can someone PLEASE explain to me why a DENTIST will not pull ot a rotting hull of a tooth??? why must i pay someone else who i don't know and do NOT trust in the LEAST to pull out a tooth???

okay, emabrrassing but true story, with lots of grody info...i cracked this rotting hull of a tooth about 4 yrs and 7 months ago...see, i KNOW that because i JUST found out i was expecting MrB so i didn't do anything about it....on and off it has bothered me, but nothing that would drive me to a dentist (there is a legitimate phobia for this)

about a year ago, a small piece of the filling in said tooth came out while flossing, which i don't often do and this is precisely the reason! you never know what will come out with that dangerous stuff!...since then, it's been challenging to not CHEW on my right side...

well, Sunday comes and i made some yummy Nathan's hot dogs...let me tell you, you have not LIVED till you've had a friend Nathan's hot dog, but i digress....as i took my FIRST BITE i was in massive pain, accompanied by a crunching noise that i knew had nothing to do with the hot dog in my mouth. I sprinted from the room to almost pass out from the pain over by the garbage can...my poor concerned hubbyman following me closely to figure out what just happened...since them i have been a quivering jellied mass of pain, with brief periods of  lucidity...sleep? fuggetabowtit...

my dental pusuits started Monday when i called my formally trusted dentist...she was on vacation but had room on Wednesday for a root canal...ummm, NO, i want it pulled doc! she replied that "you KNOW how i feel about that!" okay, i do, but don't you know how much freaking PAIN i am in???????? figuring she would relent, i soothed the day away with massive doses of Advil, which just barely takes the edge off  the pain.

she called today to give me the appt...she will NOT pull this tooth, and suggested an oral surgeon...HUH???? okay, i called another dentist up here, now near hysterical in pain, another one who won't extract a tooth, but gave me the number of the Oral Surgery clinic  who i'm sure i frightened because i was not upset and in hyerical pain as well...i have a 10:30 AM appt for tomorrow

while i just do NOT understand what is going on...i cannot WAIT for this tooth to be out of my face! Yes, i should have had it taken care of the day after i gave birth, so sue me, i didn't....i was busy

i will certainly check in if i am coherent tomorrow...the up side is that i can't really chew, so i should lose a few pound...how many calories does profound pain burn?

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Posted by jewls2texas

I am so sorry. I will pray for you. Your entry is so descriptive - I can feel your pain. I hope you feel better soon. Please keep us posted.

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Posted by mrsmaintenance

Trust me, I've had my share of bad experiences with doctors and dentists. I'm currently being coerced into paying for a failed medical procedure. They were in the wrong, but because I was "seen and treated" I must pay over $400 for them to (incorrectly) lance a boil!
I have come very close to pulling one of my own teeth with a pair of needle nosed pliers. I hope it doesn't come down to that. Doctors think they're gods but they are often as not WRONG.

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Posted by CreativeHomeschooling

As someone who knows way more about dentistry than any normal person should (explained on recent post), I have a hunch why she doesn't want to pull the offending tooth. When you take a tooth out that has a coresponding on the lower or upper side, that opposite tooth (to the one that was pulled) will eventually start coming down, low, really low. This happened to dh. The dentist pulled a tooth a few years back and told him he needs to get a bridge with a fake tooth for the other tooth to hit on when he chews, if not the good tooth will start falling down. Sure enough (about 4 years later) his tooth is very low and now he will have to have that pulled to. The teeth hitting together acutally keep them up into your jaw. If you get a root canal/crown, you will still have that tooth for the corresponding one to hit agains. If it were me, I would go for the root canal/crown. Was that clear as mud?

I would love your spanikopita recipe.

Jennie von Eggers
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