{"id":1454,"date":"2015-06-18T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2015-06-29T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T21:05:02","slug":"a-dental-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"A Dental Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Dental Visit<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I went to the dentist today.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

No, I wasn\u2019t aware of any decay.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was for master x-rays.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

21 x-rays to find decay.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, they took photos too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I should have got one for you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I held metal things within.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stretched my lips with them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pulled them back from my teeth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

So she could see beneath.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She took the photos then.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She could really see within.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It reminded me\u00a0of how a female must feel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

during a vaginal exam. It was real.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After all that, I saw the dentist.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She checked it all with interest.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just one minor cavity found.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was no problem with the crowns.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It could have been worse.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Much more though, & I would have cursed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was stretched, pried, prodded, poked.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She even asked me if I smoked.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She said these choppers could use some work.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I already knew that. I\u2019m not a jerk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My night guard was doing its job.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

No more grinding teeth. Now that\u2019s not odd.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Others do it while sleeping too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of my grinding is because of you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ll be back. As the story goes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Having good teeth means your smile will glow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

——————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Dental Visit I went to the dentist today. No, I wasn\u2019t aware of any decay. It was for master x-rays. 21 x-rays to find decay. Then, they took photos too. I should have got one for you. I held metal things within. Stretched my lips with them. Pulled them back from my teeth. … Continue reading A Dental Visit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16,24,29,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-free-bird-poetry","category-humor","category-life-lessons","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}