I shoulda known…
I had had a totally uneventful dental year until a couple of months ago when a tooth abscessed and I had to have a very difficult root canal done by a very expensive specialist. (The root was so curved that my regular dentist didn’t want to attempt it.) That shot me up to almost my insurance dental limit for the year. Then came my six month check-up which put me there. “That’s okay,” I thought. “Not much of the year left.”
AND THEN earlier Sunday when I was chewing, I kept getting the feeling that one of my upper crowns was moving just a little bit. But, I checked it and thought it was my imagination. Queen of Denial, yup! I thought about it again Sunday night when I was in the bathtub and checked it with my finger. Uh-oh! This time it moved more than a little bit! It moved a lot! “That’s okay,” I thought again (ever the optimist!)”I have some of that temporary dental cement stuff and that stuff holds really well. I can fix it myself! No problem!” I found the stuff and set up my own little temporary dental lab at my dressing table, and gently “eased” the loose crown off. But wait! It didn’t look right. It wasn’t hollow in the middle! That’s because there was still “tooth” in it!
UH-OH…
Apparently, the tooth broke off at the gum. No pain so far unless you count that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. So, I’ll be calling the dentist’s office as soon as they open today to see if they can get me in. Joy. At least it’s not right in front. And as long as I don’t smile big, it will be my little secret.
But…I shoulda known.