Went and got my teeth cleaned today at the dentist. Entire time I’m getting them cleaned I’m being told that I have good teeth, I just need to do a little bit better job with the upkeep, which is true. Head dentist comes to check the work and suddenly I have 5+ cavities, need at least two caps, and I need to consider replacing my other fillings soon because my teeth are supposedly decaying underneath despite having zero pain in any of my teeth. It was like the head dentist was trying to persuade me into feeling pain. She was blowing air on my teeth for a few minutes and kept telling me to let her know when I felt pain and that I’d feel some. Never felt any. I do have a chipped tooth in the back of my mouth but I feel no discomfort from that either. Now my dad wants me to take his appointment later this week to get one of the caps this dentist said I’d need and a filling but I’m probably going to tell my dad to get himself taken care of first, I’ll find a dentist in Colorado and get a second opinion on some of this stuff. Apparently my mom thinks this dentist is a wee bit repair happy too so my mom and dad are trying to find a new dentist for the family. The way this dentist just melodramatically told me every problem and acting like it were life and death really rubbed me the wrong way and led me to really doubt her.

Am I wrong to think Dentists are full of shit? No matter how much I take care of my teeth it’s the same story spun every time. Blah blah blah you have a gazillion cavities stop doing this and this even though you don’t do either of those things blah blah blah. They told me I need to drink less soda today and I’ve drastically cut down my soda drinking over the past year and a half already, I mainly drink water these days.