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I am hoping the work day goes quick today. Fridays always seem to drag and my "partner in crime" co-worker won't be there so I won't have anyone to pass the time with.
I have no idea if she did it right, but it worked out fine. She had this special equipment to get the tooth out. She hooked this special metal thingy up to it and jacked it out. It didn't hurt at all. The infected tooth was in my mouth a long time! Maybe that was why it had to come out fast. A month or two I had it in there. It was pretty narly infection she said.I have never known a dentist to pull out an infected tooth first.
Every dentist I've gone to has wanted to removed a chipped tooth I've had since I was in elementary school. I am 48 now! Never had any issue with it nor gotten a cavity. I keep telling them no. Same with removing my wisdom teeth that also have never given me problems.I wonder if you can get the dentist to remove your slightly damaged or healthy tooth?... several times they tried to refuse me to remove my teeth despite a strong infection, forcing me to treat them, which I did not want ...
Have you tried toothpaste that helps with the enamel on your teeth. Pro-namel can be found in stores. My oldest has a prescription toothpaste ( I think it's called PreviDent) to help build up his enamel because he used to drink so much soda and that broke down the enamel on his teeth.I had no idea removing chipped teeth was an option. I chipped... broke? Off a piece of two of my lower molars (I am a bone chewer... I know, I know, it's not good. Bad habit...) and my dentist kinda just shrugged it off because they aren't a problem. Food gets stuck between that section more often but it has just made me get into a better habit of flossing.
When I was getting my wisdom teeth removed, he removed the first 2 at separate times and then the last two together. Reason being, my hypochondria was really bad at the time and I didn't want to be put to sleep so he said we'd go at a pace I felt comfortable. Mine were impacted so it didn't make sense keeping them in to wreck the beautiful job he did with my braces. Now? I'm mostly worried about how translucent my teeth look due to wear and tear. But that is more so a cosmetic/aesthetic thing rather than a health problem. I don't have sensitive teeth, my teeth are just kind of... see through.
I didn't want to be put to sleep either for my wisdom teeth. The person my dentist recommended gave me a sheet to sign with everything possible that could go wrong... I was not expecting this and already nervous about going under, and ended up almost having a panic attack and crying. The dentist came back in the room and had no empathy. When I asked him if I could be awake because I was scared to be put under, he's like there is no way you can stay awake for his.When I was getting my wisdom teeth removed, he removed the first 2 at separate times and then the last two together. Reason being, my hypochondria was really bad at the time and I didn't want to be put to sleep so he said we'd go at a pace I felt comfortable.
Oops, I may have missed some of the details already mentioned. Sorry about that, my mistake! The conversation has been over a couple days and not all the details stuck in my mind. I think everyone here really cares about you, which is why we are advocating and giving suggestions because you've been in so much pain. We want you to know your options and rights, although you've mentioned that Missouri does it differently and you need to go a different route there. <3And again I'm sorry but I don't write Missouri laws but I know what dentists do in St Louis and the dentists here are not allowed to pull teeth that are so broke that they need special tools, nor are they allowed to pull a tooth that is infected unless it is way past the point of waiting.