dentist

[cellio]

My dentist (Katsur Dental, "we cater to cowards") gets points for making things so easy:

Me: I think this 27-year-old filling is loose.
D: (poke) It's not exactly loose, but it's disintegrating in place. Would you like me to replace that for you now?
Me: Sure.
D: Novacaine?
Me: Will I regret saying no?
D: I'm the one dealing the pain. You have to decide that.
Me: Let's try without.
D: (drill drill drill) (fill fill fill) Ok, we're done.

Elapsed time: 10 minutes.

Pity about the "don't eat or drink for an hour" part, as I'd politely abstained from breakfast so my dentist wouldn't have to face foody bits. I'll survive. And I'll remember that when the other fillings of that vintage start to fail.

(I only have a few fillings. All are either of that vintage or replacements for same.)

Comments

[cellio]

It's possible that replacing a filling is faster than the initial excavation. If nothing else, seeing the remaining silver bits is probably easier than seeing the tooth parts that need to be removed.

This one also turned out to be really shallow. The dentist wondered why it was there in the first place.