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fingers x'd, last tooth done...
6 years ago
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So after one broken tooth, 3 filled, and 1 removed... I might be done with the dentist.
Maybe.
There's a possibility that the remaining twinges won't settle after the socket heals over, in which case I'll be back for possibly another extraction, after which I'll definitely need an implant to fill the double-gap, but in theory if everything heals cleanly and stops hurting... I'm done.
These last two months have taught me about why you should always find time+money to get dental checkups. This would have been quicker, cheaper, and less painful had I stayed on top of it, rather than waiting for something to clue me in that my mouth was a wreck. I did not need to have this gummy gap in my face, I let that happen because I was too lazy to make an appointment and too tight to pay for it.
Do yourself a favour and learn from my lesson because my 2019 has had a horrible start and it is entirely my own stupid fault. I haven't eaten solid food for 8 days, I probably have another week of mush to go, and I've lost 5kgs since January because eating is terrifying now. It sucks, and I can only blame myself.
Prevention > cure.
Maybe.
There's a possibility that the remaining twinges won't settle after the socket heals over, in which case I'll be back for possibly another extraction, after which I'll definitely need an implant to fill the double-gap, but in theory if everything heals cleanly and stops hurting... I'm done.
These last two months have taught me about why you should always find time+money to get dental checkups. This would have been quicker, cheaper, and less painful had I stayed on top of it, rather than waiting for something to clue me in that my mouth was a wreck. I did not need to have this gummy gap in my face, I let that happen because I was too lazy to make an appointment and too tight to pay for it.
Do yourself a favour and learn from my lesson because my 2019 has had a horrible start and it is entirely my own stupid fault. I haven't eaten solid food for 8 days, I probably have another week of mush to go, and I've lost 5kgs since January because eating is terrifying now. It sucks, and I can only blame myself.
Prevention > cure.
A lot of us who moved town late-90s to early-00s simply couldn't register with an NHS dentist. I walked round 5 in the area and they all said they weren't taking NHS patients, here's the private pricelist. Being in my first year of employment, private care felt unaffordable, so I just decided that I'd have to react if I had a problem and hope for the best... and that continued for 15 years. But I could have stumped up the cash for care 5 years ago, and it would have cost less. There would have been at most 5 shallow fillings, possibly just 1-2, and no extractions.
The setup for all this has been down to the UK government deciding dentists aren't a medical asset, the fallout has been on me because it was avoidable. Not everyone is so lucky however. Some people struggle to find the money even for an extraction on private care, and they end up living with it until it falls out :(
It's worth talking to your dentist if you feel that the injection does nothing. If it's a real thing that sometimes it doesn't work, there's probably an alternative. Or your last dentist doesn't know how to administer it properly.