I haven't had a good old fashioned root canal for a while, so I guess I was due. The fun started when I had an old crown replaced, due to some decay underneath. That was fine. For a month. Then it transformed itself into a massive toothache. No problem, I thought. I just need some of the new crown shaved off. Nope. It was root canal city. Now the morbidly interesting thing about a root canal when you already have a crown is that they just drill right through the thing to do the nasty deed of ripping out the nerves from the roots. And for some reason I have roots that defy endodonture. What was supposed to be one appointment soon became two. Now it is three, the supposed final one a week from today. When I'm done, all I'll have is a crown with a filling in it. And the memories, oh the memories.
3 comments:
I feel your pain brother there are few things worse than a tooth ache. I had root canal performed some years ago by a great Dentist, Dr. Jackson Payne I always thought that name was a little ironic but he was a gentle man. His work has been admired by evry dentist i have been to since.
No dentist conversation is complete without Fat Fingers Felson entering into it, although by the time his fat fingers crept into a Harris mouth, you and I were both picking our own dentist. Or studiously ignoring dental issues. My dentist once referred me to a "well known" endodotist for a particularly difficult root canal. I believe the roots had formed into the shape of a bow tie, or something like that. Anyway, after taking a few x-rays, the guy asks me to sign a release form. "I teach up in the city, and I might like to use this as a case study." Believe me, these are not the words you want to hear from your dentist.
I had completely forgot about old fat fingers but I guess that is to be expected of you dentist... The forgetting part, not the fat fingers
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