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wobblerlorri) wrote2010-11-16 03:31 pm
wobblerlorri) wrote2010-11-16 03:31 pm
Dentists SUCK
We've started going to a new dentist, because he takes the insurance we have, and I can't say I'm too thrilled with him. I didn't feel like the cleaning I got a month ago was all that, and today I went in to get a filling repaired. It Didn't Happen.
Let me explain.
First of all, it was a solid month before the filling appointment could happen, after the cleaning. I had to cancel it because I was sick with rebelling kidneys and gall bladder. So 2 weeks later I get to go in.
This is the last molar on the lower right, the downstairs neighbor of the tooth that was pulled by our old dentist a year or so ago. It's already broken a couple of times, and the filling just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Yet another bit of tooth has broken off, and the new dentist was planning to drill some of the old filling out and sort of patch it.
Well, it's cloudy and damp today. It's always iffy on days like today whether the lidocaine will work on me, but I'll take a chance. Got the first injections, he's pretty good with them. Wait 10 min or so. Tongue is somewhat numb, a little numbness in the lower face, but when she stuck the probe into my gum, I could feel her tugging around. No sharp sensation, so it felt good to go.
(This cloudy/damp day = no effect from lidocaine is pretty standard for me. Apparently it's hereditary, too, because Patrick ran up against it a few months ago when he was having some teeth pulled. It truly sucks.)
He starts in drilling, and as he gets further into the tooth and the old filling, it's starting give those delightful little nerve twinges. I make a couple of grunts, but nothing I can't deal with. Then BLAM!!! there's that bright, glass-like nerve pain! "GNAAA!!" I say, very loudly.
The dentist almost leapt out of my mouth, grabbed the lidocaine and slammed some more in. Wait 10 more min. If anything, I'm less numb. So they sent me home with a half drilled tooth, and a new appointment.
For December 14. That's twenty-eight days from now. The numbing crept up to my eye over the next couple of hours, and now it's almost totally gone. That tooth never got numb. And now it's twingeing a wee bit. I sincerely hope it doesn't get worse as the evening wears on -- I have plans to make tandoori chicken in the oven tonight with rice-orzo pilaf!!
And if I have to have emergency care for it, I sure do hope I can get in. My old dentist was never a problem to see when there was an issue.
I'm thinking about finding out if old dentist will get signed up with our insurance...
Let me explain.
First of all, it was a solid month before the filling appointment could happen, after the cleaning. I had to cancel it because I was sick with rebelling kidneys and gall bladder. So 2 weeks later I get to go in.
This is the last molar on the lower right, the downstairs neighbor of the tooth that was pulled by our old dentist a year or so ago. It's already broken a couple of times, and the filling just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Yet another bit of tooth has broken off, and the new dentist was planning to drill some of the old filling out and sort of patch it.
Well, it's cloudy and damp today. It's always iffy on days like today whether the lidocaine will work on me, but I'll take a chance. Got the first injections, he's pretty good with them. Wait 10 min or so. Tongue is somewhat numb, a little numbness in the lower face, but when she stuck the probe into my gum, I could feel her tugging around. No sharp sensation, so it felt good to go.
(This cloudy/damp day = no effect from lidocaine is pretty standard for me. Apparently it's hereditary, too, because Patrick ran up against it a few months ago when he was having some teeth pulled. It truly sucks.)
He starts in drilling, and as he gets further into the tooth and the old filling, it's starting give those delightful little nerve twinges. I make a couple of grunts, but nothing I can't deal with. Then BLAM!!! there's that bright, glass-like nerve pain! "GNAAA!!" I say, very loudly.
The dentist almost leapt out of my mouth, grabbed the lidocaine and slammed some more in. Wait 10 more min. If anything, I'm less numb. So they sent me home with a half drilled tooth, and a new appointment.
For December 14. That's twenty-eight days from now. The numbing crept up to my eye over the next couple of hours, and now it's almost totally gone. That tooth never got numb. And now it's twingeing a wee bit. I sincerely hope it doesn't get worse as the evening wears on -- I have plans to make tandoori chicken in the oven tonight with rice-orzo pilaf!!
And if I have to have emergency care for it, I sure do hope I can get in. My old dentist was never a problem to see when there was an issue.
I'm thinking about finding out if old dentist will get signed up with our insurance...