Special K wasn't quite special enough this morning. I was hungry again after only an hour. Honeycrisp apple to the rescue! Remembering I was too busy to eat it last night at work, I dug it out of my work bag and along with another cup of warm tea, its hitting the spot. If you've never tried a Honeycrisp, pay the extra pennies and give one a try. They are so crisp and juicy, a perfect blend of sweet with a little bit of tartness. The boys have dentist checkups today, which I'm dreading as well. I know they will recommend DS10 see an orthodontist again. I'm just not sure he's ready for braces. I want him to be mature enough to commit to taking good care of his teeth. I had braces and was not self disciplined enough to get over the embarrassment of brushing my teeth at school. After the brackets came off, I had enamel damage. I want DS10 to feel like he has some say in this decision, plus I'm not sure how we're going to pay for it.
DS13 also expressed how much he hates dental appointments. The picking, the drilling, he's very sensitive to dental pain. I can't figure out if its just anxiety or if he really doesn't respond to Novocaine. He did have one bad experience when our usual dentist wasn't there. The substitute drilled and filled his tooth without Novocaine. Now we insist on seeing only our dentist, but even with this, the last time DS13 needed work done, he said he felt it the entire time. He asked for more Novocaine and our dentist gave it to him, but it didn't help.
Why does tooth pain have to be so severe? Teeth aren't that big. I'd rather get a pap smear and a boob smash than have my teeth cleaned. Is it because those nerve endings are so much closer to your brain? I find it annoying as well that your teeth will hurt if your sinuses are bothered. I wish our teeth were like shark teeth. Wouldn't it be better if we could just keep growing more?
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I just had mine done yesterday. They are still sore. Of course, my dentist recommends a glass of red wine on the evening after teeth cleaning. The chemicals in the wine work to sooth the pain and also provide a bit of antibiotic type action. I was too lazy to open a bottle last night. Maybe tonight. :-D
I hate the dentist visits, too, but don't experience pain that much, and Novocaine works for me - it's just laying there with your mouth hanging open and getting junk on your face from the cleaning and water splashing. Yuck. Good luck to the boys.
My favorite apple is a Cortland - which we can't get down here in Florida. I miss the apple orchards in October...
I envy the sharks, too! Every time I get a sinus infection it makes my teeth hurt like they're rotting out completely....once so bad I went to the dentist thinking it was a cavity. He gave me a perscription for antibiotics for the infection, though, so it wasn't a total loss. ; )
I wish there was still a "you pick" orchard near us.....when I was small we'd take a trip to an orchard every fall and get several bushels of the most wonderful apples imaginable. I realized last year that my girls have never even seen an actual apple orchard!
Ohhh....Thanks for the Honeycrisp reminder! Must look for some around here.
My son needs braces too + we keep putting it off. I'm not sure he's ready either + of course paying for them is a big issue.
I'll have to look for those apples in store when we get home from vacation. Have a great night!
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