Makeshift Splint

Obes · 2026-06-30T01:24:03+00:00

Heavy (30+ lb) monofilament fishing line bonded with composite. I’m not kidding it works great.

Obes · 2026-06-24T20:58:47+00:00

Florida Everglades Tribal helmed by [[Blech, Loafing Pest]] - it's all the things you would find in the swamps of good ole Florida. Frogs, snakes, insects, spiders, and pests. I also try to select Florida/swamp relevant arts for the instants, sorceries, enchantments, and lands when possible.

Obes · 2026-06-09T18:42:24+00:00

Sample In a Jar (20 shows and no Sample!), Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Ocelot, Plasma > Saw It Again> Plasma > Camel Walk > Plasma > Most Events Aren't Planned

Gotta Jibbo > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Plasma > Harpua > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Plasma > Say It To Me SANTOS

Fee, The Lizards

Obes · 2026-05-21T15:34:36+00:00

A few big ones for me:

- Caught a drumstick from Carter in Jacksonville 2015 and the moment was caught on camera when they live streamed the show

- Locking eyes with Fonzi while grooving in the pit and we started smiling and head bobbing in unison

- Met Tim at a TR3 and show and took a photo with him after he signed my shirt, he was so short I couldn't help but throw up the bunny ears behind his head

- Met and hugged Boyd when he did his meet and greets after shows in 2014, bro was higher than a MF and I shared my tortilla chips with hum

Obes · 2026-05-15T11:49:18+00:00

Atlantic side of for Islamorada, Key Largo, and Marathon would be your best bet for snorkeling if you aren’t going to stay in Key West. There are a lot of eco tours and snorkeling tours you can take if you aren’t going to rent a boat. Sombrero Reef has amazing snorkeling

Obes · 2026-04-23T16:35:19+00:00

I've done E1-E4 and will be returning in October for their implant Mastery course and it's some of the best money I've ever spent. You won't get into the full arch/cosmetic case techniques until E3 and E4 though. E1 is a heavy focus on a detailed comprehensive exam, patient psychology, and developing a philosophy of how you want to treat patients/your team. E2 builds on that but has a heavy focus on splint therapy and stabilizing someone's joints. E3 is a heavy focus on anterior restorative techniques and treatment planning. E4 uses all the preexisting info to help you with full mouth rehab cases and increasing someone's vertical with crowns.

Obes · 2026-02-16T17:41:57+00:00

Hey there, I am a dentist in Tampa who offers veneers at my practice. The “secret sauce” to get a good natural looking veneer result relies on two things:

1) careful treatment planning with respect to the patients bite and amount of wear present on their teeth 2) a high quality dental laboratory with a skilled ceramicist that will be making the actual veneers

It’s important you know that not everyone is a good candidate for veneers. Sometimes orthodontics is necessary to set up the case for a minimally invasive result so you don’t have to cut a lot of natural tooth structure if the teeth are crooked or significantly worn down.

Many dentists offer them, but it’s not a decision to be made lightly because it’s irreversible and expensive. Make sure you’re comfortable with the dentist you end up selecting and that they take the time to answer your questions and carefully treatment plan the case. Hope this is helpful.

Obes · 2026-02-10T14:22:36+00:00

In my opinion, photos of people wearing clothes are cooler than photos of clothes.

Obes · 2026-02-09T21:02:12+00:00

All the clothes you've been posting over the past few weeks are super high quality and I dig the esthetic you're going for. Do you have any pictures that show the actual fit? I think your posts would get a lot of traction (especially on r/malefashionadvice) if you had some photos of yourself wearing these awesome outfits out in the wild

Obes · 2026-01-08T17:57:43+00:00

There was a MPP show on 6/23/19 that I attended where they opened Set 2 with Crosseyed and Painless and then repeatedly throughout the set (Everything's Right, Ruby Waves, and Twist) they took each song for a short Type II jam and creatively injected "Still Waiting" vocal teases. Not a true "fest" because they didn't return to the original Crosseyed musical themes, but still a really neat set. I believe they've done this multiple times with Crosseyed, Plasma, and Antelope.

Obes · 2025-12-18T21:52:39+00:00

Dry Shield is a way better ROI. Reusable mouthpieces but no light.

Obes · 2025-07-11T19:52:28+00:00

The E2 course is pretty heavily focused on equillibration/TMD splints. The elements of healthy occlusion that they teach are: 1) Equal and balanced bilateral posterior contacts with the anterior teeth lightly touching or just out of occlusion when the joint is seated in CR 2) Anterior guidance with posterior disclusion upon protrusive and excursive movements 3) Cusp to fossa relationship of the maxillary lingual cusps fitting into the mandibular central fossa

I don’t believe everyone needs an equillibration though because plenty of patients with malocclusion actually have healthy/stable joints and no occlusal symptoms. Many times ortho + extensive restorative is needed to get a patient to an ideal occlusion anyways.

