Remember when Dwight was gone doing some shenanigans behind Michael's back, and when Michael tries to call him out on it, he says he went to the dentist? When Michael asks the name of the dentist, Dwight responds, "Crentist." Haha. I love it.
"Maybe that's why he became a dentist..."
Anyways, all that to say, I've been spending a lot of time at the dentist. A lot of time. So much time, I'm on a first name basis with the receptiontist Sarah, and really like her. I'd go out for drinks with her if she'd ask. (That's not weird, is it?). Apparently, not going to the dentist for 5+ years means a lot of pain and money for you. I had two really bad teeth. One tooth had this square shaped hole in it for who knows how long. Another tooth just collapsed into itself while I was eating a chip over the 4th of July weekend. Luckily, I had an appointment that following week, so I wasn't too worried. At that appointment, all they did was take about forty-eleven x-rays and told me I had to come back later to have those two teeth taken care of. While waiting for that appoinment, I was chewing gum at church and that square shaped tooth broke. In my mouth. I took out the gum and found a little piece of my tooth in the gum. Wonderful. They fixed it this past Tuesday, and thankfully, I didn't need a root canal! My next appointment to fix the cracked tooth wasn't until August. Yesterday, however, while chewing on a Tootsie Roll, that cracked tooth followed it's broken predecessor and came off in the Tootsie Roll. (Is this too graphic?)
Freaking out that my tooth now had this gaping hole in it, I quickly call the dentist office and got an appointment for this morning. This tooth wasn't as lucky as the other one. That's right, I need a root canal. Rats Bats. They gave me a temporary filling and sent me on my way.
Let's recap:
Not going to the dentist in way to long = 1 root canal, 1 major filling, and a few other cavities. And eating a Tootsie Roll while having a bad tooth is a awful idea. Let's just say it pays to go every six months or whatever to get your teeth cleaned. This my friends, isn't fun.
Sidenote: It probably isn't very fun for my husband because not only is he having to pay for all this havoc I have brought onto my teeth, but I have not been the most brave soldier during all this. In fact, I would say I have been borderline whiny and certainly full of complaints. So kudos to my husband for putting up with me! Hopefully, this will all be over soon!
P.S. If you are a dentist or dental assitant or do anything remotely related to the mouth, please don't pass judgement onto me.
6 comments:
Oh good, a post about your teeth. Not to be dramatic, but I would rather shoot myself in the face than listen to you talk about your teeth any more.
Oh NO FUN! I'm so sorry! I do go to have my teeth cleaned every 6 months and while it is not my favorite activity by any means I guess now I am glad that I do!
You can talk to ME about your teeth ANY TIME you want to. But that's because I must love you more than your sarcastic husband. :)
Cer - Root canals are actually just fine not bad and rather wonderful, as far as dental experiences go. I literally have nightmares about my teeth falling out - YIKES!!!
Dave - BWAHAHAHAHAHAhaha... HAHAhaha hahaha ha ha *sigh* HAHAhaha *wipes tear* heh heh... hahaha *sigh*
You call any time you want to and talk to me as much as you want to about your teeth, because you will have a VERY sympathetic ear. There is nothing in the world I loathe and despise more than anything dental. I want general anesthesia for a check up and cleaning. Childbirth with no drugs? No sweat. Anything metal picking or scraping or God forbid DRILLING in my mouth, and I freak. I am SO sorry you have to have a root canal. It seems like such a horrible thing, and then the fact that it's so expensive, too, just is supremely unfair. You poor poor widdy. Bless your heart.
You are too funny....sorry to hear about all the fun times at the dentist :P Despite being a the dental field now I haven't had my teeth cleaned in a while (yes i will hang my head in shame) so no judgement here lol!
Aww that's the worst!! I'm so sorry!! I hope things go smoothly from now on. -susie
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