Mouth Cam

OMG in Italy the dentist has Mouth Cam.

When they are poking around in your mouth every move they make beams up on a giant  screen. So if you have enough courage you can watch all of that poking, prodding and  drilling in your mouth.

I broke my tooth munching a biscuit I had baked. Demolished the tooth really. I spat out 3 bits of tooth and the filling that had been holding it together. So very tentatively I went to the dentist hoping it would be less of an ordeal than  visiting the hairdresser is for me here.  Giorgio came to interpret thankfully, but the dentist knew all the important words in English like "open your mouth wider" and "this will cost..."

The demolished tooth needed to be "devitalised" which I figured meant a root canal to take the nerve out, a post inserted and  reconstructed for a temporary crown. And  all of this is beamed up there on that big screen.

Gruesome.

I quickly discovered that I can't grimace and keep my mouth open ... but I couldn't help but peek every so often to check on the progress.

I was unimpressed that on visit three the impression taking and fitting of the temporary plastic tooth caused some grazes and bruises around my mouth so I looked a bit battered. Especially as I was on my way to the ceramic exhibition opening with  my pottery cat showing along 60 or so other artists work.

 

By now I am sure that you are grateful this post has no photographs!!

I was surprised to find the dentist does not accept credit cards so  when I returned for the temp crown to be fitted I had to take 500 euros in cash, which I am expecting my travel insurance to refund as the policy covers emergency dental work. Later I will need to get a permanent crown.

And I swear I am not cooking any more biscuits.