Back From The Dentist

[calliopes_pen]

I just got back from the dentist. A few things.

1. The part of the tooth that fell off? It wasn't a tooth, it was just a filling. That's been fixed, thankfully.

2. The reason for the mystery pain? The nerve in a tooth was dying. The reason most of the pain is gone now, is because the tooth has probably died. According to the dentist: If the tooth is in severe pain, and nothing stops it--except for drinking something cold, then there is a problem with the nerve in the tooth.

They did an X-Ray while I was there. Since the filling they did was temporary (on the other tooth), I'll go back in two weeks for a permanent one. They'll do another X-Ray, and see how the nerve looks. And if it's completely dead.

Also, it looks like all of my wisdom teeth are coming in normally. There shouldn't be a problem with them. Hopefully.

ETA: Oh, and when I got home? The door repair people were finally there. They had started working while I was gone. (Thankfully, Dad was there.)

Comments

[hopefulnebula]

Wow, thank heaven it was just a filling. My mom had a filling replaced last month (trying to get all the mercury ones out) and about two weeks later, it fell out. Except it was the rest of the tooth, not the filling, that fell.

Poor woman has so few real teeth left.

[calliopes_pen]

That sounds familiar. I think I've done something nearly identical before. Thankfully, at the time it was a baby tooth, so it didn't really matter.