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Issue #1205

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Dentist

This past Monday I had a very long dental appointment. It was supposed to be 3 hours but ended up being 5. My teeth are starting to fall apart. There is (was) a bridge on the front right side that was loose and x-rays could not determine what exactly was going on. So, there was no way of knowing what the outcome of the appointment would be.

She took impressions etc and then removed part of the bridge. The bridge was anchored to 3 teeth. One for sure needed to be root cannaled. That was going fine until she got up near the top of the bone where it impacts the sinus membrane. At that point it felt like a red hot poker had been shoved way up my nostril. Once that settled down a bit she continued but then it started to bleed around the tooth. That apparently indicated the tooth had cracked but no one could know for sure. The only avenue no available was to pull the tooth, which she did. The bleeding didn’t stop and it took over an hour for it to be at a point where we could call it a day. The sinus pain continued of for quite a while but the bleeding was at least under control. Thats how we left it.

I must now see a specialist as there are several old ‘stumps’ that must come out and the work needed for all my teeth is beyond the capacity of a family dentist. It’s going to be a long painful ride forward with no way of knowing what will be possible and what I’ll end up with. Such is life at my age.

Doug

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