Gracie’s Life Experiment

Ouchy – Trip to Dentist September 30, 2011

Well, after avoiding having my teeth done for over a year (well, I’ve had check ups but avoided having any serious work done due to pregnancy) I have succumbed, bit the bullet (not literally or I really would need more dentistry) and started the treatment for a crown. I have the misfortune (or may fortunate) to come from a family of dentists (my dad, both of my brothers, an uncle, and 2 cousins and an aunt are all dentists or orthodontist). I also have these peculiar Leong’s Premolars (or dens evaginatus) where there is a small tubicle of tooth that grows out from the grinding surface of the tooth – unfortunately all 4 of my premolars are like that. At some point between 7 and 10 years of age my lower 2 tubicles broke off and within a year of each other became abscessed and required root canals. Around the same time the top tubicles were filled down and some composite filling material placed over it. Anyway after…ahem … um 20 years or so it seems that one of my RCT’d premolars has some decay on it and requires a crown. Apparently RCTs are really not meant to last decades, so mine have served me well. The most painful part was the numbing injection and the sucky thing (that’s my “technical term” for the aspirator) kept sucking in a bit of the underside of my tongue. All the actual drilling and gum cutting was totally painless. I’ve got a new pin in my tooth and a temporary tooth for the moment until I get the crown fitted in a couple of weeks. Feels bizarre to have something foreign in my mouth, and it has this strange porous texture.