Tuesday 1-28 Going to the Dentist

Smile and be happy

We had a wonderful day.

This morning we woke up to a light rain, it sprinkled all morning. In the afternoon the wind came up and was out of the north so it was a little cold.

Larry has been fighting a tooth ache for awhile. Last summer he told our regular dentist it was bugging him, the tooth in front of it was missing, an implant had been placed but it still needed a crown. The dentist thought once the crown was placed the tooth would be better supported and that would fix the problem. At the end of summer he got the crown but it did not help. Over the past few months it has gotten worse and when we were in The Valley it got really painful. This played a big part in our decision not to stay longer.

We have been with our dentist for years and have really liked him and his staff but he has not kept up with technology. He still uses the old film x-rays and has no digital technology at all. We have been thinking about changing dentist for some time so before we left The Valley Larry made an appointment to see a new dentist in Temple at Lakewood Dentist Trails.

At 11:00 today we went in for his appointment. I waited in the waiting room and played my Solitaire games. He was in the back for a little over an hour. They did a full skull scan x-ray and individual digital x-ray's, they also used a digital scope and took pictures of each tooth. The dentist said she found the tooth was cracked and needed a crown, she did not feel it needed a root canal. Larry was relieved because he thought maybe he would have to get a root canal or another implant. Then she told him to come back at 2:30 and she would grind the tooth down and take an impression for the crown. We went home and were back in a couple of hours. She numbed him up, ground down the tooth, took an impression and placed a temporary crown on the tooth. Now we have to wait three weeks for the crown to come in.

Going to the dentist

We spent the evening watching television. We streamed a GizWiz show and watched The Bird Cage. We hadn't seen this movie in years and still like it. Then I watched the rest of season six of Bones. Then I did my daily challenges. I did The Hard Road Event of Solitaire, which was 16 games, I came in 26th out of my group. We had a great day.