Dental Hijinks

My last few posts have consisted mainly of reviews and very little about what's been happening in my life. To date, other than watching Lost and The Amazing Race, catching up on my pile of to-be-read books, and the day-to-day office tasks, teeth have been the focus of the past few weeks. A month or so ago, the dentist removed a crown through which I'd bored a hole. 4 weeks later, she removed the last wisdom tooth in my mouth because of a deep cavity. The removal lasted roughly 5 minutes, but the recovery time was pure Hell. My jaw hurt, bits of bone found their way through the new opening, I chewed everything on the opposite of my mouth, and the tooth pain!

For a while, I thought the pain was simply a byproduct of the tooth pulling. Funny thing, though, was that the pain was coming from a tooth in my upper jaw rather than the lower. The dentist x-rayed the tooth, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. We tried antibiotics to thwart any sinus problems, but that didn't help. As it turns out, I need a root canal -- the dentist thinks I need one; the second set of x-rays didn't show anything again -- which I'm fortunate to receive on Friday of this week. Go me!

I'm seriously considering a new dentist after this. I probably should have gone for a second opinion regarding the tooth pain because I don't have all that much confidence the root canal will work.

Maybe I should have all my teeth pulled and go for dentures....