Good Morning and Happy Hump Day!
I am still on cloud nine from getting my new iPhone
6 Plus yesterday. I’ll tell you more about that on
another day. Today I’ll fill you in on
my recent dentist appointment.
I have not been to the dentist in a very long
time. I had braces put on my teeth when
I was in 7th grade and after a few years of poking and pulling and
sore teeth I wasn’t in any hurry to visit the dentist. I had to get my wisdom teeth out to protect
the investment my mother and father had made on my smile but other than that,
not much.
The tooth on my lower left molar, second from the back,
has been hurting me for a few years now.
It has a hole in it and when something gets in that hole and I bite down
it hurts. I have such a fear of the
dentist and I am equally afraid I’d get a lecture for not flossing, even though
I brush twice a day. I finally decided
enough was enough and I needed to get my tooth looked at. I was a ball of nerves that morning and really
wanted to cancel. What if I needed a
root canal? I think that is what scared
me the most.
The staff at Emerald West Family Dentistry was
great. I had such a nice time chatting
with the hygienist (why do they insist on talking with stuff in your mouth?)
and Dr. Hess was also really nice. The
hygienist complimented my teeth saying it “wasn’t that bad” but she would have
to “chisel some of the stuff off.” Then
Dr. Hess swoops in and rattles off tooth number this and tooth number
that. The next thing I know I’m being
told I need one crown and six fillings.
Oy!
The temporary crown and the filling in the tooth
next to it were done on Monday. Thank goodness
for Care Credit and no-interest financing.
I got back for my permanent crown this coming Monday. I am also slow to feel the numbness and after an extra dose, it took several hours for my mouth and lip to go back to feeling normal. When the dental assistant pulled out the
color matching scale to match the color of the crown to my tooh I asked if I could get a purple crown. She said no.
Wouldn’t that have been fun?
I will be honest.
I don’t love to floss and it takes forever. But, I am going to try and be better at
keeping my teeth in good shape. Maybe
next cleaning there will be less to chisel.
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