Category: Dentist

I’ve been having trouble with my teeth for a long time, but these past few weeks have been really bad.

I had to get an emergency dental appointment Tuesday 19^th November at 20 to 6 pm because my tooth decided it didn’t want me eating bread crust anymore and lifted again. This was very painful and made me jump every time it happened. So after the last two very expensive appointments, I had decided, this stupid tooth is gone. The dent said he could fill it with white filling stuff, but I said no, I just want it gone.

So I laid back in the chair with the dark glasses on while he stuck the needle in my gum which hurt, but then he did underneath, which hadn’t been numbed by the cream and I screamed. But he didn’t stop. It felt in my head like it would never end, but I guess it was about a minute. He’ll say nearly done, but won’t be.

Then he started extracting the tooth. I felt a lot of pressure and the assistant kept saying its just pressure, not pain. I was trying to think bout other things, and not about dying, but its hard to distract my elf with a man’s hands in my mouth.

Then, finally, it was out. I looked at this thing, this small piece of tooth, brown and red, and held it. It was in pieces because of the fillings and the root canal sticks, and the denture glue he had used to repair the last cracked piece. I wanted to be angry at it, ask it why it was so painful and so costly, but that’s silly. Its just a body part I didn’t look after properly.

It was hard to get to sleep, but I woke up the next morning with blood on my pillow case, but my tooth wasn’t bleeding, just raw and a bit painful sometimes. I’m living on baby food and have so far eaten chicken and veges, chicken and peas, beef and veges. This baby food is so much better than eating just rice pudding and junk. I even found a baby food with Quinoa, for fancy babies.

I look like a pirate or a witch with my missing tooth. I should have done this at Halloween and made it my costume.

I need to wait three months before deciding what to do about the new gap. Maybe I can scare the neighbour kids till then.

©ASD and me 2019.

Tuesday night about 3 weeks ago,  I was watching tv with bf when my front tooth clicked very loudly. I looked in the mirror, touched the tooth and it wobbled and hurt. I could see it sticking out a bit in the mirror. I cried because I was worried about the pain, the dentist cost and vanity. I don’t want to look like a witch pirate.

I didn’t sleep well that night. I was worried about bumping it.

Next day, while preparing to leave for dentist appointment, I was looking at the logs and mess in our driveway and I could hear the jerk across road, that I’ve spoken of before, playing loud music or Tv that I could hear and was out front staring at me. I thought this was strange, was he listening to our boring chat about how messy the front yard was?

When we drove away, I thought maybe he was trying to be a bratty child, like “I have the tv up loud, what you gonna do about it?” He’s a low life and I have no time for losers, especially since my jaw was aching.

I saw a different dentist this time. I had booked a teeth cleaning, but wanted her to check the wobbly tooth. She said to wait 2 weeks then come back. The plaque felt like rocks so I had to keep spitting, also because my mouth was full of saliva. The assistant kept bumping my tooth with the hose which hurt and really annoyed me. Then they charged me $36 for a fluoride treatment, which was insanely sweet and bubblegum flavoured, so I guess they gave me the kids one.

I can’t eat properly. I can only eat things with low or no sugar. I can only eat on the right side of my mouth and use back teeth. I can try to mush bread and salmon with my tongue if I cut it small.

I keep bumping the tooth and it moves forward, which is painful and my gum aches. I have to gently move it back. Then press my lip over it.

I have 2 choices:

Live with the pain

Remove the tooth and look like a pirate.

I dont know what to do. I just want whatever isn’t painful, and allows me to eat normal food and chew; I’m tired of junk and baby food.

©ASD plus me 2019.