Dentist update!
Monday, June 26th, 2006 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsaikoThe good news: My teeth are disgustingly healthy for the amount of neglect and abuse (read: sweet tea) I give them. I continue my trend of having no cavities.
The bad news: My gums are awful. Obviously crud has built up around the bottom of my teeth to the point that my gums were swollen and thin. Cleaning my teeth involved quite a bit of blood. So much so that I almost made a crack about how it was a good thing I wasn't actually anemic (the joke being that I have dizzy spells and had been tested for anemia so many times it's not funny. I, of course, let them know about the dizzy spells just in case I had one).
There was relatively little pain though desite the fact that it felt like they were going to take bits of my teeth off they were cleaning them so hard. Good dentist. Good dental technician. I'll be going back there in a month to have my gums looked at again. In the mean time, I have been told that I am to floss. Trust me after the hour and a half cleaning I got today, I do not need to be told that twice. Anything to make that process go quicker and involve less blood loss.
I also have some medicated mouth wash I have to use for a few days. It tastes like ass.
The second round of bad news that is not quite bad news is that I will most definitely have at least two, and quite possibly all four, of my wisdom teeth taken out. Why? Because the bottom two are coming in sideways. Even the dentist was a little shocked at that. I swear if I can get a copy of the X-ray I will put it up because it is amazing to look at it and go "Where is the root of the... oh hey, it's sideways." Then, inevitably, you turn your head to the side in order get a better look.
I have a referral to an oral surgeon, which I'm going to call during lunch either tomorrow or Wed. He'll make the final call on my top wisdom teeth, which are pretty much straight up and down but seem to be growing into the sides of the root or the teeth next to them.
I think I'm going to try and get the gum problem under control before I go having teeth removed unless something drastic happens. That means either later this year or early next year for the surgury. I wonder if I can get them to do it right before Thanksgiving? That way I'll have a nice, long time weekend to recover. I have no problems eating my Thanksgiving dinner through a straw. XD
The bad news: My gums are awful. Obviously crud has built up around the bottom of my teeth to the point that my gums were swollen and thin. Cleaning my teeth involved quite a bit of blood. So much so that I almost made a crack about how it was a good thing I wasn't actually anemic (the joke being that I have dizzy spells and had been tested for anemia so many times it's not funny. I, of course, let them know about the dizzy spells just in case I had one).
There was relatively little pain though desite the fact that it felt like they were going to take bits of my teeth off they were cleaning them so hard. Good dentist. Good dental technician. I'll be going back there in a month to have my gums looked at again. In the mean time, I have been told that I am to floss. Trust me after the hour and a half cleaning I got today, I do not need to be told that twice. Anything to make that process go quicker and involve less blood loss.
I also have some medicated mouth wash I have to use for a few days. It tastes like ass.
The second round of bad news that is not quite bad news is that I will most definitely have at least two, and quite possibly all four, of my wisdom teeth taken out. Why? Because the bottom two are coming in sideways. Even the dentist was a little shocked at that. I swear if I can get a copy of the X-ray I will put it up because it is amazing to look at it and go "Where is the root of the... oh hey, it's sideways." Then, inevitably, you turn your head to the side in order get a better look.
I have a referral to an oral surgeon, which I'm going to call during lunch either tomorrow or Wed. He'll make the final call on my top wisdom teeth, which are pretty much straight up and down but seem to be growing into the sides of the root or the teeth next to them.
I think I'm going to try and get the gum problem under control before I go having teeth removed unless something drastic happens. That means either later this year or early next year for the surgury. I wonder if I can get them to do it right before Thanksgiving? That way I'll have a nice, long time weekend to recover. I have no problems eating my Thanksgiving dinner through a straw. XD
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Date: 6/27/06 02:22 am (UTC)You want to just have a local when you get your teeth out? :O I _seriously_ recommend the general. And, uh, I've been there, done that too. ^^ Mashed potato and mushed scrambled eggs are _awesome_. ;P
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Date: 6/27/06 11:13 am (UTC)I had one friend in HS who had to have work down on her jaw. She told me the best thing blended up is a hamburger without the bun.