Category: Dentistry

Dentist did a great job preparing a tooth for a crown. On the way home, stopped at Moto-i for comfort food: bibimbap. I felt grateful for modern dentistry and temporarily forgot I had a temporary crown. For my parents’ generation in Scotland in the 1930’s, a pair of “falsies” (dentures) was a 21st birthday rite of… Continue reading Real Enough

Well that’s a first: today, the dental hygienist declared my gums to be “good.” Maybe it’s the interstitial brushes I’ve been using every day for the last six months. Or, maybe, the hygienist was simply in a good mood.

Saw the light: semiannual cleaning and checkup.

Had my head examined, or maybe it was just my teeth: once-every-five-year full-mouth dental x-ray.

Braced myself for a routine dental cleaning and checkup. There were no unexpected extractions from my wallet.

The view today while they viewed and cleaned my teeth.