They took my tooth

[WhiteRose]

My mouth is numb, my tongue is numb, my brain's starting to go numb. I went in to the dentist to get a filling replaced because I thought it was loose (for the past 6 months), and the dentist was planning on giving me a gold crown (I'm not crazy about the gold, but he said because it's a molar, porcelain wouldn't hold up very well.) When he got the filling out, he found out my tooth was cracked all the way through and asked me if I remembered biting something really hard anytime in the past. Well gee, I guess I must have, eh?

So he got out his handy little drill and started jackhammering away, only he was resting it on my bottom molar and now that hurts a little. I have to go back in two weeks to have the stitches taken out and I'm on 800mg of Motrim and can take more ibuprofen if I need to, but I have to decide whether to have them put in a bridge or get braces AGAIN. The tooth they removed was on the top left 2nd to last molar so you can't see it from the front. I really don't want to go through braces again just to move that last molar up to replace the missing one, but I'm not sure how well bridges hold up. They'll have to put crowns on the two teeth on either side to hold the bridge.

I know I'm rambling. The anesthesia hasn't worn off yet. He gave me three shots. And did you know if you drink something cold it feels warm on the numb side? I had to go grocery shopping again today, and I hate grocery shopping. I can usually procrastinate for 2-3 weeks before going and I just went YESTERDAY, but of course now I can't eat anything so I bought loads of yogurt and jello and soup. I like yogurt. Yoplait is my favorite, but why do they come is such little cartons? I bought some yogurt drinks too. I got ginger ale too because they told me to buy it to help with the nausea I might get with the painkillers.

And I was standing in the checkout line, and it was finally my turn and this old lady behind me taps me on the shoulder and says her daughter is waiting in the car and asks if she can go first cause she had to just run in and get something for her daughter. It was dishwashing liquid. So instead of going through the express line, she waits behind me in the long line until I start putting my stuff on the counter then tells me she wants to cut in front of me. I would have bitten her but my mouth was numb.

It rained last night.

I'm kind of tired. I only slept a few hours last night cause I had to get up for my appointment. I think I'll go take a nap now.

 

[metal_minx]

sounds like you could use some puppy love...enjoy http://members.tripod.co.jp/gomainu/pic/wanwan.jpg

 

[Ginny]

lol.....sleep well WhiteRose.....hope you feel better......cute ramble....

 

[freescorfr]

I read your dental tale with interest, WhiteRose, since my 3 youngest, adolescent kids are having their wisdom teeth out all on the same day. They are pretty stoical about it, but since they have scarcely ever even had a cold in their lives, the idea of surgery in their mouths and several days of recovery is frightening for them.

I hope you are recovering rapidly. Those back teeth are for mastication: I expect you just did it too hard one day.

 

[Cheyenne]

I think all but one of my molars are crowned. They are all silver underneath with porcelain covers so they look like "real" teeth. I've been getting these crowns since about 1987 or so as I worked through my mouth replacing all the teeth which were more silver than tooth. In all that time, I've only had little pieces of porcelain break off of two of them. Since you can't really see them in the back of my mouth, the fix was to just smooth out the corner where the porcelain broke off. The silver underneath is still very strong.

I've also had teeth that cracked all the way down and were still saved. It is tough to do, but possible in some cases. Sorry, I don't know anything about bridges because all my teeth have been saved. I would suggest maybe going to a different dentist in the future though.

 

[WhiteRose]

I'm awake again, a little more coherent, but oddly still a little numb and I'm not in any pain at all though I haven't taken any painkillers since the first one on the way home from the pharmacy earlier.

*snuggles the puppy* Thank you metal_minx, she's adorable

*bites Ginny on the bum* This is why I don't drink. I get rather silly and very very friendly.

Freescorfr, your kids should be fine once they get through the swelling and pain after the extractions. It's the THINKING about it that is scary, so if you can remind them to concentrate on something else while it's happening, it won't be nearly so bad. When I was 10, I had 4 molars removed just prior to getting braces (the full silver band ones). Because they pulled those molars out roots and all, I got to keep them. My dad still has them in his "tooth drawer" (full of mine and my brother's baby teeth...an odd thing to collect, but I did the same thing when my kitten lost her milk teeth). But because those teeth were removed, I haven't had any problems with my wisdom teeth since they had plenty of room to come in. From what I've heard, wisdom teeth hurt more when they're removed than the other teeth, but hopefully I'll never find out. The sound of the drilling is scary. The dentist I went to today actually drilled the tooth into little pieces before removing them.

