Do you trust YOUR dentist?

Today was D-day. You know, Dentist Day. This day is nothing new for me. I grew up with responsible waspy parents who raised a responsible, Pottery Barn loving, waspy child. So I have amazing Pottery Barn bedding and an electric toothbrush. I floss, usually. And I Listerine the crap out of those mouth germs because, lets face it, while my dentist and his hygienist are nice people I don't want to hang out with them more than the twice a year my insurance covers at 100%.

I'll be honest with you, in my youth I was not an avid oral care type kid so I have a few silver filings. One would think that if you sit through the pain of a filling or two, the numbness, the drooling, the saggy face feeling that its over once that all goes away and you're left with a nice new, non-decaying tooth...with a little bling.

FALSE! That silver filling is coming back to kick me in the ass, mouth? All these years later, that dang filling has somehow managed to cause a crack in my tooth. And because you can't brush or floss or Listerine the crap out of cracks in your teeth I am growing bacteria down in that space. Do you know what this means? Do you? It means that I have to go back to the dentist before my regularly scheduled, insurance sanctioned, semi annual visit. And I have to do it twice. I have to go back, willingly, and allow them to 'file down the tooth so that it can be a smaller version of itself and fitted for a cap' then the second time for the cap to be attached.

Now here is my question. How do I know that dude is not making this stuff up? There is no dentistmd.com, I can't Google the crap out of a crack in my tooth that I can't see or feel. On the x-ray he showed me I totally thought that I saw what he was talking about until I asked if the white line on the other side of the tooth meant that I had two cracks...nope. That white line is where the enamel meets the 'grey matter' so basically the line I thought was the crack was a naturally occurring totally normal thing. Which means that I never saw this alleged crack to begin with!

Anyhow I have my first non-insurance approved appointment scheduled. I'm not super thrilled about being a drooling, numb faced, crying mess but I suppose it's better than losing the tooth altogether. Assuming that my dentist actually went to dental school, and knows what hes talking about, and that this alleged crack in my tooth is not alleged after all but rather proven guilty in a court of oral care. Oh, and I'll be bringing my $250 down payment. Did I mention that the starter in my car broke this morning, that I just had to buy a new/non-returnable laptop and that I paid my six months car insurance premium this month? Whats another $250 for an allegedly cracked tooth?