Kendal in the dentist chair, and what she was told there
Using a Herculean effort and only a little chemical assistance, I got up early today and went to the dentist. Since this is Land of the Elderly the dentist I randomly picked from Google was a ritzy private practice type place inhabiting what can only be called a miniature castle.
Spent ten minutes filling out forms and waiting while the lovely receptionist ("looks like you've got some swelling!") called the government and told them to pay for my visit. After gruelling debate, we decided to go dutch while I sat counting my pennies.
I got another x-ray and in a hilarious twist of ironic irony the tooth that has already breached the gum and been causing me pain the last few days won't need removing. Oh no, both teeth on the right side of my face are doing well, coming in straight. The problem is that I have an infection in my gums, possibly due to the fact that food keeps getting stuck in the hole in my gum where the tooth is now poking its head through.
But on the left side the bottom tooth is full-on sideways, the top one is pointing towards the teeth which have put in the hard yards in my mouth, and as the handsome dentist with Xander-brown eyes was kind enough to tell me, I'm going to need to have my gums and bone cut into. YAY!
Then he - wink, wink - charged me for three small x-rays instead of one big x-ray. The government won't pay for half of the big one, but will for the small ones. What a guy!
In conclusion, my face is apparently grotesquely misshapen and swollen, I need to take antibiotics to make my gums not infected, and start saving the thousands of dollars that cutting teeth out of my skull will cost. Shiiiiiit.
Spent ten minutes filling out forms and waiting while the lovely receptionist ("looks like you've got some swelling!") called the government and told them to pay for my visit. After gruelling debate, we decided to go dutch while I sat counting my pennies.
I got another x-ray and in a hilarious twist of ironic irony the tooth that has already breached the gum and been causing me pain the last few days won't need removing. Oh no, both teeth on the right side of my face are doing well, coming in straight. The problem is that I have an infection in my gums, possibly due to the fact that food keeps getting stuck in the hole in my gum where the tooth is now poking its head through.
But on the left side the bottom tooth is full-on sideways, the top one is pointing towards the teeth which have put in the hard yards in my mouth, and as the handsome dentist with Xander-brown eyes was kind enough to tell me, I'm going to need to have my gums and bone cut into. YAY!
Then he - wink, wink - charged me for three small x-rays instead of one big x-ray. The government won't pay for half of the big one, but will for the small ones. What a guy!
In conclusion, my face is apparently grotesquely misshapen and swollen, I need to take antibiotics to make my gums not infected, and start saving the thousands of dollars that cutting teeth out of my skull will cost. Shiiiiiit.