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Thursday, February 26, 2015

A short trip to the dentist in Georgia

Peace Corps has great doctors, at our office.  And they have screened and found good dentists as well.  And why is this needed?

Georgian diet consists of TONS of sweets. They call lunch their midday meal, and it quite often consists of cake, and or chocolates.  Not that I should be complaining, but...

I brush my teeth three times/day, but even with that, I was getting that achy feeling in my tooth so PC scheduled a visit to the dentist.  You might find this interesting.

First,  nice office, fill out the same #$% chart when you go in.  But they had  nice examining rooms. 

The dentist was very professional and had all the time in the world.  Her degrees were in English and some in Russian.  

Two differences in Georgia.  First I went to get an xray in their xray room.  That was smart.  What surprised me was that the attendant stayed in the room with me!  With no apron on,  she actually held the xray in my mouth!  That was a little unnerving, considering her safety from the xrays.  

The second thing I liked was,  when they couldn't find any problems, she asked me to tap my teeth and next time come back and show her the one that hurt.  Makes sense, right?  I don't recall that practicality from my dentists, but could save time and keep some responsibility back on the patient, which is always a good thing.  

They also made me a teeth mouth guard for my stressful sleeping.  It was $40, compared with around $350 in the states.  If it does the job, hey!  

Have a good week, and keep flossing, which is another new concept here.  kimi