Random Rants
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@Matt said in Random Rants:
Now that the dust has settled I’m ready to talk about it…
As many of you know I had a rough ordeal with a tooth infection last year. Well, for the past week now I’ve been going through the same thing with the same tooth on the other side. It’s the molar in front of the back tooth. The first one began as tooth pain that the dentist said needed a root canal. The pain was intense and the dentist did nothing for it. The RC dr said no RC because the tooth had too many cracks in it so I needed it pulled. She gave me an rx for antibiotics and the pain subsided quickly. The dr who ended up pulling the tooth worked at my dentists office but only 1 day a week. This was likely because he was 185 years old and had Parkinson’s. At the end of the day despite my terror at him coming at me like a crazed serial killer in a basement the procedure went well and I should be ready for the implant and crown soon.
Now last week when I was awaken in the night by the same exact pain I went to the dentist and he said it looks like your filling is old and doesn’t do its job anymore so we’ll do a crown. He sent me home on Friday with an appointment for Monday and again with no antibiotics despite my telling him the pain was the same.
Let me pause here to describe the pain; it fucking hurt real bad. Like your whole head being squeezed in a vice. I was on ibuprofen , acetaminophen , oxycodone, alcohol and weed and it still sucked. Didn't sleep a wink, couldn’t eat.
My Monday morning the entire left side of my face was swollen and my gums had turned white. My wife took me to the dentist early and they said you need a root canal. I was dubious. The same endodontist as before said yeah no. Too many cracks. She was kind enough to shoot me up full of Novocain and prescribe antibiotics. They also set me up with an emergency extraction the next day, yesterday, at a different dr.
This one didn’t come out as easily as the first one. She gave me no less than 6 shots because she said it would likely be very painful. There was pulling, pushing, twisting, drilling, hammering. I thought she was building a sun room in my fucking mouth. I made it as far as the car before I started shaking uncontrollably. The obscene amount of Novocain had already worn off. I was too out of it from the pain to go back in and ask for another shot so I drove home and by some miracle made it without incident. As I lay in bed Katie was terrified watching me literally writhe. She got my rx and after about 15 minutes it had settled down.
Needless to say, I’m dentist shopping this week.
Cracks as long as there are no signs of fracture are no contraindication for a root canal, sorry that's outdated. Many teeth that had fillings or restaurations or with patients with Bruxism do have cracks. I would at least try to preserve the tooth. The pain you described was a sign of an acute pulpitis. There is almost no pain know that ist that severe.
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@Matt said in Random Rants:
Root canals are not as bad as they once were. You’re numbed up pretty good.
Yep. If you have pain during a root canal nowadays it's the dentist fault.
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@Chap thinking back, that 20k quote may have been for both teeth to have been worked on, but it was still a big heck no from me.
Still wouldn’t wish that pain from the first one on anyone.
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@chrisjohnnick well, almost anyone.
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@Matt said in Random Rants:
trying to eat nachos with your gums is a real bummer.
Just soak those chips in a nice hot soupy cheese sauce. They'll soften...
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I understand that talking about teeth is a sign of old age and the light of approaching Valhalla. Therefore, we will hasten to drink what has not been drunk and wear what has not been worn.
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ваше здоровье! @Walery-Smirnoff
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We don’t hear from @Walery-Smirnoff often but when we do I always enjoy it.
