
I had to go to the dentist today to get a filling replaced. Sometime in the past six months my teeth-grinding caused one of my fillings to crack and deepen the cavity. I'm not one who's squeemish about dentists or getting shots and that kind of stuff so I wasn't really worried about the drilling and all that. After giving me the novacaine shot, my dentist says he's going to use this nifty new tool to "blast" out the cavity, instead of drilling it away. I guess it allows him to clean out the cavity without removing any healthy structure. The tool basically combines pressurized air with SAND that blasts the cavity away.
I actually think the drill is more pleasant than the new gizmo - at least it doesn't fill your mouth with sand/dust. After everything was all done, I touched my face and there was a dusty film all over it. It felt like I had just gotten microdermabrasion or something!
Now I'm all numb and can't eat because I've already bitten my cheek so hard that it was bleeding.
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