Tag: habits

get gum surgery using Alloderm Completed

Created by Matthew Cornell Mar 18, 2010 | Tags dental, teeth, gums, surgery, recession, bruxism, fear, habits, breaking habits, habit-breaking

Overview I have gum recession that resulted (-ing) from bone loss from bruxism/grinding and other factors. Tissue grafts are apparently the way to go, and I had one done some years ago. It used the "harvest tissue from the palate" method, which was one of the most uncomfortable things I've gone through, worse psychologi... See experiment

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Matthew Cornell Brock, not sure what you tried re: Facebook. I noticed that my comments from here get published but without a link to the original comment. Is it related to that?

May 19, 2010

Matthew Cornell My dental anxiety is almost nil, which is surprising. I'm putting this observation here and in "adopt a new oral care regime" (http://edison.thinktrylearn.com/experiments/show/149) because I'm not sure which contributed more. Probably the surgery, but either way, it's a relief.

Jun 20, 2010

Try the "It isn't cancer" mind hack Completed

Created by Matthew Cornell Dec 26, 2009 | Tags illness, mindhacks, mind hacking, thinking, habits, dental anxiety, mind hacks, thoughts

Overview To counter persistent negative thinking and fears around up-coming surgeries, I'll try a mind hack I came up with. When the "brain rats" infect me, I'll immediately say to myself "It isn't cancer," which is true: they are not cancer. See experiment

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Matthew Cornell Thanks, Avrum. I'll give it a shot. I'm curious to see how much work they are to use. I have a *lot* of stuff running through my head!

Dec 29, 2009

Matthew Cornell I think I'm done with this. Results: So-so. This falls into a much broader and more complex category, but it was a nice idea. May activate it in the future.

Jan 13, 2010

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