But this young lady is a bloody good dentist! She understands that for certain procedures you can’t spare the patient. Like when you’re fitting something – like an implant crown – that has to be snug, the patient has to be able tell the dentist where it’s uncomfortable and not fitting right. Where it’s cutting into the gum, for example. And to be able to do that, no pain killer can be administered during the procedures leading up to the final fitting.<\/p>\n
So she didn’t and it hurt like hell. Again! But my goodness, I think she did a lovely job and it was worth it. She only gave me a couple of small pain killer injections once she’d finished and although it took a little while, the pain eventually subsided. She asked me to sit quietly for 10 minutes or so and then I went back in for her to finish her work off to her own satisfaction. Like trimming away excess cement around the gum level and making sure everything was neat and tidy and she even gave me a free descale.<\/p>\n
And that was it. My treatment had come to an end and she suggested that I might like to return at some time in the future to fill a gap at back upper left with a final implant. I may do so, but I can’t before March next year due to my future travel plans, and anyway, it’s been there since a hack English dentist removed a tooth that he mucked up 57 years ago. So you could say that I’ve got used to it, but we’ll see \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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