Say Cheese!
I went to the dentist this morning for my semi-annual cleaning. Typically, I don’t mind going to the dentist. But this was the visit where they do the x-rays. Not just the ones they do once per year, these were the full mouth xrays that get done only once every 5-years. I was sure that the x-rays would reveal horrible news resulting in needles and sweaty palms. Miraculously, it was all good news.
Looks like I’m safe for at least another year.
Oh, and I opted for the “sonic” scraping today instead of the old-school scraping with that sharp instrument of death. My fear has always been that the hygienist would slip (a hiccup, a hilarious co-worker yelling “boo” behind her, fire alarm going off). Iv’e requested the sonic apparatus in the past but she said it’s geared more towards patients with plaque and tartar. Since I never have any, she said there really was no purpose. But since all of my friends say they go with the sonic ones and don’t feel the pain/discomfort of scraping, i wanted to try it.
And I found it less pleasant than the scraping. I kept feeling these little shocks (not electrical shocks, just nerve endings being aroused). And it felt warm- a mix of the water and friction caused by the rapid vibrations. She said she wasn’t surprised by my reaction since people with healthy teeth and gums usually find the sonic ones unpleasant. If my teeth were covered with tartar/plaque, the sonic would be hitting/removing that versus hitting my teeth and gums directly.
Now I can see why.
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I just went to the dentist yesterday and was thinking that it must feel very satisfying to scrape tarter with those sharp tools as I was lying on the chair with my hands in fists. Mine was really into it and poked my gums out. But at least my teeth are buff shined.
I just love that your hygenist pwned you with the sonic cleaning. In her head she was all like “Ugh – he’s asking for the sonic cleaning, AGAIN – I’m gonna fix this one good, and throw in a passive aggressive I TOLD YOU SO”.
Warm? Friction? Rapid vibrations? Sounds like heaven to me! ;-p