Disaster in the Melting Pot

Some weird things happened... I think there was a hole in my melty tin (in retrospect it is pretty old from lots of meltings), so this happened:

Solution:

My alginate teeth:

My plaster teeth:

Casting Pearly Whites Before Swine

Today I am ghetto-casting my teeth with some Alginate and plaster and/or wax. These are just going to be for reference and might not actually be used for much in the end. I would like to get a real full mouth cast done at the dentist but I'm not sure the least weird way to ask them for it and if I can keep it.

I need to go soon to get my cavity filled anyway. They said its tiny so I do not see why I need to go through with the Novocain, but they strongly recommend it.

TEETH

I went to the dentist about a week and a half ago. They told me (as they have before) that I am predisposed to periodontal disease. It's no fault of my own - I brush twice every day and use ACT - But according to them my mouth is more like a 35 year olds than a 20 year olds. This is pretty frustrating for me. They told me to floss alot. I already do.
The very worst thing about all this is the xrays that don't fit in my mouth and add insult to injury by showing that I have a cavity. I'm no baby, I am not afraid of drills. But I do have a paralyzing fear of needles. I can't get shots or blood drawn, and most of all I can't get novacain. I can't I can't I can't. I get really upset and worked up and as soon as my ordeal is over I pass out. Not fun.

SO, I am thinking of making a scary bear trap like all-at-once tooth flosser.


My love with the sun,
-Heather

My not-so-virgin first blog post

This is my blog for Materials and Techniques - or the How to Make Anything Class. It's my first blog since I had Xanga in middle school which I got in alot of trouble for because I roasted this kid for getting my best freind preg--- this is not important. It's 1am and Quinn is dead asleep on my left arm so I'm right handedly seek and poking at my iPhones keyboard. I don't have any idea what to make yet to blog about making, so in the mean time I'll blog about thinking about making stuff. It will usuially be at midnight and I'll try to keep the rambling to a minimum.

My love with the sun,
-Heather