Oh my goodness, just had a surprise ROOT CANAL!!!!! Can you believe that? I never miss a dentist appt. - regular checkups, cleanings, xrays, everything.
For years, YEARS, I have been telling them the same tooth bothers me. And they tell me it is fine. Try Sensodyne. Maybe it is sinus.
Last time, they said I had a small cavity and I was like, FINALLY. But I didn't realize it was on a nearby tooth, not the one that has bothered me for YEARS.
Since they filled that, the tooth has bothered me more, and I couldn't floss right, which I thought was because the new filling was in the way. The floss would snap in two every time!
Then, Sunday night the floss didn't break, but my tooth did. Yuck. But it felt better!
Good luck had it that I already an appt. for a cleaning today. I called and they added an appt. and everybody thought it would be for a crown. Then he got in there, and was like, "Hasn't this been hurting you?" Yes, for YEARS, remember? But he was like, no, really hurting. "Most people would be swollen way out like this" and held his hand away from his jaw.
Then he said he was going to do a root canal, and I almost passed out. I mean, I grabbed his arm....I just wasn't prepared for that. But that didn't matter because he jumped right in and it was over way faster than I imagined. He said he couldn't believe it wasn't infected.
Now, it h-u-r-t-s. But I really think I am going to be feeling much much better overall once this is done - better than I have in YEARS, right????
Sigh. I will have to add a chapter on dentists to my "What Is Your Damn Problem" book.
I had 2 root canals about 5yrs ago, the funny part was that they rotted from the inside, there was no cavity etc. on the outside where food touches, it came from up inside the gums.