Anaesthetic-free dentistry

I had an appointment with my dentist first thing this morning. I had a tooth filled back in January because it was giving me some pain when eating. The dentist then said that one of the old fillings was flexing, and he replaced it. It was fine up until last week when I chipped the tooth while eating, so I made the appointment for this morning. I thought it might have been the filling again, but the dentist took one look and said with relief, “Oh! It’s not my filling, it’s the tooth that broke! I feel a lot better now!”

Then he said he’d try to repair the chipped area without anaesthesia, and to just let him know if it hurt. Then he started drilling. In fairness, there wasn’t much drilling and indeed it didn’t hurt much – there were a couple of quick twinges, but nothing horrible. The whole thing only took about 5 or 6 minutes. So overall, avoiding having an anaesthetic was a plus. And as a bonus he didn’t charge me for the quick repair work since it was a follow-up on a tooth he’d fixed recently.

From the dentist’s office, I walked over to my wife’s work to pick up Scully and take her home. We went a long way, doing a 6 km loop via the Naremburn bakery, where I grabbed a croissant for energy to walk home again.

With no teaching today, I concentrated on writing and making Darths & Droids comics. At lunch time I took Scully for a drive, to the Drummoyne Bakehouse, which is not too far and has nice meat pies. I had a chicken bourguignon and a Mexican beef pie, and a small ricotta tart as a dessert. I got Scully to run around the park near the bakery for a bit before we drove home. She had a lot of exercise today and slept much of the rest of the afternoon.

Here’s a photo!

For dinner tonight I made calzones, filled with spinach and ricotta, with a hot tomato sauce to pour over the top.

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