St. Thomas Dental Centre, Los Algodones, Mexico

I am so pleased. I finished my dental work today.  Two root canals and crowns, a wisdom tooth pulled and seven crowns on my upper front teeth.  Friday and Saturday they did a half day of preparation each. I was on the couch 3 or 4 hours then back today Tuesday for the extraction and the frontal crowns.  They also made a night guard because they said I was grinding my teeth and this would protect the new crowns.  I didn’t tell them that I thought the wear on the front teeth was as likely from holding flashlights in my teeth at sea when I couldn’t find my headlamp and had to do repairs at night in a blow.  Sailors.  I will get out the headlamps and stop holding flashlights in my teeth and use the very nifty night guard as well.  

I especially like that the crowns are discoloured by coffee.

I’ve the best dentists in Vancouver but I am afraid of getting a URI.  I’ve often had bronchitis follow teeth cleaning because I’m stressed out and overworked in winter and suffering from the rain and snow and cold. I don’t like losing time from work and having to often make several visits.  The cost is prohibitive too as I don’t have insurance.  No pension , no insurance, just a self employed middle class Canadian.  

I’m really happy with the work being done. I was praying when she was taking out the wisdom tooth. I confess I had fears it wasn’t coming and yet she beat the stubborn beast.  She was truly pretty and petite with miraculous little hands made for dental work or obstetrics.  It was all pain free and just tiresome.  Yet now I’m so happy the work is done and I’ve a smile I can be proud of.

Thank you God

Mara is the office administrator and while everyone was pretty bilingual she was fully fluent. This made explanations so easy.  Now after four days of soft food I can eat anything .  I’m about to settle into barbecued chicken because I didn’t think to take the steak out of the freezer.  

Thank you St. Thomas.

Thank you Jesus