teeth update

[jwgh]

Before today, the last time I went to a dentist was when I lived in New Jersey in 1999. So, that isn't so good, and I was worried that I would pay dearly for my years of dental neglect.

The cleaning was, in fact, pretty damn painful. (It is time to start flossing again, since I seem to recall that makes dental visits hurt less.) On the upside, apart from one small cavity everthing seemed to be pretty OK; no problems with bone loss (I was worried about gum disease), my existing fillings seemed to be in good shape, etc.

So I got off pretty easy. Although I have to go back in a month for a follow-up cleaning and to get the cavity filled. Well, we'll see how that goes. In the meantime: floss.

Providence-area folks looking for a dentist may wish to know that I went to see Dr. Pochebit on Waterman Street (274-2743), who I heard about from coffee_drinker.

Comments

[doctroid.livejournal.com]

I had several years of painful and sanguine teeth cleanings. I'm not sure why that stopped, unless it just took that long for daily (for a while twice daily) flossings and rinsings with antiseptic mouth rinse to beat the problems... or unless it really was the switch from Colgate to Crest MultiCare (since replaced by Crest SomethingElse) right after the last of the owie cleanings. Seems unlikely but I refuse to change toothpastes again, just in case. Anyway, these days the cleanings are pretty much painless and nearly bloodless.

And my procrastinative tendencies are countered by my dentist's office's habit of scheduling my next appointment while I'm in the chair.