Dental Problem

More of the temporary crown may have broken off it is sharp again and my tongue hurts lots.

First post on my new medical/dental blog

I am beginning this blog today but the notes go back a couple years. Recently I had kept a paper diary of what my doctors told me. As I get older I find it harder to remember what they tell me and when. I have now decided it will be more manageable and easier to read electronically as a Blogger blog.

Alternate titles for this blog were "Can It Get Any Worse?" and "You want to do what?"

Dental Emergency Treatment

Christmas holidays are over and my dentist and his staff are back at work. I called first thing this morning and his scheduler told me to come in at 3:00. The doctor ground down the sharp edges of the broken temporary crown where it was cutting my tongue. I feel much better now. The new, hopefully unbreakable , bridge will get installed on January 8.

My Tongue Hurts

The pain in my tongue is getting worse. It's hard to swallow and chewing anything is impossible. The pain killers aren't helping me sleep. I called the dentist's office hoping to get a referral to some weekend emergency dentist associated with him. There isn't any. Leave your number and somebody will call.

A few minutes later my dentist's receptionist calls me back. She is his emergency contact person. The only thing to do is to have him drive in from his home west of Mobile. Or get some Fixodent and glue it back in. I get some and it works, but the break is vertical so there's little strength. Oh well, I can keep reapplying until Monday morning. My tongue feels better already.

Just One Bite...

Lunch at Jackson's, the town's fanciest restaurant, a chew of bowtie pasta and chicken and the temporary breaks off at the expected place, near the cantilevered bit. The break is very sharp and it cuts into my tongue. At least it has taken my mind off the milder pain from the dry socket at #31.

By evening I am on pain killers and can hardly swallow. Or talk.

More Problems Where Tooth #31 Used To Be

I will never have dental procedured done just before a holiday. Called the dental surgeon to see if I could get the hole where #31 was packed with the medication, but he's closed (as is my regular dentist) until December 29, pain is less but it is a bother.

Discomfort from Recent Dental Work

#31 stings a lot now and then. At times it feels like dry socket pain. Making the impressions was very uncomfortable and removing them took a lot of effort. Something may have gotten dislodged on the socket.

Also the temporary bridge for #28, #29 and #30 doesn't feel right and it hurts to chew on that side of my mouth. So I don't.

For $1900 I expected better results. Perhaps it will get better?