Today is the day of my dentist appointment. I have a certain amount of trepidation about that. I do not like needles in my mouth and I am afraid I have a cavity. First, the dental assistant will clean my teeth and then time with the dentist is scheduled. I do like having my teeth cleaned as long as it doesn't mean having my roots planed. That can be painful and sometimes requites those nasty shots or a some kind of gas to relax me.
I pull into the parking lot and take a deep cleansing breath to calm my nerves after parking my car. In I go! After checking in at the desk, I sit in the waiting room and thumb through a magazine, looking at pictures because I am hoping there wont be enough time to read a whole article. I am called into the room where the assistant is waiting for me with a huge smile on her face. Her teeth look wonderful. "And how are we today?" she asks. "Fine, fine," I answer. I sit in the chair which always reminds me of what one must be like in a space capsule. She puts on the large bib. "Open wide!" she says.
Out comes that crooked pick thing, and it's poking into my gums. She is counting while another assistant writes what she says on a chart. I never did understand this part, but I think it has something to do with the gums. She smiles again and says "All done!" Now it is time for the cleaning. The gritty stuff is put on the little round thing that spins, and it always tastes minty, I do not mind that. Now she is scraping with another pick and that kind of hurts, but at least it isn't the planing. All this takes about half an hour and then I am waiting for the dentist.
He come in also smiling, teeth looking wonderful, and says "I will need some x rays." The sharp hard cardboard goes into my mouth. I clamp down and hold my breath as the machine buzzes. Next he uses another pick and he does find my cavity. It is just a small pit cavity, so he does not use a shot and I am relieved about that. I get just a small whiff of gas instead, and it takes less than a minute to drill it out. He puts in the filling and tamps it down.
"Try not to chew on anything for about four hours." he says. I mumble "All right." "I'd like to see you in six months, please make the appointment before you leave and my secretary will call you to confirm it about a week in advance," he instructs.
I thank him, make my tentative appointment and go to my car with a sigh of relief. My mouth feels clean and wonderful!
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