Cosmetic Dentistry at it's Finest
I survived the visits to the doctor and dentist. The doctor gave me a prescription for thyroid medication (I was expecting that) and also something for acid reflux. So hopefully I'll start feeling better. He also gave me a Tetanus booster and started me on the 3 increments of the HPV vaccine. The HPV vaccine can only be given to girls/women between the ages of 9-26 so I barely made the cut. Good deal. The HPV shot stung a little when it went in, but that was it. The arm with the Tetanus shot has been a little sore all day today.
The dentist was more like torture. I hate the dentist. I got to go through 18 wonderful rounds of x-rays with this thing so giant that it barely fit in my mouth. Whatever happened to the slightly smaller and much less painful slides? Or better yet, the last dentist I went to had this machine that you put your chin on a little chin rest thing and then it scanned all the way around your head so it could get everything all at once and no pain at all. I want that machine next time. Anyway, they poked and prodded at my teeth and gums and "cleaned" them. Not so sure on the "clean" part. I left feeling gritty and gross.
Results were that I have one small cavity and the dentist recommends I replace an old silver "temporary" crown that I've had for 10 years. He also recommended I have a crown put on one of my teeth that has a large filling in it. He said that will just help the existing filling from cracking or whatever. Then they told me if I felt so inclined they could replace all my silver fillings with white ones and I would just pay the difference between silver and white (my insurance only covers silver). As much as I would love to have white fillings, none of the ones I currently have are in any of my visible teeth unless I have my mouth wide open and you're staring in the very back. I don't know if it's really worth it, or whether I could stand to have all those teeth drilled again. Just thinking about it makes me shudder. I asked if they had sedation dentistry, but they said no. I mean, if they could just put me out and do it all at once, I would be all for it.
The new O.A.R. album came out today. I really want to buy it, but all the stores I went to either didn't get it or were sold out. Lame.
The dentist was more like torture. I hate the dentist. I got to go through 18 wonderful rounds of x-rays with this thing so giant that it barely fit in my mouth. Whatever happened to the slightly smaller and much less painful slides? Or better yet, the last dentist I went to had this machine that you put your chin on a little chin rest thing and then it scanned all the way around your head so it could get everything all at once and no pain at all. I want that machine next time. Anyway, they poked and prodded at my teeth and gums and "cleaned" them. Not so sure on the "clean" part. I left feeling gritty and gross.
Results were that I have one small cavity and the dentist recommends I replace an old silver "temporary" crown that I've had for 10 years. He also recommended I have a crown put on one of my teeth that has a large filling in it. He said that will just help the existing filling from cracking or whatever. Then they told me if I felt so inclined they could replace all my silver fillings with white ones and I would just pay the difference between silver and white (my insurance only covers silver). As much as I would love to have white fillings, none of the ones I currently have are in any of my visible teeth unless I have my mouth wide open and you're staring in the very back. I don't know if it's really worth it, or whether I could stand to have all those teeth drilled again. Just thinking about it makes me shudder. I asked if they had sedation dentistry, but they said no. I mean, if they could just put me out and do it all at once, I would be all for it.
The new O.A.R. album came out today. I really want to buy it, but all the stores I went to either didn't get it or were sold out. Lame.