Tooth Report

[soc_puppet]

I'm back from the dentist with mostly good news!

The awesome news is that the dental student who was working with me told me I have beautiful gums. Like "out of a textbook diagram" beautiful. I am apparently an exception to the "We mark everyone down with gingivitis" rule, as well. (I don't think I was supposed to hear the "we say everyone has it" part 😂 The subtext there was, "So many people have it, we may as well save ourselves the time," I think.)

The less good news is that I have my first ever in-need-of-formal-work cavity 😓 I've had a couple of itty-bitty ones before that healed up on their own, but the faculty dentist said this one was just a teensy bit too far gone for that. So I'm getting my first filling.

But still, I made it thirty-five years without any really serious cavities, and even this one is just barely bad enough to need work! All things told, I think I came out ahead.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

I seriously lucked out in tooth genetics, because I went at least five of those years with very lackluster care, only brushing whenever I got a toothache (which was itself pretty rare). The fact that I managed to avoid a serious cavity until now is pretty miraculous.

[mistressofmuses]

That is very lucky! I'm so glad you didn't wind up with any terrible issues. 35 years is a hugely long time to avoid getting a cavity!

[soc_puppet]

Student and faculty member both also asked me several times if I'd ever had braces, which again: Nope! Yet more evidence that I lucked out on the dental genes.