Toothwatch day three

Regarding Julianna's comment on the previous post, my actual dentist didn't tell me that, about the straw-drinking. Fortunately I'm a hypochondriac, so I googled the crap out of it before and after, and discovered that I should avoid straws that way--or else I would certainly have dislodged my clots by now. Although, that would mean that he would get to collect more money from my insurer when I went back. Actually, funny thing: the assistant asked the dentist if he'd like to take some more x-rays, to get a better view of the teeth in question, and he was like, "nah, well, wait, what's her insurance? Oh, Delta? We'd better get those x-rays then." I guess it's nice-ish that if he though I would have to pay out-of-pocket for them that he'd try to forego the additional x-rays, but geez, it makes me really glad I did have good insurance, because even I could figure out that the initial x-rays didn't give a really clear view of all my wisdom teeth. Sucks for poor people.