I'll have to look into the porcelain/silver crowns. I'd rather have something sturdy back there, though since the pain started 6 months ago I don't chew on that side anymore. The fracture was so bad he was able to slide his instrument all the way through the tooth to the gum and the two sides of the tooth were wiggling, and he said with a crown on that one tooth, I'd still be getting the intermittent pain when I used the tooth. I don't like my body parts being removed, though I don't know why, it just gives me an odd feeling. At least it's not at all visible to anyone, so it wouldn't really make a difference if it's gold (I just like silver better), unless the person were on top of me. In which case, I'd certainly hope they were concentrating on something other than my tooth

 

[Ginny]

*bites Ginny on the bum* This is why I don't drink. I get rather silly and very very friendly.

it was adorable...i could just see you....talking ninety miles an hour...feeling no pain....just mmmmmm.....

and thanks.....for the bite.....

 

[Lost Cause]

I had the same incident with my right lower tooth. It's a little out of view, but feels like the grand canyon to my tongue. I plan on looking into implants as they require no prosthetics like a bridge. I hate losing teeth, and partially point the finger at this shitty dental plan I have. I called them as soon as I felt it crack, but they didn't think it was an emergency. I think they could have saved it if they didn't schedule appointments every other month. I nearly croaked because of the time between infection, and them seeing me swelled up like the elephant man. The surgeon said I could have died in a few days, and I wasn't out of the woods yet. The swelling had to go away before they could remove it. Hope that cheered you up! Have some ice cream of your choice and get well!

 

[WhiteRose]

I had the same incident with my right lower tooth. It's a little out of view, but feels like the grand canyon to my tongue. I plan on looking into implants as they require no prosthetics like a bridge. I hate losing teeth, and partially point the finger at this shitty dental plan I have. I called them as soon as I felt it crack, but they didn't think it was an emergency. I think they could have saved it if they didn't schedule appointments every other month. I nearly croaked because of the time between infection, and them seeing me swelled up like the elephant man. The surgeon said I could have died in a few days, and I wasn't out of the woods yet. The swelling had to go away before they could remove it. Hope that cheered you up! Have some ice cream of your choice and get well!

About 6 months ago, I suddenly had a severe pain in that tooth and made an appointment (for 3 days later, which was the earliest they could see me), and by the time I got to the dentist I had a pretty bad infection, but I also had a sinus infection at the same time and even with the xrays, the dentist couldn't tell me definitively what the problem was, so he put me on antibiotics and painkillers and told me to go back in two weeks. By that time, the infection was finally gone and the tooth had stopped hurting, so I didn't go in, and periodically it would start to hurt, but as soon as I pushed the filling up with my tongue, it would stop. I only went in today to just get it fixed once and for all, but it wasn't until he got the filling off that he realized the tooth was actually in two pieces.

I ate too much ice cream Was good though. Dreyer's Crazy About Caramel. At least the tooth won't hurt anymore. You'd think though after 12 hours that the anesthesia would have worn off I'm still a bit silly.

 

[#1tankcomander]

Whiterose..........

I had the same problem. I went with the Partial. The implants take too much maintenance and cleaning implements! The partial may be removed and cleaned much easier. Talk to your Dentist before making a decision! With braces shifting the last tooth around will leave the last tooth with nothing to hit on and will shift in time causing problems. Also the dentist will have to shape the tooth being moved by braces.


Good luck any way!

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[WhiteRose]

Thanks I just really don't want to go through braces again. I had an overbite when I was little, and had braces for five years when I was a kid. 3 years with the old silver bands and headgear that looked like a bridle (they used to tease me at the stables because I'd wear the headgear and have my hair in ponytails), then 2 years with the glued on brackets since my teeth were moving so slowly with the full bands, but they finally got fixed. I have time to figure out which way I want to go with them now, so I'll do a little research on all options.