The Root Canal Of All Evil....
Fill 'er up....
As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago one of my teeth decided to break and take off on me. I was brushing my teeth like every morning, and I felt a crunch. I spit out the contents of my mouth and there was what was left of a filling and part of my far back molar on the bottom. Just wonderful. Mind you that I dont have dental insurance so this should be a fun ride.
Now the last time this happened, I went two years without getting them fixed. I had two break at the same time. One on each side of the bottom. But because I wasted all that time, they turned into some very expensive root canals. Which I had both done at the same time. One of the crowns had to be done all in gold. Yeah I got the bling but you cant see it. Its all the way in the back.
Anywho, this brings me to the here and now. I really dont want to have to go through that again so I have to get this done asap. I dont have the cash though. My usual dentist is pretty much out of the picture because I cant afford him. So I opted for one of those national clinics that we have here. Yeah sucks that I have to do this but its the cheapest spot in town.
Seems my whole family goes there now as well. Cami gets her teeth done there and she doesnt cry. But I will warn you, I am afraid of dentists. Well not the people temselves but that long needle that they just love to jab in and wiggle around to cause you to grunt and wet your pants. Oh yeah, raise your hand if you are feeling any discomfort. If Im to the point that Im raising my hand, it means that Im about to bite yours off.
So off I go and Im sitting in the chair waiting for the dentist to do his thing. Nope, not yet. I have to get xrays done of my mouth. Oh joy. My second favorite part. Getting those little plastic things put in my mouth and told to bite down on them while they cut into every inch of my gums.
Twenty minutes of that and Im pretty much raging but my mouth hurts too much to speak. I think they do that on purpose. Ya know, so you dont tell them off so the people in the waiting room can hear you. Im really not that bad of a patient. Really Im not, but when I say something hurts, it hurts bad. And this hurt.
I go back to my comfy lounge chair where they leave me to develope the xrays. Im staring at all the drills and tools. I dont see a spit bowl though. This could be interesting. What dentist office doesnt have a spit bowl? Isnt that the main thing to have there? This brings back memories of watching and early Bill Cosby HBO special where he talks about a dentist visit and hes right on the money with it. Watch it if you have the chance. Funny as hell. My fave part is the spit bowl. "Oh look!! A rainbow!" Gets me laughing every time.
Also on the wall for my viewing enjoyment are some posters of people with really bad teeth. Yeah thats what I want to see while Im here. Anywho, heres comes the dentist. Hes a young guy and kinda cute. But what can I say, I can only see hair and eyeballs. Why cant I have one of those face masks too? Oh yeah, then they cant get into my mouth. Can you tell Im really not liking this experience? I know whats yet to come and Im not thrilled.
Well he puts up my xrays on a little screen attached to the center pole of all that wonderful equipment thats going to rip my mouth apart later. Well he shows me all the stuff that has been done to my mouth in the past. I have honestly never looked at my xrays before at any other office. OMG you should see this. This is really cool. If they ever need to identify me this way, they would have a field day.
He then shows me the image of an old root canal that I had done when I was 12. There was never a crown on it and there should have been. Oh well, too late now. He also shows me that there is a small pocket at the end of one of my roots. This is also evident into my sinus and he thinks it causes me sinus pain. Ummmm wrong. I dont have any pain there. So he then shows me one of his own xrays with the exact same problem and the exact same tooth. What are the chances of that? My mouth matches the dentist. Im actually serious here. He himself is having that tooth redone because the absess is causing his old root canal problems. Well mine doesnt hurt so leave it alone.
He then puts the chair all the way back and starts poking me in the mouth with those sharps tools and calling out codes that only a total idiot knows. Well that makes me a non idiot because I dont know them. He pinpoints the tooth that needs to be repaired. He tells me that it will be an easy fix and that he will put a temp filling in and I will have to set up another appointment to get it filled. Ok by me. Im saved from the drill today. Whew.
So he cleans out all the loose old filling that is left and puts a temp in and tells me not to bite on it for at least an hour. Ok no problem. I say this only because the damn thing tastes so nasty that I dont want to close my mouth anyways. And get this, he then squirts my mouth full of mouthwash and uses that sucky tube thingy to suck it all back out. No spit bowl. Now thats service.
So I go out to pay and they tell me its $156 bucks. Just for all that. And they havent filled the tooth in yet. They tell me that will be another $190. Well the lady sees my shock and offers me a special coupon that is good for free consultation and xrays if there is major work to be done. Whoohoo this is my lucky day. So that $156 is paid for by a coupon. Who woulda thunk that would happen?
But the fun part comes next. She then prints out this huge list of all the stuff that needs to be done. I know I have three small cavities. Ok thats on the list. But the dentist wants me to have that root canal looked at by a specialist and my total cost will be about $2500. Yeah imagine that. Like that will be happening any time soon. Just fill the tooth and let me handle the rest later after I rob the rich to give to the poor. The poor being myself.
So I set up the next appointment for a week and a half later for the filling. Can I handle having that nasty tasting temp in my mouth for that long? We shall see.
