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Diary of a B+ Grade Polymath ([personal profile] tcpip) wrote2010-07-11 09:31 pm

It's About Teeth

Went to the dentist for the first time in twenty-eight years as an ancient filling required replacing. Personally I rather suspect that I never needed the filling (or the other two I carry). Was driven to roughly the right location by an astoundingly racist and sexist elderly and nearly toothless taxi-driver who has fallen for a much younger prostitute. Turns out that my decades of not visiting stomatologists for personal studies was justified; they're in perfectly fine condition, although they did require a extremely thorough scrape and clean of accumulated tartar which took the better part of two hours.

The same cannot be said about Mannan Mac Lir, our cat. According to our vet he has a "bilateral enamel defect" which means he's on chicken flavoured toothpaste and dental buscuits for a few weeks at least. Calamity rat was also along for the vist to have his bottom teeth clipped to a normal length; about ten weeks ago he had a stroke and a blood clot has meant that he has only minimal control over his back legs. Every day he is bathed, feed various potages and generally receives good care. Apart from being a cripple, he's in very fine health.

[identity profile] zhenzhi.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
i have tooth envy! not one tooth in my mouth is without a filling :-( !!

chicken flavoured toothpaste i do not envy!
:-)

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I am lucky to have such a mouthful, I know that. I really feel for those who have dodgy teeth, especially through no fault of their own.

Although the dentist did correctly note that I don't really have anything close to a 'sweet tooth'. I barely ever have a glass of what I still call "lolly water" (I can be quite old-fashioned at times).

As for chicken flavoured tooth paste... The cat loves it!

tooth envy!

[identity profile] domiobrien.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
I too have tooth envy!

Re: tooth envy!

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry :(

I really do wish everyone had good teeth, I really do.

[identity profile] imajica-lj.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh chicken flavoured tooth paste? Oh brave new world ... hey does it come in bacon ?? By the gods, we are doomed.

Also FFS when can I see you guys?

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Heheh. Bacon flavoured tooth-paste. Quick, patent that. .. Damn it might be too late.

How does this Saturday sound?

[identity profile] splodgenoodles.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Kwoar! Bacon floss!

I would be in heaven but I bet my breath would stink.

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-12 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
And they have bacon soap as well.. Goodness, pets would find that most interesting if their servants smelt of bacon!

[identity profile] splodgenoodles.livejournal.com 2010-07-12 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
And I'd end up eating myself!

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-14 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
At certain nightclubs you could get paid a lot of money for that trick....

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-13 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
Actually let's make it Friday. Meet us in town post-work and we'll make our way to casa di lafayette & hoehnhauss.

You have my number. :)

[identity profile] imajica-lj.livejournal.com 2010-07-13 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I can do Friday, what time? should I meet you at vpac? ... and I dont think I have your number :-/

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-13 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
VPAC good. My number is 0432 255 208. Or desk phone ... googles... 9925 4909.

[identity profile] imajica-lj.livejournal.com 2010-07-13 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Done.
BTW, I think polldaddy attempted to read my facebook cookies ... thanks SMH.

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
Gee, I wonder where imajica is....?

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Send us your phone # so we don't have to sit around wondering "where's imajica? why hasn't he called?" :p

[identity profile] imajica-lj.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Done.

[identity profile] lula-neith.livejournal.com 2010-07-11 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad your teeth are well. Sorry about poor Mannan Mac Lir. My cat needs a tooth cleaning and possibly a tooth removed as well. I can't afford it yet. She seems to be dealing alright for now.

At any rate: yay for your fabulous genes and cavity-free teeth!

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-12 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard some horror stories about how expensive dental work can be on pets... Mine was relatively cheap; and the rat's teeth was next to nothing - they use pet nail clippers!

[identity profile] ghoststrider.livejournal.com 2010-07-15 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh. I really wish I just had my wisdom teeth removed rather than go through the trouble of getting fillings for the inevitable cavities. But no, my parents just freaked out and started squiriming whenever I brought that alternative up...

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-15 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Strikes me as a very odd thing to freak out over; removal is a sensible option in many cases.

[identity profile] ghoststrider.livejournal.com 2010-07-15 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That was exactly what I was trying to say, but my dad would have none of it. Just sat there, squirming like a five-year old.

Which, when you realize his maturity level, is probably not that surprising at all.

[identity profile] amazinggoatgirl.livejournal.com 2010-07-21 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe he's afraid you might get addicted to the pain meds?

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-07-21 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. My mentor from decades ago had an operation which required a nice dose of pethidine. After the operation he mentioned to the doctors "I could get used to that"; they gave each other a knowing look...

[identity profile] ghoststrider.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Believe me, that was NOT his concern. He was just grossed out that I would have my teeth pulled,