Gum Disaster!

After postponing the dentist earlier this week, it was time to go in today.  I have been having painful sensitivity to cold and acidic foods and BabaAnne was having a bridge repaired.  Our dentists are a husband and wife team who are family friends.  The wife looked in my mouth, squirted air in various places, tapped various teeth, and then gave her diagnosis: "I think between these two teeth you have a gum disaster." To which I responded "A gum disaster?  How do you fix a gum disaster?"  She initially said she was going to clean it and then wait and see if the problem cleared up.  Then her husband came in to consult with her.  He speaks better English than her so I said "She says I have a gum disaster, that sounds bad."  They both laughed lightly and then he said it was not so bad.  However, they proceeded to chat in Turkish and the chat seemed to turn into a disagreement.  Then they excused themselves and argued quietly in the adjacent office.  When she came back she announced that she was going to remove the cap on my back tooth.  She said this with a look on her face that I interpreted as "My dumb-ass husband thinks I should remove this perfectly good cap and it is not worth arguing about so that is what we are going to do."  I could be wrong.  Anyway, she removed the cap, confirmed that the cap was not broken and there was no decay underneath, so she cleaned around the area and put the cap back on.

Meanwhile, an Irish lady was arguing with the husband in the next office.  I heard her say "Well, in Ireland, we tell the truth."  He then patiently and calmly explained why he charges what he does for the work she needed done.  I was pretty stunned that she was acting like she was being swindled when the prices for good dentistry in Turkey are incredibly cheap.  Oh well, she stormed out without getting the work done.  He said that happens a lot because they live in a touristy town and for some reason tourists assume they are being swindled a lot.

Tomorrow should be more fun, we are taking Nehir to one of the top ten water parks in Europe.