Today’s visit to the dentist was for a tooth extraction – or more specifically, the removal of what was left of a molar with dental crown and post. The previous dentist had done a root canal on a lower left molar, then installed a dental post with a crown. My dentist said the post was badly done. Instead of a bone, there was tissue in the middle. It was causing plague buildup and inflammation on my gums. The crown also caused large chunks of food to get stuck often, and I had to constantly floss/water-pick to dislodge them. The crown removal was long overdue.
So now, after a bit of stitches, plus a bit of bleeding and numbing pain, it’s all done. For the next 2 days, I won’t be able to eat any hot & hard food. I’ll be chewing on gauss for a while too. Let’s hope this bleeding stops early, otherwise I’ll lose 10 Lbs without even trying.
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Hey Rudy,
Maybe we should show our kids the pictures in your blog post every night before we tell them to brush their teeth? 🙂 Ouch!
I have several fillings that will undoubtedly become crowns some day, and then…
I wish I had done a better job of brushing when I was a kid! Now I know better. ~ Steve
Hey Steve,
My daughter can see the hole in my mouth where the tooth used to be, and already scared of it. hehehe…
I saw this interesting video about crowns http://www.checkdent.com/en/vi.....n-111.html
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