They're going to have to pull both my abscessed teeth. Then I'm getting implants. Or I should say, eventually I get implants. (It's a whole process -- they put cadaver bone in your jaw, and let it grow to your own bone; then once that heals, they put in a screw thingie. Then once that heals, they send you to the dentist, who gives you a cap. Two caps, in my case.)
Meanwhile, neither dentist will give me pain medication, because Arkansas hates people in pain. The oral surgeon says they can give me some after the "procedure." The dentist says take Tylenol.
I do have antibiotics, which are helping a little, by knocking back the infection. That's what's causing all the pain, apparently.
I remember reading books written in the 1930s, people talking about tooth aches in their childhood like they were a chronic condition. Before antibiotics, anesthetics, and modern dentistry, I suppose they were.
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I will never not be in horrified awe of Galileo's oldest daughter, who in the convent pulled her own teeth. In retrospect perhaps the pain of pulling was the lesser evil?
Argh! Remember that scene in Castaway where Tom Hanks knocks out his own tooth?
I had an abscessed tooth a few years ago, same treatment as you are scheduled for. I had pneumonia as a fairly newborn baby, and found out then (in my 50s!) that because the 6-year molars are laid down at that time, all of mine had not developed properly and that this was the underlying cause of my problems (I think all of these molars are having issues now, although that is the only abscess so far). I don't blame myself and I don't think you should blame yourself either.
Oogh, that sounds rough. Yes to no blame!
If you can take it, ibuprofen is extremely effective. Opioids have never worked for me, but ibuprofen at the daily limit has worked wonders. Just watch out for your kidneys, liver, water retention, and many more.
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