I never summarized my dental experiences over the past couple weeks. Well, the wisdom teeth extraction was relatively painless, considering my teeth were erupted (apparently a large factor), and the fact that I was under total sedation for the entire surgery. The sedation part was hot, and I definitely recommend it to anyone undergoing dental surgery. Who wants to remember the tooth-cracking experience? No thanks. It also made me unaware of the planet for several hours afterwards. Luckily my honey was there to change the gauze in my mouth and feed me ice cream.

Now that my wisdom teeth situation is basically recovered, I took a little visit to the dentist today to see if I had to undergo the “deep cleaning” (ie uber scary) experience. Luckily the wisdom teeth were the deciding factor.. I got the regular old gritty-toothpaste cleaning instead. Phew.

This is also the end of the nasty concentrated mouthwash. PHEW! That stuff is highly unpleasant. Unfortunately my dental routine is more complicated than ever:

• Floss every morning
• Rotadent twice: in the morning and at night
• At night, mouthwash:
  Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Act Fluoride mouthwash
  All other days: Crest Pro-Health Rinse
• Chew Trident sugarless gum
• Whitening routine: Sensodyne with Whitening and Crest Whitestrips
• Consume 1200 mg of Calcium and get some Vitamin D each day

I am tired just reading this. I have to say I’m wondering, just a little bit, if dentists conveniently invest in all the products they recommend to patients. Ah well, at least my dental bills are done for the moment. Poor Oak still has his second deep cleaning next week. He was not a happy camper after the first.

Now, more than ever, dental products will be taking over the bathroom….

Posted by Carrie on Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Categories: life happenings · 2 Comments »