That was not fun, and I hate my teeth.

[kyrielle]

I just had a dental appointment. Three cavities: two on the upper left, one on the lower left, all to be dealt with in this appointment. An hour and a quarter from arrival to finish.

The left side of my mouth droops just a bit (darned anesthetic), my left cheek is lightly flushed, and the fillings are done. The one on the lower part was first and apparently deep; when she went to drill the first upper one, my hand went up immediately (their signal for 'stop that!') because I felt it way too much, as a sharp sting, on first contact.

Yes, indeedy, the anesthetic for the upper wore off. Which means that instead of three jabs in three locations, I got five jabs in four locations (as she extended the reach of the upper anesthetic and renewed it). Just ducky.

Other than that it went pretty well, till I was getting up to leave and she said she hoped the lower one didn't end up needing a root canal.

Yeah, apparently it was very deep. Thanks for the cheery thought, ma'am - I hope it doesn't too.

All in all, not a fun day. I signed out till 1 pm so I'm home to have some soup (safer than something I have to chew, given I still can't entirely feel my cheek).

Stupid teeth.

Comments

[the_rck]

Sympathies on the anasthetic situation. I've been there and done that. Basically, it takes about twice as much to get me numb as it takes for most people. As a child, I couldn't get the dentists to believe me, but now that I'm an adult they actually do listen, thank goodness.