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3:43:00 PM EDT
Hearing Tom & Jerry playing on the TV in the background
Mouth Update
So, does my mouth look better to you? No, don't really answer that.
The dentist's appointment went fine. I had four cavities filled, and before you all go ballistic on me about the importance of brushing and flossing, you should be aware that three of them were underneath previous fillings that had cracked or otherwise degraded over the years; i.e., it's not my fault. The fourth one I must claim, but it was teeny-tiny and apparently took all of 30 seconds to drill and fill. If you're going to have a cavity, that's the way to go.
My dentist is a fine dentist, but I'm not a particularly good dental patient. I get a little tense about people drilling inside my skull, and I have what I've been told is a reasonably high tolerance to anethesia, which is to say I really need to be shot up full of the stuff before the dentist can get to work. I don't yell and scream and fight the dentist (although today I did accidentally bite him -- he asked me to do a bite and he had his finger in my mouth at the time, and since I was numb, I couldn't tell), but neither do I drift off to slumberland. I always feel like I should apologize to him for being so twitchy.
Anyway, now my mouth is fixed for the next few months.
How are you at the dentist's office?
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Um....I wouldn't know what I'm like at the dentist's office since the last time I was at one was when I was 2 years old (I had 6 silver caps put on my teeth). I have the feeling that when I finally see one he's going to look in my mouth and see dollar signs (I probably have cavities, my jaw pops which usually is only solved with surgery, I think I need braces, and I have a major overbite [thanks dad for that last one]). So, yes I'm going to see one relatively soon in the next 3 to 5 months, but I'm waiting for my workplace to make dental insurance available in November (only 7 dollars a month!!!).
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i have to take a Xanax before i can even get into the dentist's chair. used to be Valium, now we have better drugs. this is because my horrible father was a dentist, i'm pretty sure. he used to apply the marine philosophy: take it like a man. even when he was working on a ten year old GIRL.
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What a view! Highly entertaining photo there John! Glad you survived the dentist to show us your pearly whites... wish we could just send our teeth in to be worked on and then they could send them back... I'd be a much better patient.
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