Last weekend my hubby had pretty bad tooth ache. He has known he has had a bad tooth for a while but all of a sudden it decided to let it's presence known again. We scrambled Saturday to find an oral Surgeon that would see him without a referral - he knew it had to come out!
Bingo, appointment set for Thursday morning and yes they scheduled him for an extraction without even seeing him first. They would of course do the usual x-ray to see what was going on but they took my word for it. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised - sometimes getting medical attention can be an arduous bore.
So the days crawled by with bad toothache - fortunately he had some Vicodin left from a surgery a year ago because Tylenol just was not getting it. All week he ate eggs, soup, porridge and not much more.
Thursday he decided he would have the tooth out and then work from home the rest of the day. Um I said, really - we'll see. You see he has really good teeth and has never had much done at the dentist until now. I on the other hand was lucky enough to have all my wisdom teeth pulled with only a local to keep me from screaming. I never felt a thing but I did remember the after pain. So I was skeptical.
We decided I would drop him off and come back after doing my errands, he should be done. I arrived, not ready, still trying to get the tooth out. So I sat and watched the TV, and talked with a very nervous girl about to have her wisdom teeth out - she was waiting on my hubby!
Finally 30 minutes later he texted me - 5 minutes. We left and set off home. Quick more Vicodin needed plus anti-biotics. He rested on the sofa the rest of the day. You see he totally thought it was going to be a quick breeze in and right back out minus one tooth and then get working. The surgeon had a really tough time getting the tooth out. You see molars have hooks at the bottom of the roots to help them hang on to the jaw and his hooks were better than average. So the tooth cracked, splintered and plain made a nuisance of itself.
After 30 minutes it was out but hubby felt battered and bruised, and plain worn out. I guess to the surgeon all in a days work as the wisdom teeth were next! So next time a relative has a tooth out be prepared for a little down time.
The tooth - yes he was a bad boy and needed to be out. In fact it was a crown and the tooth underneath on one side had completely degraded and exposed the nerve - hence the sudden onset of major pain! The question now is implant or not?
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Ouch!!! That had to hurt. He deserves a bottle of single malt scotch for any residual pain.
When teeth hurt, everything hurts. I lost a month over a cracked tooth that needed a root canal and crown 10 years ago. It is exhausting, irritating and I'm getting cranky just remembering it. I hope he's better soon.
Glen - I think he would prefer some good old English Beer!
Dan - As we get older crowns seem to be inevitable. I have had one root canal, never again, I swore that thing was more painful than giving birth without meds which I did twice.