A: A little plaque!
AHAHahaha...!? Ha...? No?
Oh well, turns out I could be dentist of the millennium with MY plaque, but at least I went to the dentist so that's another item off my list. Finally. After ten years...
Ugh! Why? I have always had "good" teeth, no cavities or other problems of any kind other than a baby tooth that refuses to fall out. I've never had a tooth drilled, pulled, straightened or otherwise molested. The extent of my dental care has consisted of x-rays and a cleaning. Poor dentists, can't make any money from me!
Back to the question, why no dentist for ten years? The only reason I can think of is that I don't like to make phone calls! I mean, seriously, I put them off and put them off and put them off until pretty soon they are this big looming THING. Then it's ten years later and I don't want to explain to a dentist why it's been ten years since my last visit, so I keep putting it off. That's why there a lot of rather mundane items on my list--I procrastinate and build them up until they actually do become big chores.
So the good news is that I still have pretty healthy teeth. Still no cavities, but lots of the aforementioned plaque. Which apparently needs to be scraped out in a separate procedure called a deep root planing. Sounds kind of scary, huh? It sounds even scarier when my Russian dentist says it. (Why does everything sound scarier with a Russian accent?)
Guess we'll see if I'm still a brave dental patient next week.
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