Scheduled Maintenance

[bjarvis]

I had two fillings in my upper left jaw replaced this afternoon. The anaesthetic has long since worn off and while my teeth don't hurt per se, my cheek & jaw ache from the repeated stretching, pushing & prodding. Ow.

The replaced fillings weren't causing me any problems. My dentist decided from recent x-rays and based on the age of the fillings (20+ years) that they should be replaced. Since when do dental fillings have a best-before date?

I'm wondering if my dear dentist simply had a boat payment coming up soon...

Ow.

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I've been somewhat lucky, I guess... never had any fillings fall out or even threaten to, at least as far as I can tell. I did have rebellious wisdom teeth but those were sent into exile in Feb of 1991. Kent has had some terrible problems with fillings popping out over the past number of years though.

Now waitaminit... you have dental repairs pending funding but you found the money to fly to Palm Springs & back? :-)

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

I don't know a dentist who accepts AAdvantage miles.