Part of one of them is probably making its way through my small intestine even now, thanks to some really crunchy overcooked pita bread I was using to dip pesto for lunch. Appointment at 330.
UPDATE "It's just a little flake of enamel that's chipped off. I'll see if I can polish it down so it doesn't cut your tongue."
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"Ohhh. It's bigger than I thought." And that's where the fun began.
Things were a little hectic down at the dentist's office -- the computer messaging system was down (there's a computer by every exam chair and a few other places, but sadly no keyboard for patients) the dental supply guy was there to take orders, but the person who usually ordered stuff was out with the flu. So between ordering new rollers for the xray film processor (this set lasted seven years; the previous set -- which never left the chemical bath -- lasted three. I wonder what they're made out of; almost certainly not the composition that used to be standard for pritning presses) and discussing new wax-impression tricks for getting better-shaped crowns, and whether a lot of dentists' office were losing swathes of staff to the flu, I got a little keyway drilled into the big block of amalgam that had been exposed when the side of the tooth cracked off, and then the dentist slathered Miracle Mix into the gap, shaped it with a pick and a spatula, and presto! it was all done.
The stuff is hard as a rock, she says, and will last until that tooth -- which was a teardown anyway -- can be dynamited and rebuilt from scratch.
Posted by wallich at February 12, 2004 02:18 PMThe American Dental Association thanks you and Miz Betty for keeping them in business! Good Luck-
Posted by: not yr maw at February 12, 2004 03:44 PMI went Tuesday for a crown on a tooth that already had a root canal. I had chipped it on a piece of bacon. Thank you Dr. Atkins. I thought that it was going to cost $1000, but how lucky was I? It only cost $850, and I get to go back for the permenent one when it comes in. Paul. perhaps we could get our own dentist, and she could spend half the year in VT, and half the year in N.O.
Posted by: auntb at February 12, 2004 09:06 PMI like my dentist -- maybe she would like the warm weather.
Posted by: paul at February 13, 2004 12:18 AM