gigamatic

so, it was a short day at work... followed by a long day at the "dentist". I'm using quotation marks because I was at the dental clinic, being examined by students. it ain't all bad, but i did have a shock when i got there.

i get seated in the reclining chair in one of the 200 cubicles where aspiring young dentists see their patients. the young blonde student says to me "so, we're checking out 5 areas in your mouth today for possible cavities."

"Possible? I was scheduled for two fillings!"

"No, they only schedule you for fillings if one of us finds something. The hygenists can't refer you for fillings. They just point out for us where they think problem areas might be."

Ugh. So, here I am, thinking I'm getting the fillings, but now I'm told that they're just going to check me out and I'll have to schedule something again.

Well, according to the hygenists' notes (not what they said), I had 5 possible cavities. According to the dental student (and his dentist supervisor) I had none, but I did have a problem area where (apparently) one of my old (shallow) fillings had fallen out. They'd fix that today. It was so shallow, all they basically had to do was "float" something over it.

It still took HOURS. But, no shots, and no cavities.