paid a dentist a long overdue visit. it's a painful one, esp. for my bank account. dental care is such an expensive business here it's ridiculous. consultation without any treatment costs $30. scaling plus polishing for $50. additional topical fluoride costs another $30. there goes my hundred bucks (after 10% discount from company I'm currently working for). I'll still need to come back another time for filling treatment. I got 4 half-grown wisdom teeth and I guess all of them are to be extracted, sooner or later. wondering why they're there in the first place, when growing them is already a painful process, cleaning them is a tedious one, and they can be considered useless they'll end up decaying and have to be removed.. I'd only know whether it's necessary to do surgery after an x-ray, and surgery for one tooth alone costs $600.. *stare helplessly*.. I'd rather do it in my hometown then, for around Rp.600,000 per tooth. for one tooth extracted here I'll get 4 teeth there plus return air ticket..

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went to ikea this evening. my main mission was to eat their famous swedish meatballs.. yum! tempted to buy the chicken wings as well and regretted it afterwards, 'cos I was so full already. I guess my teeth are not as clean anymore now, with pieces of meatballs and chicken wings stuck in between.. =D