Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
So I have had some tooth issues since late last week. The timing was all bad since it was the holidays and no dentist was in the office. Based on the pain amount, the location of the tooth in question, and the metallic taste my mouth, I had expertly deduced that I had lost a filling. The wife called and actually got me into a dentist today. This dentist was recommended by a friend of hers so all was going well.
The dentist office was nice. The dentist I have gone to the last 25 years or so is back in Indiana in the little town of Greentown. He did not have any cutting edge equipment (pun intended) but he was nice and not too expensive and in general did a great job. I have only had about 4 or 5 cavities in my life and most of those were when I was a teenager and hence covered by my parent's insurance. This dentist had a lot of newer gadgets that were pretty cool. Based on the paperwork I filled out it looks like they offer both video and headphones to pass the time while you are having your work done. Also, there was a TV monitor hanging from the ceiling that they used to show a picture of my tooth. They had a little camera they could stick in your mouth and snap a shot for reference. They also had a small room off to the side right before you got to your individual room. It had a desk with 3 chairs around it and did not seem to serve a specific purpose.
Anyway, it turns out that I was partially right in that I had lost a filling. However I had also cracked my tooth. A lot. Also, the cavity that the filling originally covered had evidently been silently at work for the last 20 years or so decimating all the tooth. Once the picture was taken and some gentle prodding was done and once the x-rays were back I got to talk to the dentist for a little bit about his findings. I will have to return tomorrow morning for the actual work as it is quite extensive. At a minimum I will need a crown and if they "get in there" and see that it has gone "to the nerve" then I will need a root canal.
At this point he invited me to have a seat in the aforementioned room that I thought served no purpose. I now know the purpose of that room. It is in that room that they explain how much the whole thing will cost. I think the room is sound proof so as to allow you to scream loudly any swear words that may come to mind once you see the estimate. So anyway, I think my 10th wedding anniversary cruise with the wife that I was planning is going to be (at a minimum) postponed for a while. Fortunately they take credit cards and only require half as a down payment.
I suppose if I was an optimistic person, I would point out that it is a good thing that I postponed buying the non-refundable cruise tickets. We also are fortunate to have the cost of a crown put back in our main savings so we will not need to go into debt over this. But I am not really an optimistic person and this just sucks. I hope to have more on the actual work in tomorrow's blog. Until then...
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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