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Fun and games at the dentist
Sep. 15th, 2011 10:53 amSo I went in for a dental checkup. I've been having a flare-up at the back
lower-left, and it was time for a checkup anyway (ok, about two months
ago). I get occasional inflammation there, particularly when I've been
grinding my teeth (the joys of stress).
He took one look, and immediately took some x-rays. Which is a much faster
process nowadays - pop a metal thing in my mouth, point the camera at me,
pop out of the room while the shot happens, and it was up on a monitor
within three minutes (which he spent checking everywhere else).
And it seems I have an abcess forming beneath one of my troublesome teeth.
A tooth that's only 2/3 there anyway, because of my previous trouble with
my wisdom teeth*. And when he showed me the x-ray I could see the previous
attempt at a root canal (from about 15 years ago) which only went halfway
down the sodding tooth. A complete botch job (I said so out loud, the
dentist said he couldn't possibly comment).
So now I need to have a proper root canal in two weeks time. I've booked
the day off work, but it's going to cost me about £80, and it really isn't
a lot of fun.
*sigh*
*They came through at right angles. Literally. Which pushed the teeth in
front of them together, causing a pile-up in my mouth. All of my teeth are
in good condition, apart from the four in the pile-up.
lower-left, and it was time for a checkup anyway (ok, about two months
ago). I get occasional inflammation there, particularly when I've been
grinding my teeth (the joys of stress).
He took one look, and immediately took some x-rays. Which is a much faster
process nowadays - pop a metal thing in my mouth, point the camera at me,
pop out of the room while the shot happens, and it was up on a monitor
within three minutes (which he spent checking everywhere else).
And it seems I have an abcess forming beneath one of my troublesome teeth.
A tooth that's only 2/3 there anyway, because of my previous trouble with
my wisdom teeth*. And when he showed me the x-ray I could see the previous
attempt at a root canal (from about 15 years ago) which only went halfway
down the sodding tooth. A complete botch job (I said so out loud, the
dentist said he couldn't possibly comment).
So now I need to have a proper root canal in two weeks time. I've booked
the day off work, but it's going to cost me about £80, and it really isn't
a lot of fun.
*sigh*
*They came through at right angles. Literally. Which pushed the teeth in
front of them together, causing a pile-up in my mouth. All of my teeth are
in good condition, apart from the four in the pile-up.
