I never used to mind the dentist until the last few times and now I'm resistant to going. The last few times involved not insignificant pain. I have to go while I have insurance. Ukh.
I've got the stupid postcard here. I need to make an appointment.
I had sonic the teeth-cleaning recently and found it to be about the same level of tolerable as the old way. I was prepared for the squeal to drive me batty but it stayed just beneath annoyance level (this might well be due to age-induced high frequency hearing loss*).
*Ah, it has a name, "Presbycusis." Wikipedia tidbit: Recently, the ability of young people to hear high frequency tones that are inaudible to others over 25 or so has led to the development of technologies to disperse groups of yobboes around nearby British shops (The Mosquito), and the development of a cell phone ringtone, Teen Buzz, for students to use in school, that many older instructors are unable to hear.
2: I'm on the outs with my dentist over seeming intractable insurance/dentist billing conflicts--a lot of which in my lies with our dentist. We're contemplating moving on after 25+ years with the practice (sons just took over from the father).
And although I may have presbycusis, at least I don't have acute suppurating presbycusis.
I haven't had to deal with the squeaking yet, but the one sound I can't handle is when the doctor's office wants to just take blood from a finger stick but there's that horrible plastic contraption that makes a giant click. I'm not squeamish about shots or blood draws, but that horrible click just gets to me and I have to ask them to take the needle out and just jab me directly because I'm pitiful.
My times at the dentist (and, recently, the endodontist) tend to put me in mind of the esoteric Buddhist meditation practice of kuji kiri, as depicted in many ninja movies. Oddly, it doesn't help.
I just got dental insurance for the first time ever! Though it's worked out fine so far: I've only ever had one cavity, so the payments for once yearly cleaning and x-rays have come out to less than add-on dental insurance ever would have been.
I had to look up "endodontist". I was thinking "all my teeth are internal. Doesn't leave much for the exodontist to do unless I discover one sticking out of my leg or something".
Root canal on one's leg would really suck.
I had to look up "endodontist".
Lucky you.
9: I recall first getting dental insurance in my mid-twenties. Eight cavities filled and a root canal in the first couple of months.
I had dental insurance but didn't go to the dentist until the unbearable pain started. It took an endodontist to fix things.
I'm still all bitter and resistant about dentists after discovering that my last dentist probably drilled a bunch of unnecessary holes in my teeth. (Can't be sure, but never had a cavity before I went to him. Had lots with him. Finally, he showed me an x-ray and pointed to a spot where I couldn't see a damn thing and said it was a deep cavity that might need a root canal, and I decided I'd wait until I actually had a toothache. Didn't go to a dentist for years, and then my current dentist, when I finally got a checkup, didn't see anything in that spot. But she did find decay around the edges of one of the fillings he put in.)
I trust my current dentist, but I'm still resistant to going in for a checkup.
I find dentists to be over-invested in "saving the tooth" rather than "fixing the pain." At least that's my assessment in the moment. I once made a solo sprint drive through the night from Oak Ridge, Tennessee to NE Ohio to get to the dentist. For most of it I was chomping down on wads of paper towels. It got so bad in Kentucky at one point that when I saw a state trooper (at ~4 AM) I contemplated flagging him down and having him shoot me, the tooth, or help me find someplace to get it pulled.
Sharks, on the other hand, have lots of external teeth. In fact their bodies are entirely covered with teeth - shark scales, or denticles, are basically teeth, complete with dentine and pulp.
I contemplated flagging him down and having him shoot me, the tooth, or help me find someplace to get it pulled.
I, The Tooth by Mickey Drillane
I was pleased to see that when my mother (mid-80s) recently had a tooth blow up on her that they just took the fucker out no questions asked. So maybe there are some benefits to getting older.
My dad (early-80s) had a tooth removed and it still hurts.
Moby had such fond memories of that tooth.
15 sounds like a basis for a comlaint to the dental licensing board, at least, if not a malpractice claim.
Totally OT, is this the most absurd corporate policy in history?
However, she defended the policy that requires adults to be accompanied by children, saying "it is a child attraction so we do have this in place to protect the families and children that visit."
So: this is supposed to be pedophile deterrent.
However, she defended the policy that requires adults to be accompanied by children, saying "it is a child attraction so we do have this in place to protect the families and children that visit."
At my rooftop 4th of July party, policies like this one were a topic of conversation. This was prompted by one of my acquaintances, a mid-30s skateboarder and online history instructor at a for-profit college, trying to yell out encouragement to the kid across the street who was doing some (not very impressive) tricks. And by "yell out encouragement" I mean "drunkenly goad into doing more dangerous stunts".
Apparently skateboarding culture has a big tradition of older skaters teaching younger ones the ropes, a tradition that is threatened by policies and cultural reactions that presuppose that unrelated adult men should never be around children. That said, this acquaintance of mine is not exactly the best influence and should probably not, in fact, be a mentor to children, or to anyone else for that matter.
Also OT: having first read all the internet articles and only afterwards I expected to be much less attractive.
https://www.google.com/search?q=MARION+BARTOLI
What you read won't make you less attractive on the outside.
15: It's too late for you, but anyone reading your story should resolve to get a second opinion, if their dentist recommends a dental procedure and they're not already in excruciating pain.
My previous dentist joked on my first visit that I needed to eat more sweets so I would get some cavities so he could make money. I didn't go back.
My current dentist treats preventive care like it's actually a thing, tells me what I'm doing wrong in my daily toothcare routine, etc. (Well, the hygienist does all that. The dentist just wanders by for 10 seconds to take a look and give me a thumbs up - but all the hygienists there seem to be like that, so I think it's the whole practice's culture.) This makes me happy.
24: I didn't know nosflow was a skater.
... teo's going to be here all week; try the veal.
But remember that it's innocent until proven guilty.
However, she defended the policy that requires adults to be accompanied by children, saying "it is a child attraction so we do have this in place to protect the families and children that visit."
Won't the children who visit be protected by the adults they're with? Would it not be a better policy to ban unaccompanied children?
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