Fat Lips and Drool

Why any of us goes to the dentist is beyond me. I guess we're all afraid if we don't our teeth will fall out and then what? Chances are by the time we're in our 70's we'll have fake ones anyway. For some it will be even sooner than that. Maybe we should just cut to the chase while we're young and we still have some money left in our pocket.

I'm just now coming off the novacaine. Trying to open my mouth wide enough to shove some soup into it. My wallet is considerably lighter even with 80/20 insurance coverage. There is always something insurance doesn't cover. So then what's the point of insurance I wonder? (this coming from somone who made a fine living off of that industry and may again in the near future). Not to mention that 20% of alot is alot. Don't get me wrong. I love my dentist. She's pretty much on the cutting edge of it all (which is one reason she's expensive). She and her staff are good at what they do and very friendly. But man, it seems there should be a better way than seating you upside down, shoving a very long needle into your cheek with enough numbing drugs to make you feel paralyzed from the neck up and then drilling, cutting and hacking away at your teeth. All of this while spraying water all over your mouth until you gag or that suck tube takes your tongue down the drain into the black hole of dental spit. And, oh yeah, the talking to you part. I wonder if dentists get tired of having one-way conversations.

Then to top it all off, you hand over your credit card and look the other way while signing the receipt. Then you get the indignity of venturing out into view of the general public all while wiping the drool from your lips. Even though I know the fat lip and drool isn't really obvious, it still feels like it is. It makes me want to tell everyone who passes, "don't look at me that way, I just came from the dentist. I don't always drool..... really".

I wonder if this is what it feels like when those ladies get that stuff pumped into their lips to make them look "fuller". Can you imagine what a trip to the dentist is like for them? Yikes, what a visual!

The Tylenol is kicking in now so over and out.