As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago one of my teeth decided to break and take off on me. I was brushing my teeth like every morning, and I felt a crunch. I spit out the contents of my mouth and there was what was left of a filling and part of my far back molar on the bottom. Just wonderful. Mind you that I dont have dental insurance so this should be a fun ride.
Now the last time this happened, I went two years without getting them fixed. I had two break at the same time. One on each side of the bottom. But because I wasted all that time, they turned into some very expensive root canals. Which I had both done at the same time. One of the crowns had to be done all in gold. Yeah I got the bling but you cant see it. Its all the way in the back.
Anywho, this brings me to the here and now. I really dont want to have to go through that again so I have to get this done asap. I dont have the cash though. My usual dentist is pretty much out of the picture because I cant afford him. So I opted for one of those national clinics that we have here. Yeah sucks that I have to do this but its the cheapest spot in town.
Seems my whole family goes there now as well. Cami gets her teeth done there and she doesnt cry. But I will warn you, I am afraid of dentists. Well not the people temselves but that long needle that they just love to jab in and wiggle around to cause you to grunt and wet your pants. Oh yeah, raise your hand if you are feeling any discomfort. If Im to the point that Im raising my hand, it means that Im about to bite yours off.
So off I go and Im sitting in the chair waiting for the dentist to do his thing. Nope, not yet. I have to get xrays done of my mouth. Oh joy. My second favorite part. Getting those little plastic things put in my mouth and told to bite down on them while they cut into every inch of my gums.
Twenty minutes of that and Im pretty much raging but my mouth hurts too much to speak. I think they do that on purpose. Ya know, so you dont tell them off so the people in the waiting room can hear you. Im really not that bad of a patient. Really Im not, but when I say something hurts, it hurts bad. And this hurt.
I go back to my comfy lounge chair where they leave me to develope the xrays. Im staring at all the drills and tools. I dont see a spit bowl though. This could be interesting. What dentist office doesnt have a spit bowl? Isnt that the main thing to have there? This brings back memories of watching and early Bill Cosby HBO special where he talks about a dentist visit and hes right on the money with it. Watch it if you have the chance. Funny as hell. My fave part is the spit bowl. "Oh look!! A rainbow!" Gets me laughing every time.
Also on the wall for my viewing enjoyment are some posters of people with really bad teeth. Yeah thats what I want to see while Im here. Anywho, heres comes the dentist. Hes a young guy and kinda cute. But what can I say, I can only see hair and eyeballs. Why cant I have one of those face masks too? Oh yeah, then they cant get into my mouth. Can you tell Im really not liking this experience? I know whats yet to come and Im not thrilled.
Well he puts up my xrays on a little screen attached to the center pole of all that wonderful equipment thats going to rip my mouth apart later. Well he shows me all the stuff that has been done to my mouth in the past. I have honestly never looked at my xrays before at any other office. OMG you should see this. This is really cool. If they ever need to identify me this way, they would have a field day.
He then shows me the image of an old root canal that I had done when I was 12. There was never a crown on it and there should have been. Oh well, too late now. He also shows me that there is a small pocket at the end of one of my roots. This is also evident into my sinus and he thinks it causes me sinus pain. Ummmm wrong. I dont have any pain there. So he then shows me one of his own xrays with the exact same problem and the exact same tooth. What are the chances of that? My mouth matches the dentist. Im actually serious here. He himself is having that tooth redone because the absess is causing his old root canal problems. Well mine doesnt hurt so leave it alone.
He then puts the chair all the way back and starts poking me in the mouth with those sharps tools and calling out codes that only a total idiot knows. Well that makes me a non idiot because I dont know them. He pinpoints the tooth that needs to be repaired. He tells me that it will be an easy fix and that he will put a temp filling in and I will have to set up another appointment to get it filled. Ok by me. Im saved from the drill today. Whew.
So he cleans out all the loose old filling that is left and puts a temp in and tells me not to bite on it for at least an hour. Ok no problem. I say this only because the damn thing tastes so nasty that I dont want to close my mouth anyways. And get this, he then squirts my mouth full of mouthwash and uses that sucky tube thingy to suck it all back out. No spit bowl. Now thats service.
So I go out to pay and they tell me its $156 bucks. Just for all that. And they havent filled the tooth in yet. They tell me that will be another $190. Well the lady sees my shock and offers me a special coupon that is good for free consultation and xrays if there is major work to be done. Whoohoo this is my lucky day. So that $156 is paid for by a coupon. Who woulda thunk that would happen?
But the fun part comes next. She then prints out this huge list of all the stuff that needs to be done. I know I have three small cavities. Ok thats on the list. But the dentist wants me to have that root canal looked at by a specialist and my total cost will be about $2500. Yeah imagine that. Like that will be happening any time soon. Just fill the tooth and let me handle the rest later after I rob the rich to give to the poor. The poor being myself.
So I set up the next appointment for a week and a half later for the filling. Can I handle having that nasty tasting temp in my mouth for that long? We shall see.
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