I went to the dentist two days ago for a cleaning. While I was there, he said one of my molars that had lots of fillings in it was breaking apart and had decay in it. He said it needed to be crowned. Dang. It’s the lower left side of my mouth again. (Warning: Clicking that link leads to a closeup picture of my mouth.) On my way out, the front desk person asked what time of day I needed for an appointment. I said I needed afternoon. She said that normally I would have had to wait for January, but it just so happened that someone had just called in and canceled for yesterday. Dang.
I was dreading this dentist visit more than usual. The tooth that needed crowning is the last one in the back. I’d have to open my mouth really wide. That’s the hard part for me. My jaw muscles always hurt.
It took lots of drilling, five molds of my teeth, and an extra round of numbing. At one point the dentist said: “You have a really strong tongue.” At first, I thought it was a compliment. Then I thought that maybe what he really meant was: “Keep your stupid tongue out of the way.” But I now have a temporary crown in.
Here’s something for the memory archive: temporary crowns are like sandpaper and damage my tongue. My tongue ends up hurting more than my teeth or gums. I smoothed this one out with some fine-grit sandpaper. Remember to do this immediately when you get home next time you get a crown, Brad. Remember.
This is a very, very sad post. I’m so sorry for you, and also your tongue.
Five molds of your teeth? Isn’t that excessive? What’s up with that?
me too.
Or next time, you could just wait until you come to Seward and go to Dr. Kruse.
Beth, you scared me. My brother-in-law’s dad is Dr. Kruse and he just died on Sunday… I was afraid of what you were trying to get Brad to do!
Your brother-in-law’s dad (Dr. Kruse) was our family doctor when we lived in Missouri. So he was my doctor from 4 years to 15 years-old. I can remember throwing up in his office. Good times! He was a good man.
Really?!? I didn’t know you used to live in Palmyra/Hannibal! Was it his office in the basement of his house? If it was there, they probably let the dogs clean up your puke.
Dang, you’re quickly catching up to me. Sorry.
Would it be too unmanly to ask for a block? I HAVE to have a block or I can’t keep my mouth open. The block helps soooo much!
My dentist makes fun of my tongue all the time too! Sometimes he asks the assistant to hold it out of the way.
It seems that I have a very small mouth. So they (you know who they are) have a tough time cramming their fists all the way in to do any excavating.