Finished with the Dentist?

Well, after three visits to the dentist I'm finally finished. OK I'm not actually finished so let me explain. If you have been following this blog the number of required visits has been steadily increasing. Originally it was two visits then three. Wednesday, which used to be my day off but for the last three weeks has been my dentist visit day, I had my third appointment. We waited for about 1 1/2 hours before we got in to see the dentist. Sam, my normal dentist buddy, was busy so Joy came with me instead. It was the first time I had meet her and having her watch me get dental surgery was really a nice way to start a friendship.

After some drilling, scraping, and pushing some king of metal wires into my tooth it was time for the x-ray. I guess everything looked OK because then the filled in around this wire like you do when you plant a flower. They even packed it down. I was a little surprised when I smelled a match so I had to look. She had a small alcohol lamp and was heating up a small metal probe, red hot. It was a weird sensation when she put it in my mouth, no pain but I could feel the heat. She was melting the exposed parts of the wire. They put in some more filling and told me to spit. A few more words to me in Chinese they all turned to the desk and started to talk about something. I just waited. After a few minutes one of them looked over and was surprised to still see me. I guess they had forgot that I didn't speak Chinese. The dentist told me I was finished.

Finished and I didn't have to come back to see her. YIPPIE. Well you don't need to come back to this office, which kinda put the brakes on my celebration. Yes I now have to return next Wednesday to another office on the 7th floor to get my crown/cap. How long will that take I asked hopefully, 3 more visits, at least. Oh well the total for this trip was the same as last week.

The photo is of my view while they do their work. My old dentist in Ottawa had pictures plastered on his ceiling and it was nice to stare at a photo of a beautiful beach during your visit. No such luxury here.
See you all again next week.
Don