Oh.... I used to love those Bity 'o honeys! I suppose nowadays I could buy one and just suck on them, protect my teeth that way.
Yeh, I hear ya on the dentist bill, Christine. No insurance here either so had to pay. That hurt much worse than the shots, the drilling, the scraping, gouging, fitting, etc. I feel for ya.
At least you got to watch tv. All my dentist had was music and it was playing things like "I Feel The Earth Move under my feet" and "Blood On The Saddle" while spittle and such dribbled down my chin.
Glad you survived!
Shoe