One Less Cavity, One Half Less of a Tooth
Well, what started nearly 5 months ago has now (finally) come to a close. After avoiding a dentist for 6 years, I had a large enough cavity that warranted a root canal.
After the root canal, I had a temporary crown put on… and really made a point to chew things on the other side of my mouth. The actual crown had to be custom made/fit, and that process took a few weeks. And today, the final part of actually cemeting the crown on (more permanently) took place.
It’s weird that I’ve been chewing on the one side of my mouth for a few months now. Actually, I take that back – it’s become rather normal, actually. It’ll be a bit weird, returning to normal as I’m still a little hesitant to put too much pressure on the left side of my mouth. Guess this will take some getting used to. Again.
I am better about brushing and flossing now. And I’m encouraging anyone else out there to do the same. Man, I don’t want to go through all that again anytime soon…
I too have avoided the dentist for ages. I am afraid to go back. I doubt anything they will find would be good…”Well it’s a good thing you never came in here, cause you were growing a cure for cancer in your teeth. If you would have come in earlier we would have just cleaned that off. I guess now your teeth can save the world.”
Ookami Snow (October 27, 2008 at 12:24 pm)I was of the same mind too – after X amount of time, the idea of going back seems just worse. You’re thinking “my god, the damage must be massive by this point” and so you just never go back.I’d still recommend going though. Get it over with, and get checked out. Ideally, you’ll catch stuff before it gets to a really bad point… and you’ll feel tons better afterwards.And as far as I’m concerned, I’m growing no cancer cures in my teeth. I’ve got some kind of a silver mine going on in there. I just need to start taking better care of my choppers.
avoision (October 28, 2008 at 12:40 pm)