Dental Appointment - Monday, May 3, 2010

I finally made it through heavy traffic this morning to my dental appointment. The building was a bit confusing because it had so many entrance-ways. I drove around it once then walked half-way around the opposite direction before I discovered which was the correct door to the dentist’s office.

Once there, I was ushered into one of the many patient rooms for an exam and more X-rays than I anticipated. After that, the dentist took digital pictures of every inch of my mouth. (You would be amazed at how strange your mouth looks from that angle.) Anyway, he recommended the root canal tooth be pulled because he could see infection underneath it on the X-rays. Then, he gave me a complete description of the condition of my amalgam fillings. He seemed very thorough and knowledgeable. I made an appointment for late this month for the extraction. I will need to postpone the appointment with the other dentist for the mercury amalgam removals so that my mouth can heal, and I can do some detoxing in the interim.

When I arrived at work, there was a message left on my desk from the head of the Complementary Medicine program at Bryn Mawr. I called her back immediately, but could not reach her. Some time passed and she returned my call.....finally we connected! That was the longest segment of phone tag I had ever played. Anyway, she happened to have time available on Tuesday, May 4th. We agreed on ten o’clock in the morning in her office for a half an hour. I am very excited for the opportunity!