Dentistry

Well! How irritating ... I chipped off a piece of an upper left incisor last Tuesday. No big deal; small chip. So, I was to go in on Wednesday to dentist, but they called and cancelled because the dentist was sick. So, I was rescheduled for Thursday, first in the am, then in the pm, then cancelled again. They don't see patients on Fridays. So, finally I went today and guess what? THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT!!!! How irritating. They put in a temporary filling (which fell out exactly 40 minutes after I left) and want me to come back next week on Wenesday. I pushed while there to get it done; I can't see any reason not to do it! They said they didn't have time because I only had a 20 minutes appointment - but they also called me at home and asked me to come early because they were ahead. So, I arrived 15 mintues early and I was GONE before my actual appointment time. I pointed out I was early and there was that extra time. They said it would take 45 to 50 mintues to fix.

Well, I have not got the best teeth in the world and I only have 6 teeth that don't have fillings - all my molars have multiple fillings. I have NEVER had a filling take that amount of time, not ever. I can't see how this tiny little chip off an incisor could take that much time! I think they could drill the &*%$ tooth out of my head in less than 10 mintues, because the tooth isn't very big!

Am I pissed enough? Well, I'll go back next week and see how long it takes. And I WILL point it out when I am out of there in less than 30 minutes.

As a person who has seen patients (not for dental work though!), I go out of my way to accomodate them. If they are there, why send them away and make them come back? Just get it done - I'm in the office anyway! I can't understand why anybody would turn away a client (business) and inconvenience them. There are plenty of dentists (or psychologists, or doctors, or whatevers) out there.

So I'm going back because they've done a good job on all of us up until now. In 9 years, this is the first time they've been weird. I'll give them the opportunity to redeem themselves, but I won't keep my opinion to myself!!

Just about all the cats had colds (upper respiratory) today at the Humane Society. Clay and I scrubbed our arms and hands like 15 times! Hope they all get better soon.