Back from Dr. Chew and picking up no packages. He prepared one tooth for its cap today - so, yes, I had Novocain, but he gave me enough topical numb thing that I didn't even feel the needle go in. Then he had to file down the cracked tooth to its nub - they leave just enough for the cap to bond to. That took a really long time. I get the real cap in two weeks, in the meantime, I have a temporary.