the patient came in complaining of a dislocated jaw a few hours ago. the occlusal disturbance and head of condyle bulging out of position were obvious to see. after some sweating and straining and cursing i managed to stuff it back in.
not 5 minutes later, as i begin to treat the next patient, the patient comes knocking on my jaw saying he's popped his freaking joint out again.
by this time, my thumbs are hurting like heck, and as i attempt to stuff it back in i find myself struggling to find the strength to do so.
in the end i have to scream for help and Raymond stuffs it back in within a 10-second attempt. we then bandaged his head to keep the darn thing closed.
i wonder if he'll be back? sian...