my first cleanings invovled drugs ( the return to the dentist after well, lets just say a long time) -
it has improved since then. go go sonic care toothbrush - and my hummingbird electic flossers, which is mostly silly, but that seems to be what motivates me to use it.
beth, sympathies. I've been having sooo much fun at the dentist's lately. The filling, the emergency filling, the root canal, the emergency crown prep when the emergency filling fell out and left my tooth all ragged and scraping my tongue, the permanent crown placement that was this Monday....
I am not going back for another 6 months. Minimum. They can clean my teeth then.
I can't even remember how long it's been since I was last at the dentist. I desperately need some dental coverage, so I can get some work done.
ah! dental talk!
In nicer news, I made an appointment with Jen and vw's hair stylist for Saturday. I'm so excited to get my hair cut, haven't gotten one since September.
I tried to make an appointment to get my hair cut Saturday, and my stylist is on vacation until the 28th. I look like a yeti.
Nora and Tep in the vanguard of spring haircuts. Also, Cindy got her hair cut but gave no report on the matter!
I haven't been to the dentist in, oh, 3 years or so. And we've had dental coverage all that time, so I have no excuse except dental phobia and not really liking the only Seattle dentist I've tried.
So. Seattlistas. Anyone know of a gentle, understanding dentist who'd be kind to someone with severe dental phobia* and TMJ, both of which make ordinary cleanings a bit of an ordeal?
*My first dentist, when I was a wee child of five or six, thought a good way to make a child stop crying was to put a hand over her mouth, leading that child to think of dentists as people who smother you. As a result, I didn't tell my parents that I had a bad toothache until
half of my right lower six year molar FELL OUT.
They took me to a different dentist, who was like unto a god. That tooth is over 3/4 filling, and I've had that same filling since the age of 8--every dentist who's seen it since admires his handiwork. Unfortunately, he's A) 3000 miles or so from here, and B) retired.
I have a hair appt Saturday!!
I have a hair appt Saturday!!
Good planning. Any changes due? It was looking pretty long on Sunday.