Two loose teeth

On Monday evening Jackson was horsing around in the kitchen.... this is not a surprising sentence in the least.  Ron had given Addie an insert from his woodworking magazine to tear into pieces, crumple and generally make noise with to keep her entertained for a half second before she threw it to the floor.  Jackson slipped on the insert.  This should have been the end of it, but Jackson has an adventurous spirit and decided to see what it felt like to run and slide on said insert.  Well it didn't feel good.  Jackson slipped and went face first to the kitchen floor without a moment to put his hands out to brace himself.  He smacked, teeth first into our hardwood floor. 

Oh good god... I thought he would come up missing all of his teeth, but luckily after wiping away the blood we were able to see that they were all still attached.  Our mouth bleeds ... a lot.  At two minutes to five Ron made a call to the dentist who asked a few questions, told us not to let him eat anything hard and he'd see us in the morning.

Jackson had x-rays done at the dentist to confirm that the teeth were not fractured.  We are told that the concern is now that the swelling can damage and kill the nerve but there is no way to know now.  So, we wait.  His gums are purple and so far his teeth are white but we won't know for a while yet how much damage was done.

Poor Kid!

Missing a filling or not...

Back in December my dentist told me that I was missing a filling and should make an appointment to get it filled, even though I never had a filling in the first place. I decided to buck the system and not get "it" filled. Since I did not believe there was ever a filling, my chart agreed, I couldn't figure out why I would get it filled.

Well, six months later I was back in the chair for another routine filling, and guess what? No mention of a missing filling. Instead I was told that my teeth were the best set they had seen all week... (it was a Thursday). What gives?

Missing a filling...

I went to the dentist today. I hate the dentist, thinking about the dentist gives me the shivers. A few weeks ago while eating some late-night popcorn I felt as though something got caught in my tooth. After a couple of weeks of extra flossing, flicking with my tounge, scraping with my fingernail, I gave up. I had a teeth cleaning appointment coming up and I would just wait until then.

Today was the cleaning appointment. The hygenist took an x-ray, the doctor took a look and it was decided that I was missing a filling. However, I never had a filling, my chart even confirms no filling. Second doctor comes in and agrees, a missing filling. Now I have an appointment to re-fill the "missing" filling. But should I really be paying to replace a filing that never existed? What happens if I leave this go?

And another thought: Why am I so poor at asking questions of doctors? They intimidate me. I make mistakes at my job all the time, I bet they do too, and this is one of those mistakes.