Today I had my 3rd appointment with the dentist. During my first visit he discoverd a cavity on one of my molars that needed to be taken care of. But he didn't want to do it right away with all the troubles with the gums and it wasn't bothering me to being with.
I left work about 1 hour early and got there with about 10 minutes to spare. I did have to wait for about 15 minutes until they were ready for me. Of course I opted for some novacaine, since I really didn't want to have to deal with the pain. But this injection was interesting. It shot up my face in a way no other novacaine injection had ever done before. It it got num so quickly. And then the drilling started. Didn't hurt so at all....just was annoying. And it was a good thing that I opted for the injections, sinsce this cavity was really deep and quite close to the nerve. And of course there is a possibility that the nerve doesn't recover and that I still might need a root canal on that particular tooth. But that's something the dentist and I hope to avoid, since a root canal on a back molar is neither fun for the patient nor for the dentist. In the end I opted for a white filling, since I'll have some bridge work in the furture and it will just look better. The downside is, that the HMO doesn't pay for the white filling and the novacaine. And so I had to hand over 200 bucks at the end of the appointment.
And no, I'm not done yet. I will be back at the beginning of November.
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