After my friend Gary the dentist took a look at my chipped front tooth and started the needle on its journey I was able to say, "What are you going to do?"
"Fill it."
I had too many devices in my mouth to speak, but I listened to him regale his assistant with dental school stories about super glue and the cyanide gas you get from heating it.
Then he handed me a mirror.
You can't even see where the chip was! He explained that they now use a new compound that achieves the hardness and matches the color of the tooth.
He put a bit of the substance in my hand, and it immediately hardened just as he said it would, while it was still warm.
I grinned at my bro a bit later, and he couldn't see any sign of a chip in my tooth. Not a line. Not a change of color. Nothing. Hurray for dentists who keep up to speed on what's going on in their field. I should be as diligent in mine.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Hail to the art of dentistry!
Posted by JG at 11:17 AM
Labels: 49 Dentistry at its best
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