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Today is definitely NOT a good day.
This morning, I got the results of a rather expensive CT scan on an upper front corner tooth that was recently root-canalled by drilling through the back of the bridgework that it’s a part of. Turns out, the tooth has a root fracture, possibly as a result of its having to be anchored to my braces (when I was a teenager) and pulled into is proper place from its original place on the roof of my mouth. Apparently, such things can weaken a root just enough that, over time (sometimes decades), it will fracture.
So, I am now facing oral surgery which will involve going in through the gum and bone, sawing off the fractured root, and removing it, just leaving its “business end” stump in the bridgework (where it was cemented).
But wait! There’s more!
The CT scan also discovered a surprise: that there’s a root infection in a crowned molar, so I have a choice of getting it root-canalled by drilling in through the crown, or simply having that crowned tooth pulled and replaced with an implant. Given my track record of failed root canals (about 80%), I’m leaning toward just having the damn thing pulled.
The pain all this is going to cause me is bad enough. But as I don’t have insurance, the Bank of Mom & Dad will be paying for all this, and, since they’re still paying for some other seriously expensive dental work I had done last year, they are definitely not happy.
The one ray of sunshine: Tonight, I’m singing a couple of comedy songs (one of which, ironically, contains the lyric, “Would you still like my smile when my teeth are all gone?”) at Bread & Circus. With all the nasty stuff going on in my personal life right now, this is going to be one amazing performance!
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