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Aug. 20th, 2007 05:26 pmMy dormouse comment turns out to be very close to the truth - I have the current virus and it's making me sleep a great deal. It's nice sleep, though, unlike the sleep my lovely new computer screen fell into, just before I went to the dentist. I'm using my old screen while someone checks the new one just in case its sleep turns out to be a coma.
The dentist and I normally have interesting things to say to each other. Today wasn't any exception.
He explained why my teeth get more easily calcified now I've reached the age of perfection. We talked about how this can be read in archeaological finds. It turned out that he's also been interested in causes of cavities and pain and toothloss as evidenced by bones dug up and now I know a bunch more than I did about why jawbones and teeth preserved from different eras can look quite different. More than that, I know the pattern the symptoms follow - next time an historical novelist asks me a question I have keywords and can suggest dental journals if a general description doesn't suffice. Today I am living (as opposed to archaeologically excavated) proof that dentists are worth visiting.
If any of you have residual scaredness of dentists, then just remember how useful they can be for understanding important subjects (especially history and archaeology).
My teeth, BTW, are doing nicely, thank you. The slight inflammation round them will be gone in a couple of days, and I am a cavity-free zone.
PS Drabbit, I forgot to tell my dentist about Perceval.
The dentist and I normally have interesting things to say to each other. Today wasn't any exception.
He explained why my teeth get more easily calcified now I've reached the age of perfection. We talked about how this can be read in archeaological finds. It turned out that he's also been interested in causes of cavities and pain and toothloss as evidenced by bones dug up and now I know a bunch more than I did about why jawbones and teeth preserved from different eras can look quite different. More than that, I know the pattern the symptoms follow - next time an historical novelist asks me a question I have keywords and can suggest dental journals if a general description doesn't suffice. Today I am living (as opposed to archaeologically excavated) proof that dentists are worth visiting.
If any of you have residual scaredness of dentists, then just remember how useful they can be for understanding important subjects (especially history and archaeology).
My teeth, BTW, are doing nicely, thank you. The slight inflammation round them will be gone in a couple of days, and I am a cavity-free zone.
PS Drabbit, I forgot to tell my dentist about Perceval.