Discretionary caution...is apparently a skill that is not taught in dentistry school. At least not in South Dakota, where my dentist received his degree. Just after getting started on my double root canal yesterday afternoon, while drilling away at my teeth, he utters 'this is going to be a tough one', apparently believing his assistant's ears were the only ones tuned in. Believe me 'doctor', when you have a drill in my mouth (that I made the horrific mistake of looking at prior to the start) I am not going to be missing a beat! So, the long short of it was that the initial part of my double root canal, double crown extravaganza is going to take two appointments rather than the one that was anticipated. I liken that to something along the lines of 'I think we're going to need a bigger boat'. Ugh.
I implore all of you dentist-hating people out there to suck it up and DO NOT miss your twice yearly checkups...heck, even once a year is better than nothing. And brush, brush, brush and floss, floss, floss. I am an avid brusher and flosser but decided to take a 5yr. hiatus from the dentist office itself. Not a good idea, believe me...I'm feeling it now. And the ibuprofen isn't helping much!
As Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts, 'Pretty Woman') said herself so eloquently...'you shouldn't neglect your gums'.
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I am really sorry sweetie. I really am. If you need some stronger drugs, let me know. I think I might have some Vicodin laying around someplace. Would you like one or two? :) (I really hope that makes you smile)
I laughed at your post because I was initially supposed to have a dental appointment back in June, but I had to change it because the in-laws were out of town, and I had no one to watch Brody. Yesterday I had to reschedule to a different date, which is now January, because of the same circumstances. It will be over a year since I have seen the dentist when I go again.
Mike is always telling me that I need to floss and I don't keep up with it like I should. Your story has now scared me enough to do it. J&J floride dental floss, here I come. :)
Well, I may have to take you up on that offer after round 2 next week! I'm ok for now.
Just don't laugh yourself all the way to a root canal! Get to flossin' woman!
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