Tomorrow at 11:00 am I have an appointment to have 5 tiny cavities taken care of. The dentist says I shouldn't need numbing. What, if anything, can I do to maximize my pain tolerance? [more inside]
posted by dmo on Nov 16, 2006 - 14 answers

Physiologyfilter: After reading about capsaicin in this Straight Dope article by following a link from this thread, I got to thinking... [more inside]
posted by Eamon on Sep 13, 2004 - 12 answers