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Friday, January 21, 2005
Insurance Woes
Paid! Yay! Well, that's $7K that I don't have to fret about anymore. Tuesday, November 30, 2004I finally got my teeth fixed. I went to the dentist, got some X-rays, and discovered that yes, indeed, I had chipped two teeth. One was not a big deal, but the other one had lost a good deal of cusp. Number 18 and 11, respectively. They numbed me up and roughed up (or filed down) the surface, then bonded a new piece in place of the old. It's like I have a new tooth now! I didn't realize this, but when they cement and glue and whatever else they put in my mouth, they have to reshape the cement stuff, so it is the same shape as your old tooth. Now, considering that my old tooth was probably sucked up by a street sweeper in San Francisco six weeks ago, I think it's remarkable that my dentist could do such a good job. Some kind of sculptor, I suppose. Why go through all those years of training? Can't someone just say, "I have natural dentistry talent." Or are the days of "outside dentists" just around the corner, waiting to be discovered by accident? Oh, the promise that the future holds. Thursday, November 25, 2004So here they are. The braces I've worn for 5 weeks. I asked the nurse if she had a camera (I forgot mine at home) when I had my braces removed. I asked her to take a photograph of the braces before they were removed. She complied, and I must admit, she composed a very nice photograph of my teeth and braces.
I was pretty doped up for a while. I think I got feeling back into my face around 7 pm, five hours later than the procedure. It makes me happy to be able to run my tongue over my teeth again. Boy, I am just going to lick everything I can this weekend. Well, glad to be on the road to solid foods, even if I'm prohibited from doing so for another few weeks. Wednesday, November 24, 2004The taste of freedom today is French Fries. I got my braces off, and took a fancy 'before' picture. I have to scan it, but beware, because it's on the way. They numbed up my mouth, untwisted the wires, and yanked out the wires that wrapped around my teeth. I had 18 wires, each twisted set around a pair of teeth. The doctor asked what it was like, I said, "like a really bad dentist." You know, when they try to floss you, but it feels like they're trying to sever your gums? A little worse that than. He said, "we could have given you more numbing stuff." I said, "I know, I just wanted it over with." So now, no braces. Just a fancy Titanium plate for memorandum. Still on the soft food diet, since my left side has not healed yet, and is not expected to be back to 100% before 6 months. Well, this blog just got a lot longer.
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