Went to the dentist for a cleaning and check. The most SADISTIC hygenist cleaned my teeth! First she jammed this humongo xray thing in my mouth, repeatedly. They use a computer so they don’t use films, which at least were a little flexible when they were in your mouth. This was a piece of metal covered with plastic, OWWWWW.
Then she started with the waterpik and it made a high pitched SCREECH which literally hurt my ear. She saw me cringe at one point and said “is it the noise?” and I said “ahesss” which means yes when your mouth is stuck open, but she ignored me and keep going. Meanwhile the thing is spraying water all over my face, and she’s trying to towel scrub me off with that cardboard bib thing.
Finally that’s done, then came the metal pick. Dig dig dig scraaaaaaaaaaaaape. You’ve all been there…
On to the toothpaste, that nasty gritty stuff, which still makes my mouth feel like I was eating sand. My teeth… and my gums… are all shiny now. Just a little bit of blood when I rinsed and spit.
FINALLY she was done. The dentist came in and poked around and said I was fine, except, maybe, well… and he took a picture of one of my teeth and showed it to me on a little tv screen. He said the tooth is cracked and since it has a big filling he’ll have to dig it out and cap it. And this will cost me $450 after insurance. For a tooth that’s not bothering me? Uh, no. I’ve been told many times over the years to have this or that fixed before it starts to hurt- I never have- and I haven’t needed a root canal yet. So I’m playing the odds this time too.
They printed out the picture of my ugly tooth and stuck it in my file. I was thinking of asking for a copy to post here, but I’ll spare you.
ACCCCKKK! Sounds awful! I’m so thankful to have Cathy as my hygenist! She’s awesome. You should give her a try!