ode to the dentist?

last week i griped that my new NJ dentist isn't the most personable -- but i must say one thing for him -- he did the most efficient filling job ever this afternoon.

seriously, i was in the door and back out in less than 15 minutes and didn't feel a thing. that 15 minutes includes 2 of sitting in the waiting room reading half a national geographic article about the mars rovers, getting a shot of the stuff that makes your mouth all numb and waiting for it to set in, all the drilling, and all the stuffing the tooth with metal... and still back out on the street in under 15 minutes... the only hard part was to not think about the drilling sounds. really it didn't hurt at all, just the noise gets to me.

by the way, thanks to the state of NJ for providing the metal in my mouth. the $$ i have deducted from my paycheck each month this year to be a part of a DMO (dental equivalent of an HMO) totals up to about one cleaning treatment, which i already used. so the getting the filling, which is what, another $50 at least or something?, is totally bonus thanks to technically being an employee of the state with state health insurance. i don't mind taking care of my teeth if the state will pay for me. :)

another tooth full of metal... at least i should be good to go for at least another 6 months tooth-wise.

night y'all. :P