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I’ve finally managed to get registered with an NHS dentist in Aberdeen! Better than that I didn’t even have to hit a waiting list, I (Catty) just phoned them one day and they were like, yeah no problem! This could well be the week to put on that Euro-Millions ticket.

However as with all stories there’s a flip side. I went to said dentist, Polish guy who’s also the kids dentist so I already was familiar with him. I sat in the chair for like 3 minutes in total while he said words to his assistant like, 4 missing 5 composite eruption, and other technical dentisty words. I was then told to make 2 40 minute appointments with the receptionist and left. Luckily with it being an NHS dentist that checkup was free, woohoo. This was short lived though as they hit me with an estimate of treatment totalling £220.

I knew it would be high. For a lot of years I had very poor dental hygiene. Brushing twice a day was ignored in favour of, well, anything else. Hell brushing twice a week was a high volume.

Thankfully this has all changed as there’s only so much toothache you can go through before you realise, this isn’t helping. As well as vanity reasons. You don’t want to smile or talk to people when you have 4 teeth and they’re all yellow. Now I make sure I brush at least twice a day and I’ve even been staying away from the sugary stuff, who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

Anyhoo, I’m about to go under the knife again for these 40 minute appointments. there’s a list of extraction/filling/sealing on 12 teeth!

The thing with this story is that I’m not keen on the dentist. I never was scared or anything as a kid, but recently, I’m guessing since my visits have consisted mainly of emergency pain filled appointments, I’ve gone off them. The biggest problem is the needle for the anaesthetic. It’s huge! Like, really huge! I think they use tools first adopted in the 1800s and feel it’s ok to approach you with a thing that can only be described as an instrument of torture. I had a bunch of injections last year because of the junkies and those aren’t bad. Even the painful ones aren’t scary, they just hurt. Watching the dildo of doom aim it’s flesh bursting nose steadily towards your gums is scary man. It just is.

I’m thinking of having all my teeth taken out and replaced with a full set of dentures. That way I’ll have a proper smile for the first time in about 15 years. I don’t want those partial dentures that go around your existing teeth because those have all moved out of place slightly because of the gaps. What do you reckon? I don’t mind having healthy teeth pulled for this as I think they are just ‘in the way’ anyhow.

Perhaps if I’d looked after my teeth eh…