The Tooth Drama

I just realized I never posted about the tooth drama...

On Friday afternoon I had to leave work shortly after lunch. Jerry and Maddy came and we went to Friday's. I was chomping on a roll when my tooth started hurting really really bad... You see back in Feb. I knew I lost part of a filling, but I was like 9 months pregnant and didn't do anything about it. Well, after lunch on Fri. my entire face was throbbing and it was hurting so bad I was sick to my stomach. SOOOO.... I called the dentist, who incidentally was on vacation, and they referred me to a new dentist who was covering for him. OK. "Dr. Jennie N..." I go there and this chick who is my age comes bouncing in. "Dr. Jennie" introduces herself. Yep, just like that "Dr. Jennie." Weird. She proceeds to tell me that my lost "filling" actually included part of my tooth and the root is exposed. She told me that the "plan of attack" would be a root canal and a crown! What? Yeah. And, since it's a molar, she has to send me to an oral surgeon! This is exactly why I haven't gone to the dentist in three years. It gets worse... the tooth is infected, so I need antibiotics. She puts on plain old pencillin for 10 days. 40 freakin' pills of penicillin! She says, seriously in this whispering kind-of mom-like voice, "if you get diarhea, eat some yogurt before you take the pills... that will also help prevent you from getting a yeast infection." Nice. Perfect. I don't eat yogurt - gross! Throbbing face, penicillin, diarhea and a yeast infection... all for a stupid tooth.

I go for the root canal on Monday at 3:00. The damn thing is going to cost like $900. Good thing Jer has good dental insurance!

On a positive note - I think I'm going to switch to "Dr. Jennie." Even though she is young and a little too happy for a dentist - they got me in and out of there quickly and she didn't give me some stupid lecture about not going for cleanings and stuff. She was pretty nice and the office was efficient - my old dentist (the one on vacation) has grown his practice too much and it's impossible to get in with him. Now, after the root canal business, I think I'll actually schedule a cleaning.