Temporary Dental Work

This morning my dental appointment took an hour and a half, more than was expected; but then there was much to do. To exacerbate the situation at hand, my dear dentist, his assistant, and myself had a little visit about the mortgage mess we are in here in the US of A. Each of us got a bit worked up until the dentist said, "when your dentist has steam coming out of his ears, maybe it would be a good idea to drill on another day." He was kidding, but we were all a little worked up over the situation.

Before he started working on the task at hand, I told him I felt a little hook behind one of my front teeth which he cleaned out and put in a temporary filling before the real work began. That will get fixed properly in a couple of weeks.

The old molar crown came off in two sections, half of it flew down my throat to be either pulled out with forceps or by some good belting coughs on my part; which kept the jagged metal out of my digestive system. Then the amount of decay was horrifying for them. I never experienced a tooth ache, nor was it showing up on the x-ray to that extent, and of course with my mouth jacked open and I couldn't see anything. Maybe the steam was coming out of my own ears by then.

Prayer can never hurt anything, so with a three hands in my mouth as well as most of the tools in the room, I did a fair amount of having a word with God. After the "knockting" with a hammer to get the crown loose made me wonder if a person could get a concussion this way. Jack hammering comes to mind.

God are you listening? As I was getting the temporary crown, Doc said, "the situation is this: In a few days you could get a very bad toothache, and if you do, call immediately and I will give you a root canal."

I asked him if I should get Dental Insurance. "No it is a waste of money."