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I don’t have any anxiety to fear too much in my life. But my wife did. She was so fearful that the dentist gave her a pill to calm her down. My wife said, “I need something. I’m just scared to death.” She wrote a prescription and Linda filled it. She took a pill before she came here and she said she was perfectly fine. And then, after that, she didn’t have to take her pill anymore. Going to a dentist is not something you’re going to choose over anything else. I mean, who’s going to say, “I’m going to the dentist and enjoy myself.” But if you have a problem and you want the problem addressed, you come here.

Your teeth don’t, unless there’s trauma to it, you don’t necessarily go from 0 to 60. It takes time. And during that time that you’re going through, Dr. Dharia’s always, “Here’s where we’re at with this particular situation. Not yet. We could if we needed to, wanted to. Blah, blah, blah,” and what our options are, as opposed to fixing it as soon as you saw something versus let’s wait until we actually need to do it and what our options are there. So by the time it comes down to we’re going to do a onlay, let’s just say onlay instead of a crown, on number 14, you’re like, “Yeah, I know about that. That’s been on the horizon. It’s time. Okay.” You know, there’s no surprises.

I had…my two front teeth were cracked, not major, but a little bit. And so, during the initial x-rays, the doctor recommended that she file them down and then put, I guess you call it a crown on it. It’s not a cap it’s like a crown. And as you can see, I mean, they look natural, they look perfect. I had no pain, it was great. And I’ve had a crown in the back.

The initial appointment, once they discover that…she doctor discovers that you have an issue. I don’t like pain, so I always request a shot of novocaine. And you can’t…I mean, it’s a tiny prick the needle, and then your mouth just gets numb. Take the old cavity, you know, drill, again. Drill the old cavity area that’s been impacted, and then they put a temporary on before you get the permanent because the permanent has to be built in a lab, but you come back for the permanent.

Then I always request another shot of novocaine because I’m a baby. They take off the old one which is a simple procedure. You don’t even feel it. And then put the new crown in, and then they file it to make sure that you can grind that your bite is okay.

Fantastic. Everything…I have had no issues. I actually know whenever you have a temporary or even the permanent crown put on, there’s a chance…because I personally take novocaine all the time, so there’s a chance that it could still be a little bit uneven when you go home, and after the novocaine wears off. And you can come back in, and they’ll file it more or do whatever they have to do. I’ve never had to do that because it’s always been perfect first time out.