softened propolis. Main trouble if you are looking for a partner: all propolis used over those years has been brown...but the breath smells pleasant! I have shared this "protocol" elsewhere esp. once it became clear about the perpetration extending to the likes of dental anaesthetic. Application: I always carry a very small box (usually a reused Ohropax brand earplug container that easily fits into pockets) with the softened propolis and a very small twig within to take it out with (very sticky). Tongue action and a bit of finger pressure on gums through skin serve well enough to place and pack where needed.

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