Gary J Green, DDS

A filling that falls out is an emergency in my book. Especially when it is a visible one on what they kept calling the «buckle» of my canine tooth. After edu-​macatin myself, I discovered it’s really called the «buccal» of the tooth because it’s the surface of the tooth that faces your cheek and the part of the tooth people see when you smile.
I called first thing in the morning and they fit me into the schedule an hour later. The filling I had to have replaced was one they had put in just 2 months prior. So when I was told I wouldn’t be charged I was relieved. What a great feeling, almost as great as finding a hundred bucks! Those white fillings are expensive. I don’t know what the «statue of limitations» is on fillings falling out, I’m just thankful they comp’d the service.
With all dental procedures, I opt for being numbed up. I don’t want to feel a thing. Typically they numb at the nerve in my jaw, which numbs EVERYTHING from my ear to my chin and my tongue to my lip on one side of my face. And it’s numb for about 4 – 5 hours.
This time they numbed the nerve by the tooth they would be working on. I thought that was a fabulous idea, I much rather have just my lip numb verse having half of my face paralized. While smiling is out of the question right now, eating is still possible because the sensation in my taste buds is still there. Thank goodness because lunchtime is pointless if I can’t taste anything. Now let’s just see if I can keep food in my mouth with this numb lip!