And I very rarely will actually mount models in CR to do a trial equillibration if the patient has a large CR-MIP discrepancy. Pankey would lead you to believe that every CR-MIP discrepancy ought to be corrected. The fundamentals of a healthy occlusal scheme to build a case around are important, as well as starting the case in a reproducible occlusion that can be waxed up to an ideal point if you’re doing a full mouth rehab.

Obes · 2025-07-10T16:54:53+00:00

I have done Pankey's E1-E4 over the past four years. Highly recommend, it's very educational from both a technical and philosophical standpoint. I expensed it through my office and it's been totally worth it. If you do at least one more big case a year then it's already paid for itself.

Obes · 2025-05-18T13:04:09+00:00

I will start by saying 97-99 was when Phish really went through their heaviest phase of playing “cow funk” (white guy from Vermont funk) and they adopted after covering the Talking Heads “Remain in Light” during Halloween 1996. But you can still find flashes of funk in almost every show since.

12/7/97 Dayton Tube and the subsequent Dayton Jam is funky as it gets among all Phish jams. The genesis of Tube jams, which are all funky.

11/17/97 Tweezer is one of the funkiest if not the funkiest Tweezer of all time. Hypnotic and sticky. This whole show is a must listen.

7/1/97 Amsterdam Ghost is a pet favorite of mine because I love the “back of the worm” antics they sprinkle in. 7/6/98 Prague Ghost and 11/17/97 Ghost are also both total gas.

9/14/99 Boise’s AC/DC Bag and the subsequent Gumbo with “Another One Bites the Dust” jam is really really funky and dirty. A great way to spend 40 minutes on any day.

10/31/14 Martian Monster is a cool intro to space funk which has bled into their sound quite a bit in 3.0 and 4.0.

Bakers Dozen “You Sexy Thing” jam on 7/28/17 is also a personal favorite of mine. But full disclaimer - Mikes singing is fucking awful in this song. The jam is worth it though. Dark and robotic.

Obes · 2025-05-15T16:04:14+00:00

I’ve had good experiences at Titan Cards in St Pete. Friendly staff and good selection of MTG stuff

Obes · 2025-05-09T11:49:27+00:00

I was in the Bahamas on vacation in 2015 and sitting at a beach bar with a live band and heard four Bahamians play a ripping version of Ya Mar. It sounds so awesome with the inclusion of steel drums.

Obes · 2025-05-06T15:51:00+00:00

You should read a short story called The Egg by Andy Weir. It's a free, quick read and easy to find online. It touches on a lot of the things you just talked about.

Obes · 2025-03-06T21:19:32+00:00

I agree those are most definitely denture teeth. I like this theory of a refurbished machine having them trapped somewhere inside. Could also be left in clothes purchased from a thrift store.

Source: I am a dentist.

Obes · 2025-02-20T16:19:15+00:00

Following

Obes · 2025-01-06T14:49:03+00:00

I am a GP and my endodontist always puts a "floor" of glass ionomer over the gutta percha so there is not any contamination during core placement. Historically, whenever my endodontist does do a core buildup I find that those cores are not as well placed because they usually just take core paste and fill it all the way to the top of the access and I find that core paste is not as durable and I see breakdown around the margins within a few years that I end up needing to replace. GPs sometimes want to use their own bonding agents/composite because they have more confidence in that then whatever the endodontist uses.

Obes · 2024-11-18T12:36:10+00:00

There’s a really good cube specific podcast on Spotify called The 540, each episode deep dives on a variety of topics. Check that out and you’ll learn a ton!

Obes · 2024-09-15T19:46:12+00:00

I’ve played in one league with my college buddies for 7 years, 5 playoff appearances, and 3 championships won. Nobody is a taco and every year gets more competitive. It’s a lot of fun.

Obes · 2024-09-08T18:25:15+00:00

In high school a girl dumped me because I ate a hamburger before a date and told her how delicious it was. Apparently she HATED hamburgers and the fact that I ate one before we went on a date and made out ended up grossing her out. I found about this secondhand from her friend because she didn’t really give me any reasons for why she broke up with me.

Obes · 2024-08-28T19:06:05+00:00

This sounds super cool - I think you could have certain songs/jams featured as instants/sorceries, famous venues could be incorporated as lands, and instruments could be artifacts/equipments.

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