Do you remember how a couple weeks ago I mentioned that I went to see a new dentist. Well, that visit was a new patient consultation so they did x-rays and looked around. Today I went in to have my teeth cleaned and get a couple fillings that they found I needed during the new patient visit.
My least favorite part of seeing the dentist is the scraping the hygenist does. So when the hygenist looked in my mouth and said, "Looks good. I don't see a lot of plaque." I thought, I've got this in the bag! NOT!
She scraped on my teeth for close to 30 minutes. Perhaps what she meant was, "Looks good. I don't see a lot of plaque for someone who hasn't had a cleaning in 3 years." All I know is that I was glad when that was over.
As I'm moving to the other room to get my filling, I'm joking with the assistant / office manager about how it's hard for me to decide if I would like the cleaning or the filling less. She said the filling and I disagreed with her because of just how much I hate the scraping.
Going into today, I was told there were 2 little cavities that would be really easy to deal with. As the dentist was cleaning the area for the second cavity she found out that a filling in the same area had a bunch of issues so she took that out and had to put in a new one. That meant a lot of extra grinding (and keeping my mouth open). Add to the fact that it went from the top of my farthest back tooth to the back side of it and it made for some serious contortions for the dentist and my mouth.
Although my mouth is still numb, I can tell my jaw is going to be sore and I'll probably get a headache too (tension in my neck).
Do me a favor. If you see me in the next couple days, please don't yawn. I'm not sure my mouth can take it.
Oy, I hope that has eased up for you by now. :)
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