tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849414205827721028.post2722143554938388501..comments2022-03-25T17:00:24.602-07:00Comments on MAINLY ON THE PLAIN: Communication Difficultiesgaelstathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12907757443542258589noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849414205827721028.post-73174127860262412962009-09-18T17:13:22.481-07:002009-09-18T17:13:22.481-07:00I go back on Monday for a root canal ('el cond...I go back on Monday for a root canal ('el conducto'). Watch this space for a blow-by-blow (I mean a scrape-by-scrape) update.<br /><br />But with a complete exam, two inlays, root canal, and a post and crown coming in at around 1600 dollars, who can blame me? The cost in the U.S. would be three to four times that amount. <br /><br />The fact that the charming Doctora Marisol is a demented perfectionist (let me assure anyone reading this that I mean it as a profound compliment) is just icing on the cake. Sweet, yummy, tooth-rotting icing.gaelstathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907757443542258589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849414205827721028.post-61722345505035941952009-09-17T22:42:20.178-07:002009-09-17T22:42:20.178-07:00Way too much information.Way too much information.OpenMouthedInHorrornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849414205827721028.post-18072587367860287332009-09-16T15:19:57.648-07:002009-09-16T15:19:57.648-07:00I snapped a photo of dental instruments in a denta...I snapped a photo of dental instruments in a dental supply store window in B.A. but didn't have the heart to show it to you until you went under the drill, as it were. Alas, I can't figure out how to upload a photo to your blog so will email it to you.<br /><br />This makes me want to postpone finding a new dentist and paying $2,000 for a new inlay. It makes more economic sense to return to B.A. and your kind dentist, don't you think?Pbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339963169634958631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849414205827721028.post-40117315653173148982009-09-15T16:58:42.160-07:002009-09-15T16:58:42.160-07:00Since writing this post, I have it on reliable aut...Since writing this post, I have it on reliable authority that the expected 'mouth-life' of your average composite filling is indeed thirty years. To quote my source: "anything longer than that is gravy".<br /><br />This is oddly comforting news, as it suggests that my recent spate of filling misadventures (five within the last two years) is not necessarily my own fault. Though my fillings do appear to be taking that 30-year limit at face value, practically leaping out of my mouth when their allotted time is up. <br /><br />Fortunately, these days, advances in dental technology seem to have come up with replacement options that are far more palatable (groan!) than would have been possible, say, a few generations ago. I can still remember the mixture of horror and fascination occasioned by one of my grandmothers removing her dentures in front of us kids.gaelstathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907757443542258589noreply@blogger.com