Got to be birds flying higher

Just catching up on a few notes. During my fall check up it was noted a large filling from about 2009 needed replacing and my first ever crown from about 2003 or 2004 was failing. Since I go to the sedation dentist, I had both done last week. 20 years is a pretty good run for a porcelain crown.

As always, sedation was fun. However, this time sedation didn't quite kick in a strongly as previous times. Of course I was vaguely conscious and remembered a few things (but totally did not remember leaving the office or arriving home!). I slept for about 5 hours, got up for about an hour and had to go back to bed. I ended up waking up again at 8:30 pm! The birds were thoroughly confused.

Hopefully that's the last dental thing for a while. The new dentist, Dr. K, who bought the practice when Dr. O retired, is significantly cheaper. Dr. O did have a large family to take care of (he is a Mormon) and he did have to put his son through dental school and one daughter through nursing school, so I get it ;-D It's so rare for the cost of something to go down these days that it's a win worth celebrating!

I bought a fancy new Sonicare toothbrush last week. My dentist had the same model for $265, but, lucky me, it was on sale at the drugstore for $225. For that price, it better do a good job 😄

My old electric toothbrush, a humble Braun, has been gathering dust because it can’t hold a charge very well. The new toothbrush has a life of two weeks on a full charge. I'm quite pleased with the overall design, such as the cover for the head and the charger. The set came with a glass that can sit on the charger as well.

The app is easy to use, although my first time was hilarious. I used too much toothpaste, which flew everywhere! Then, when I paused to laugh, the app helpfully encouraged me to “Don’t give up!”. It leads you through a two minute brushing guide.

I’m finding the brushing overall intense, so I will probably manually brush every second day.

I'm doing a bang up job of losing things lately. The pile of receipts and bank statements that were coming in for taxes has mysteriously moved from the kitchen table, and somehow this morning I lost Moxie's wooden ladder after I washed it. He keeps jumping out and letting me know it's not there. At least I found my key card which has been missing since Thursday :-P

And ah, I have either lost a filling or part of a tooth, so I'll be calling Dr. O tomorrow!

EDIT: Moxie's ladder was on top of the microwave. How'd it get there?