Why do Fills seem so difficult?

BPM · July 2, 2006

Why do some have so much trouble getting the fill right?

It would seem to me that if you use the fluoroscopy (sp?) then it should be a very simple process to get at least very close.

Are most of the bandsters that are having such a hard time getting the fill right using doctors that don't use the scope?

Insight welcome.

Morsaille · July 2, 2006

You spelled it right.

Fills are just weird for most people, some people swell after a fill, other people like me get nervous and spasm making it hard to even take a fill.

So by looking at the fluoroscopy you can find the right neighborhood, but as soon as you walk out of the office, that could all change.

If you are a sweller, you may not be able to take in liquids. The swelling would go down, but you would be dangerously dehydrated by then.

If you are a nervous Nellie, your perfect restriction fades on the walk to the car. Talk about an expensive fill. ...bblluuup.. all gone

Still others feel no restriction for two weeks! What?

I suppose it is just easiest to say that messing with ones innards is a lesson in weirdness. That is why we try to sneak up on restriction since large fills tend to intensify our quirks.

Jachut · July 2, 2006

Fluoroscope/xray isnt routinely used in Australia anyway - and we dont have fill centres, they're generally done by the surgeon or an associated doctor. So you just have to inch your way slowly towards perfect restriction, it takes a fair while. Six months on I'm perhaps just getting there.

niche · July 2, 2006

yeah, i've never had flouro. i think it's usually overkill. you just sneak up on the right restriction. worst case scenario, you have a bad night and get an unfill the next day. i guess the only case i'd really believe in flouro for every fill is someone who has their fill doc hours away.