…from the March 1898 issue
So about 2 weeks ago, I busted a tooth off of my upper dental plate. Figuring that I was about 4-5 years overdue for a new plate anyway, I went to the dentist last Tuesday to see about getting one. The top plates are reasonably priced on our dental plan: $150.00.
My partial bottom plate, being made of some flexible plastic stuff that WAY beats the shit out of the old metal framed/plastic coated kind, is a bit more pricey: Upwards of $450.00. Still, I figured I’d at least see if I needed one.
The dentist checked me out and said that while I’d need a new upper, the lower could be realigned, which was easier and cheaper (only 50 bucks!) than getting a new one made.
The catch is that I’d need to actually let them send my lowers off to a lab. They said it would take “a few days”.
So, today, I went in and got impressions made via the “hold this nasty tasting goop in your mouth until it firms up” method.
Then they said that only one lab in the area can do alignments and it would take two weeks to get my lowers back. Well, what ya gonna do? I left the lowers there, popped the uppers in and told the dentist that I’d see him on the 19th.
Since I on have 8 real teeth left on my lower jaw, all mostly in front, chewing anything tough or crunchy is out.
SO, it looks like the next two weeks is a good time to start that diet up again! Lotsa protien & juice shakes, cottage cheese, yogurt, soft fruits, milkshakes, etc, etc in my future! Also soft, yet high fiber foods!
With any luck and some daily walking, maybe I’ll drop a dozen pounds or so by the time I’m fully dentated again.
At which point, I’m gonna eat me some real food! In moderation.
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