Cascade Crew

[Demon]

Went to the dentist today with the intention of scheduling a root canal and crown work... little did I know, since brushing back BEHIND the tooth is damn hard in my mouth, the end results were what you see in the picture...

Long story short, when I was still living in Washington, back when Jess and Doug were still friends, and Paully (OG Paully #1) still owned his 83 Firebird, I had a filling come loose, and not having dental insurance at the time, thought nothing of it and figured I'd get it taken care of it soon enough... Fast Forward to early 2005, sitting at work and took a drink of a nice cold beverage, then took a bite of some nice hot pizza, and I was left with a chunk missing of my enamel... I didn't think it'd be too bad... the last 6 months I've been in a fair amount of pain, not being able to concentrate very well, trouble sleeping, etc, which lead me to finally get the time to go see a new dentist (guy off of one of the local car forums down here)... sad to say, the damage had gone beyond what a normal root canal and crown work could repair, there was no guarantee the work would last due to the location of the tooth and the damage. Had it been anywhere else on the tooth, I'd have been fine...


After careful poking, prodding and x-rays galore, we both realized (even me in my limited dental knowledge) that the tooth would have to be extracted, the damage had been far too along, and it was basically infecting my entire body, working its way even into the pockets below the roots ...

this is what came out of me.
if you have a weak stomach, honestly, don't look.

Will keep these linked
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd298/thisisdildos/toof1.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd298/thisisdildos/toof2.jpg



for those of you who worry that you're just not getting back there... this is a good warning for you.

it might just be the drugs talking (though to be honest its just antibiotics and 800mg ibprofuen) but after 6 hours, I have less pain in my mouth than I did when I went in (though, granted, a huge hole), and a feel like a fog has been lifted.... heal time is 4 weeks for the gum to completely close up and all that, but I doubt I'll miss it.

[iansane]

Mmmm.... I'm hungry.

That looks like a tooth I had taken out when I was a teenager. Never had any pain but one day I was feeling around with my tongue and noticed that half of the tooth had collapsed in on itself. Crazy stuff.

[Al Hasse]

I broke a cusp off one of my molars a few years back, that was sort of painful. I thought it was a filling that had fallen out. My dentist sort of rebuilt the cusp with filling material and so far it's still doing OK. She said that I may need a crown there before long.

[Twilightoptics]

Ew dude.

I look like a chipmonk right now myself because Ash from Army of Darkness came and took my wisdom teeth friday.

[Jenn]

i feel your pain.
I am going in tomorrow to have 4 teeth pulled. 2 wisdom and 2 molars.

I have to have them surgically removed tho because there is nothing to hold on to

[blue89]

NICE! Lol. I think stuff like that is interesting. I have a couple of fillings (mother never required teeth brushing) when I was young, but I'm thankfully doing good. Had to have my wisdom teeth pulled cause they were impacted. Oh well.

At least you are doing better Demon! Hopefully in the next week you'll feel 100%. Be carefull not to suck things! I had a partial dry socket and it SUCKS.

Did you get to keep the tooth? They tossed mine

[Quasi-Traction]

*sings*

Its the most....wonderful time....of the year....with cold winds a-blowing, and molars-a-pulling....

*/sings*



I thought it was funny.

[Demon]

[Jenn]

[Demon]

[Dewey316]

That sucks Jenn. I am going to get my wisdom teeph pulled soon, I just need to schedule the time off from work, and make the appointment.

--John

[Jenn]

luckily they don't hurt.

(insert christmas/insurance song here)