Tell me the tooth...
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skylar0graceHad to see the dentist again today *sigh*
I was chewing on popcorn seeds a few nights ago (and I know that's bad, I just love them so much!) and I felt an excruciating pain in one of my back teeth. Called the dentist ASAP and when I went in today, he confirmed it - I cracked a tooth. DARN IT!!!
Not only that but the tooth that I cracked had had a filling put in at some point and the dentist then had just put the filling over an exposed nerve *headdesk* So it turns out that my tooth has been slowly dying this whole time and that the crack was a God send because it was discovered before something much worse happened. The dentist I saw was my favourite and he had to undo the shoddy work and remould the tooth.
It's just a temporary fix - I need root canal therapy to actually save my tooth and there's no way I'm getting another tooth pulled without fighting for it first so it means we've gotta start saving. RCT is about $800-$1000 and that's assuming I don't get ripped off. My dentist wasn't actually allowed to recommend any other dentists but as I was leaving the room he was mumbling the names of some dentists and the places they work; he really is an amazing guy! :D
For tonight though, half of my face is completely numb and it feels so utterly bizarre. When I had Bell's Palsy after Olivia was born, one side of my face wasn't working but I couldn't feel the paralysis. I can feel the numbness and my face struggling to keep up with movement. Weirdest. Feeling. Ever! :P
I was chewing on popcorn seeds a few nights ago (and I know that's bad, I just love them so much!) and I felt an excruciating pain in one of my back teeth. Called the dentist ASAP and when I went in today, he confirmed it - I cracked a tooth. DARN IT!!!
Not only that but the tooth that I cracked had had a filling put in at some point and the dentist then had just put the filling over an exposed nerve *headdesk* So it turns out that my tooth has been slowly dying this whole time and that the crack was a God send because it was discovered before something much worse happened. The dentist I saw was my favourite and he had to undo the shoddy work and remould the tooth.
It's just a temporary fix - I need root canal therapy to actually save my tooth and there's no way I'm getting another tooth pulled without fighting for it first so it means we've gotta start saving. RCT is about $800-$1000 and that's assuming I don't get ripped off. My dentist wasn't actually allowed to recommend any other dentists but as I was leaving the room he was mumbling the names of some dentists and the places they work; he really is an amazing guy! :D
For tonight though, half of my face is completely numb and it feels so utterly bizarre. When I had Bell's Palsy after Olivia was born, one side of my face wasn't working but I couldn't feel the paralysis. I can feel the numbness and my face struggling to keep up with movement. Weirdest. Feeling. Ever! :P
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Date: 1 Jul 2011 08:35 (UTC)And that's a great knock off! I think that it's great that we've got free fillings and tooth extractions and whatnot on the public system but I'd rather have the whole lot available on rebate like with the doctors :/ Or better yet, dentists should charge a reasonable amount in the first place.