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A while back, I effed up my tooth--the very back molar on the top left. There was a chip in it, and I had no idea how I managed to do it...
Chip becomes more of a hole, and eventually (last wednesday) turns to INSANE amount of pain. Like, it would shoot along that side of my jaw, up that side of my face, around my eye, and into my temple and forehead. I spent a lot of time on the couch taking a great deal more than the "recommended dosage" of any and all over-the-counter pain killers with no relief. Last night, I get on the phone with a dentist-any dentist. They squeeze me in this morning..
The way my teeth are set up...basically, if an anthropologist were to find my skull, they would think I was under 12. My 12 year molars never fully came out, that's the one that was effed, because it was virtually impossible to clean it (I brush all the time and floss constantly--I'm good to those guys). So, if I had a penis, Michael Jackson would be in to my shit.
The dentist decided it'd be best just to pull it out instead of going through a root canal and crown. The tooth was useless to me, as the biting surface it provided was extremely minimal.
Extraction entails numbing my mouth and working it out. I've still got my wisdoms, so sorry to anyone that's had this done and doesn't care for my gory details. Tooth is removed, normal tooth has two root guy things, Gina has 2 GIANT root type things, and ONE extra one. Apparently, my teef is persistant.
It's out, hurts way less, but hurts. I get NO drugs and this makes me sad. Then again, it's not nearly as bad as it was, so I guess I can't totally complain...But if anyone wants to donate to my cause, I wouldn't say no...
Chip becomes more of a hole, and eventually (last wednesday) turns to INSANE amount of pain. Like, it would shoot along that side of my jaw, up that side of my face, around my eye, and into my temple and forehead. I spent a lot of time on the couch taking a great deal more than the "recommended dosage" of any and all over-the-counter pain killers with no relief. Last night, I get on the phone with a dentist-any dentist. They squeeze me in this morning..
The way my teeth are set up...basically, if an anthropologist were to find my skull, they would think I was under 12. My 12 year molars never fully came out, that's the one that was effed, because it was virtually impossible to clean it (I brush all the time and floss constantly--I'm good to those guys). So, if I had a penis, Michael Jackson would be in to my shit.
The dentist decided it'd be best just to pull it out instead of going through a root canal and crown. The tooth was useless to me, as the biting surface it provided was extremely minimal.
Extraction entails numbing my mouth and working it out. I've still got my wisdoms, so sorry to anyone that's had this done and doesn't care for my gory details. Tooth is removed, normal tooth has two root guy things, Gina has 2 GIANT root type things, and ONE extra one. Apparently, my teef is persistant.
It's out, hurts way less, but hurts. I get NO drugs and this makes me sad. Then again, it's not nearly as bad as it was, so I guess I can't totally complain...But if anyone wants to donate to my cause, I wouldn't say no...