Emer had two fillings today

[ailbhe]

She is going back at least twice more for more fillings. And then I will take her back to her usual dentist to get a second opinion on the quality of the work, because, um, that's what I do, me.

They aren't nice white fillings like I have on my front tooth, but nasty grey ones.

I didn't cry in the dental clinic. Not even when the dentist said it must be something she was eating.

I can find records of four dental appointments other than today's in the past 12 months. But I know there's one more I haven't written down; I shall phone that dentist tomorrow and find out when it was. I know I've been paying attention to this. I know I haven't fed her sugared lemonade or cola or even blimmin RAISINS... But I need more evidence that it's not my fault, because I don't believe it now.

Comments

[serene]

Some people just have bad teeth. My mother raised all four of us on the same stuff -- same food, same water, same dental hygiene, etc. Two of us got my father's strong teeth (I didn't have a cavity until I was 16); two of us had teeth that started having trouble as soon as they came in.

[aquaeri]

Yes, this is what I was going to say. There is honest-to-spagmonster variation between people!