Hail to the Teeth!

Because of my non-stop pain since my temporary filling last week, I was having second thoughts about seeing the GC colleague of my Xela dentist, and consulted Kathryn Grace's doctor friend Oscar in Antigua for a recommendation. Happily, his recommendation, Dr. Luis Alberto Flores Asturias, also happened to be on the recommended list of dentists put out by the US Embassy in Guatemala. However, neither of these sources mentioned that he is the ex-Vice President of Guatemala. He told me that himself when he stopped by my chair to tell me why my dentist was late. He didn't actually do my root canal, his on-call specialist did it, but he will be doing the "build up" for my crown in a few weeks. Anyway, after retiring from politics, he did a stint as a guest professor on dental implants in Loma Linda, California to get back into the world of dentistry, which is his passion, like painting is a passion for some, and he gestured at some art prints on the wall. I feel I am in good hands now. Apparently the Xela dentist #2 reamed through too far with his pointy scrapy thing, and then didn't identify that I had another infection, and that was why I was in a world of hurt. So the pain is practically all gone now and it's quite a relief.

Esteemed delegates, we must address the global menace of not flossing daily!