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So, I just got back from the dentist... blech...
Turns out that, a) I have to have my wisdom teeth out (three of them, as I don't have a fourth, oddly enough) which I knew already, and b) I have to have a root canal because the tooth that I have a Big Huge Filling in has an abscess and the nerve is slowly dying.
Plus there may be something wrong with my jaw 'cause it pops every time I open my mouth.
Done whingeing.
submitted by TNÖ, age 16, Deep Space
(August 24, 2009 - 2:13 pm)
(August 24, 2009 - 2:13 pm)
Ugh. I would hate that. But before they pull your wisdom teeth out, you should see other dentists, they might say something different. My mom went to a dentist and someone said that all her wisdom teeth had to be pulled out. But then she went to a different dentist and he said that she didn't need them pulled out. So before you let flinching people pull your teeth out, let a other dentist look at them.
I have had one of my teeth pulled out before. I didn't really know that the dentist pulled it out until I saw the bloody, brownish tooth in his tweezers. *shivers* That month, I went to the dentist a lot before they pulled my tooth out. My tooth had had a VERY bad cavaty that hurt a LOT. And then my two teeth that were top front became lose, and they are NOT baby teeth. And on that very same month, i had whooping cough. And i had to take bubblegum flavored antabiotics. It tasted horrible, AND they were antabiotics. The first ones I had ever taken in my life. And then, that very same month, I had a stomach ache thing. That was a very painful month. last time i went to the dentist i was scared for the first time. But luckily, i didn't have any cavaty's.
(August 25, 2009 - 2:14 pm)
Don't worry. Popping is normal. It's called TMJ, and I've had it a couple of times. It goes away if you try to relax it as often as possible. My singing teacher has gotten it from over working her mouth while doing operas, and both my mom and I have gotten it from clenching our teeth. The way I stopped myself from doing that was to make my mouth as relaxed as possible when I was lying in bed, or whenever I realized I was clenching. Um... I don't know much about it... I just know you don't need surgery or anything, unless it's just something that sounds like TMJ, but isn't. Can you open your mouth as wide as usual without it popping your jaw and hurting? That was always the hardest for me, because I couldn't eat big sandwiches or yawn without a jaw ache. I hope I helped!!!! Good luck!! And remember, keep your jaw as relaxed as possible. :)
(August 25, 2009 - 4:02 pm)
The jaw popping isn't painful at all, actually. If there is pain involved it usually starts up when my mouth has been closed for a period of time, at which point popping my jaw by opening my mouth all the way is the only way to relieve it (I've been told I look like a fish...)
Anyways. They said it probably wasn't a problem right now if it doesn't hurt, but the excess wear the joint gets from popping in and out constantly could cause problems and pain later on. *shrug*
(August 25, 2009 - 7:41 pm)
Your jaw hurts when it's closed?
(August 26, 2009 - 11:20 am)
Yeah. It's like this weird buildup of pressure. Dunno why, but it does.
(August 26, 2009 - 7:05 pm)
Hi to you, too!
(September 2, 2009 - 1:20 pm)
Oh yah, and good luck with your root canal!! Ouch. My brother had one when he was four. *grimace*
(August 25, 2009 - 4:03 pm)
So apparently I'm getting my root canal in Idaho Falls on Thursday. Then, according to mom, I'll be "fine" right afterwards so she's going to make me buy more jeans (as I only have two pairs of pants and a pair of shorts, I suppose...).
She better take me to a bookstore, at least. Sigh.
(August 25, 2009 - 4:20 pm)
*cringe* I'll be thinking of you on Thursday.
(August 25, 2009 - 6:16 pm)
Me too! :)
(August 26, 2009 - 7:06 am)
You're going to get a root canal and go shopping for jeans in the same day? That sounds like the worst torture ever. I've had some bad experiences shopping for jeans.......
(August 25, 2009 - 9:11 pm)
Oh? Do tell.
(September 4, 2009 - 3:01 pm)
Eh. Good luck. I had a loose tooth that just would NOT fall out, and so my dentist said, if it doesn't fall out by the next time you come in, the time after that, I'm yanking it. Well, it didn't fall out. So I went to the dentist. (I HATE him now. I use to think he was nice) He said, you know what? I'm just going to pull it now and get it over with. AAHH!!! No preparation WHAT-so-ever!!! Well, I wasn't exactly given the chance to say no. So. He takes a piece of floss, wraps it around the bit of whatever holding the tooth in, shoves a piece of gauze between my fingers, tells me to squeeze it as hard as I can on the count of three, and I wont feel a thing. HA! Boy was he wrong. Trouble was, when he yanked the two ends of the bit of floss, instead of cutting the bit of whatever, IT GOT TANGLED AROUND MY TOOTH. MY GOSH it hurt. It seems he forgot that my brother and I have tough gums. >:( Then, he tries to unwrap it, and it gets even more tangled. Well, then he has to go and help other people, like my brother who was also having a tooth removed (NOTE: We do take very good care of our teeth, it's not that they were rotten or anything. His was a corroded silver tooth from his root canal as a toddler. That reminds me, mine is corroding too... GREAT.) So there I was, sitting in the stupid chair, tears running down my cheeks (from the INCREDIBLE pain) (He kept tugging on it. Stupid. STUPID.) and of course, he forgot to give me the little vacuum thingy, so I was drooling (I couldn't help it. I couldn't swallow, he finally decided to put the numbing stuff one me, so my spit tasted dreadful) (Sorry about all the yucky details) and my parents were trying not to show how funny they thought it all was (that I was drooling, and how ridiculous the whole thing was). FINALLY he comes back with some thing-a-ma-jig, and he puts it around my tooth, and squeezes it. Out comes my tooth, without any pain, and I'm thinking to myself, I could have screamed at him, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE? But, of course, I kept my cool. I get embarrassed yelling at people other than immediate family. :P
So yah, that's my dentist horror story. :)
Oh, and my tooth bled until I went to bed that night, which was not at all fun, because I was spending the night with my cousins. It's very hard to play with a tissue squashed against your gum. At least it stopped hurting....
I haven't seen him since. :D :D :D :D :D
The end! :)
(August 26, 2009 - 2:50 am)
Aw,poor you. :(
(August 26, 2009 - 10:27 am)
Sounds awful! I love shopping so... I would think of that part as a treat for after getting a root canal... but that's just me. I am pretty easy to fit in jeans... well length wise. I always need a belt!
I got my tooth pulled, too, Laura. It was a while ago, but I remember it hurt!!! They gave me a tissue to stop the bleeding and then let me leave. The tissue was soaked in blood so I had to use my mom's coffee cup she was still drinking out of!!!!
Ya, anyway, have fun. *leaves quickly as eyes follow*
(August 26, 2009 - 12:04 pm)