<br /><br />Probably gonna have it pulled. <br /><br />H. Last night was almost unbearable. I have in the past dislocated a shoulder,broke afoot bone and a bone in my hand. It was by far more pain then any of those and I gotta wait til april..........They dont have to be. Dental technology has changed a lot and root canals, depending on the practitioner, can be virtually painless. I had one done by an MD that left me wondering when it was all going to start. Upper molar only the tooth was anesthetized (thank you, spell checker!). Never felt it. I have also experienced one that had me wondering when it was going to end. I had no idea the tooth nerve is connected to the toe I swear I felt it all the way thru my body.<br /><br />How to pick a dentist: starts with needlepoint ever see a man doing it? Good dental work is going to come from someone that could also do good needlepoint work. Also, women have the advantage of little fingers and if Im going to have them in my mouth I want them small. Not so important now, but except for some of the women on Harleys, women typically dont have hair on their knuckles.
Everyone wears latex gloves now.<br /><br /> I have exploding teeth. Its genetic. I can crack a tooth on a soggy noodle. There is no excuse for dental infections. You had to have ignored it. The root canal cannot start until the infection is under control. Depending on the infection, you may have to wait as long as a week.
<br /><br />That was expensive enough...except that a couple of years later an infection developed at the end of the root canal - and so the whole tooth and root canal etc had to be removed. Removing the root canal was even more complicated and expensive than having it done in the first place! <br /><br />A year or so later I had a titanium implant put into my jaw and an artificial tooth bolted onto it....even more expensive...but so far I've had several years without any more problems... <br /><br />I still can't believe how much cash I spent on one measly broken tooth! Lesson: - get to a dentist quickly if you break a tooth....
<br /><br />Mine has already broken, and it is one of the back molars, so pulling may be my only option now.<br /><br />I have another tooth capped, and I have had more trouble with that tooth then all the other teeth, (which for me is only 15). 
Wasn't sweets (don't have a sweet toothOriginally posted by LadyFish:<br />gaugeguy, you really should stay away from sweets.
) I cracked it somehow. Don't even know how, probably biting something I shouldnt have (fishing line). They'll be drilling in about 4 hours, and I can't wait.<br /><br />I thought I was gonna get percocets yesterday, they gave me tylenol 3 w/ codeine, might as well have given me M&M's with peanuts <br /><br />That was "sweet" of you though 
