Tusk of DOOM
Jul. 30th, 2003 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikThe tooth that was extracted was the #3 molar: upper right side, the 2nd one from the back. The tooth had been damaged many years ago during an incident involving a falling projector in college. My jaw was swollen for a week or so, but then it was okay. A half-decade later, part of the tooth died off and it had to be root-canal'd. They couldn't quite get it all the way down the first time so a year later they did it again -- cracking it in the process and having to put on one heck of a crown. They told me then that it was 'quite weak from being worked on multiple times' and wouldn't be surprised if it had to come out later. Whee.
Well, one mis-bite on a bone chip in an Outback Steakhouse filet and sure enough, it cracked. Way down deep at the root. Out it came. The dentist who pulled it said it set the record for size-of-tooth they'd yanked in his office.
Enough of you asked to see it, so here's a quick snapshot from the dentist's countertop:
It took them two bone grafts and 6 stitches to close things up aftewards. As of the time of this post, the stitches are already out and things are progressing well. I'll have to get used to this gap for 6+ months before the options of a bridge or an implant to replace it become possibilities.
Well, one mis-bite on a bone chip in an Outback Steakhouse filet and sure enough, it cracked. Way down deep at the root. Out it came. The dentist who pulled it said it set the record for size-of-tooth they'd yanked in his office.
Enough of you asked to see it, so here's a quick snapshot from the dentist's countertop:
It took them two bone grafts and 6 stitches to close things up aftewards. As of the time of this post, the stitches are already out and things are progressing well. I'll have to get used to this gap for 6+ months before the options of a bridge or an implant to replace it become possibilities.
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Date: 2003-07-30 12:09 pm (UTC)Hope you're feeling better!!
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Date: 2003-07-30 01:57 pm (UTC)Nice :D How long is it?
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Date: 2003-07-30 05:05 pm (UTC)I've been saving up all my teeth, and my son's teeth, and random pet teeth, so that when I am a very old lady with long wild gray hair, I can string all the teeth onto a necklace to wear around my neck - and Then I can run around scaring the neighbors.
We all need goals.
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Date: 2003-07-30 07:04 pm (UTC)(Mother Of All Teeth)
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