Dexterous mastication

[gfish]

Oh wow, being able to chew on the right side of my mouth without risking 6-7 Likert scale pain is amazing. And being able to drink beverages that aren't exactly body temperature. And being able to breath in slightly cold air. It's just all so novel! And best of all, the problem wasn't even major. No root canal, no crown (yet). And I even lucked into finding a dentist almost as cool as Dr. Tarr in Seattle.

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[tithonium.livejournal.com]

It /IS/ amazing, I have to agree. Of course, for me it was WITH root canal and crown, but.

Amusingly, if you can call it that, fixing the Really Bad tooth revealed that the next one behind it was slightly-bad. Years and years of slight discomfort, masked by years and years of major pain. La.

I'm still not chewing on the right side as much as the left. Years of habitual avoidance are proving hard to break.

[hsifyppah.livejournal.com]

Yay, not having to think about your teeth with every waking moment!

Who's the cool dentist? I'm looking for a new one now that the guy I've been going to forever has hired a dental hygienist who terrifies me.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Dr. Paul Newitt (http://www.smile.ca/). He doesn't have digital xrays, but he does use a binocular microscope when working on your teeth, which has a live video feed displayed on a flat panel mounted on the ceiling so you can watch. Which was pretty fun. He isn't as insanely paranoid about causing the slightest amount of discomfort as Dr. Tarr, but still a nice guy and quite willing to talk over technical details when deciding on a course of action.

[hsifyppah.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha, his website says "Lasers!" I think I've found my new dentist.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Truth in advertising! He used one one me today. Each pulse created a little steam explosion as it ablated away some of my tooth, and the power supply has a nicely ominous hum.