Because We Can II: Mexican Dentists, Feb 18-21, 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Mexican Dentists, Feb 18-21, 2009

Don’t you think it was time to wash the windshield? Here it is partially washed-just hate that salt spray. See the condo in the reflection.

Here I am washing the windshield, I like having the mirror to keep my balance. Washing the windshield in the middle tests my balancing ability. So far so good!

Here I am sitting in the office of a Mexican dentist. The LG Dental Offices. Today I am getting my teeth cleaned, they charged $60.

Well, these were my two front teeth. They have crowns on them. These crowns were put on about 12 years ago and my gum is receding, so you see a dark line above the crown.

The need for all this dental work happened when I was a kid, I stepped on a mattock and the handle flew up and hit me in the mouth. I didn’t know it then, but that incident killed my front four bottom teeth and my top two teeth. I now have a six teeth bridge on the bottom and the top front two are crowned. All this damage did not show up until after Bob and I were married. Bob always jokes, he should have looked me over like you do a horse-you always check their teeth before you buy them.

The dentist said they could replace the crowns with a porcelain over gold crowns and when my gums continue to recede there will be no dark edge as it is gold, a lighter color. The crowns above are porcelain over a dark metal and it is the dark metal that you see in the above photo.

So on Thursday (2/19) I went in to have the old crowns removed and molds taken for new ones. They also made me some temporary front teeth. Today, Saturday (2/21) I went back and had the new crowns fitted and cemented on.

Here they are, I am happy!

They charged $375 for each one. I had one crown done two years ago in Oregon and they charged me $1,000.

After the dentist we stopped at the produce market and Bob is looking for the best avocados, this is also where we get the huge papayas and juicy tomatoes.