Getting back to my roots
Aug. 30th, 2016 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trickykittyI have to have a root canal.
I have a tooth that's been turning gray for quite some time now. The previous dentist that I've been seeing for the past 6 years (due to insurance) couldn't find anything wrong. I wasn't fond of that dentist to begin with and couldn't wait until I could go back to my previous dentist.
I finally switched jobs and insurance carriers this year, and so I was able to return to my old dentist. Their office had switched to a computer system shortly after I stopped going there, and they no longer had my previous physical records, so I was entered in as a new patient. As soon as the dentist came over and saw my name he said, "She's not a new patient." He turned and looked at me and asked, "How long has it been since you've been here?" After another minute or so of talking he said, "Oh, you know, I just saw your dad at the grocery store about 2 weeks ago, over there at Tom Thumb." It's the little things in life that make me feel warm and snuggly inside.
He tested the tooth along with its neighbors and a couple on the opposite side to determine that the tooth was not responding to insta-cold, whereas the neighbors had me cringing from the nerves getting pummeled by the cold pretty quickly. There's no sign of why the tooth had died, but I'd probably bet I got hit in that tooth area at one point during my combatives class and that was that.
I can't say that I mind having to have a root canal. What I do mind is that once again this is going to cost me.
I have a tooth that's been turning gray for quite some time now. The previous dentist that I've been seeing for the past 6 years (due to insurance) couldn't find anything wrong. I wasn't fond of that dentist to begin with and couldn't wait until I could go back to my previous dentist.
I finally switched jobs and insurance carriers this year, and so I was able to return to my old dentist. Their office had switched to a computer system shortly after I stopped going there, and they no longer had my previous physical records, so I was entered in as a new patient. As soon as the dentist came over and saw my name he said, "She's not a new patient." He turned and looked at me and asked, "How long has it been since you've been here?" After another minute or so of talking he said, "Oh, you know, I just saw your dad at the grocery store about 2 weeks ago, over there at Tom Thumb." It's the little things in life that make me feel warm and snuggly inside.
He tested the tooth along with its neighbors and a couple on the opposite side to determine that the tooth was not responding to insta-cold, whereas the neighbors had me cringing from the nerves getting pummeled by the cold pretty quickly. There's no sign of why the tooth had died, but I'd probably bet I got hit in that tooth area at one point during my combatives class and that was that.
I can't say that I mind having to have a root canal. What I do mind is that once again this is going to cost me.
