Mrs. She-Thinks-She’s-A-Dentist Pants
The other day I was talking with my mother on the phone and I mentioned something about my teeth. I was having problems with a filling so the dentist took it out and put in a temporary filling. If I have no problems with the temporary, she’ll replace it with a normal filling.
When I told my mother this she said, “I’m surprised you don’t put your own fillings in.”
Of course, I had never heard of such a thing so I laughed. “So you put in your own fillings now,” I joked.
“Yes, I do.” The pride in her voice was evident.
My mother has bought temporary filling stuff (I don’t know what to call it), a dental mirror, a dental syringe (for spraying water to clean out small spaces not injecting pain killers), and a dental hook from the drug store. She uses the hook to clean the tartar from her teeth on a regular basis. If she has a cavity she cleans it out with the syringe and then puts in the filling.
“What about drilling out the decayed part of the tooth?” I asked.
“The drilling is just to seat the filling. It’s not necessary. It’s just for show,” she said.
Needless to say, Mr. Dentist Pants doesn’t approve.
