I Hate Dentists

I went to the dentist on Wednesday to have a lower wisdom tooth removed that had developed a cavity below a filling from years ago. The cavity had weakened the tooth, and the corner had broken away and exposed nerve.

I am sure the dentist did all he could to minimise the pain, but the whole experience was very traumatic for me. He had to cleave the tooth apart because it was in too tight and he could not get good enough grip to remove it. And to make matters worse, there was an advanced infection there which required him to drill and flush out the root canals before he could try to remove the tooth.

Oh man, did that destroy me! I am no more a coward to pain than the next guy, and have a pretty high pain threshold, but that has got to be a traumatic experience for anyone!

I am still in quite a bit of pain two days later. The swelling has gone down a little, but I am still medicating myself pretty heavily, and still can only sleep sitting up.

I hope the pain goes away soon. I have heaps of work I need to get done.

Oh yeah, did I mention that the dentist said the other lower wisdom tooth needs to come out sooner rather than later! :(

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