Longest Dental Day

And we’re not even done yet…

So I went today at 10:30 am to the crown guy. Since I was getting front upper teeth crowned, my dentist wanted the color to match the surrounding teeth. When the crown is in the back, they can be whatever color. However, if the front crowns are a blazing white, and the rest of your teeth are not, they look super fake. Anyway, the guy is like an artist. He uses an airbrush to add color, then he needs to bake the crowns to set the color. He also took forever to make sure the fit was good. I ended up being there for around three hours to get six crowns fitted and colored. Then it was off the the actual dentist. He placed all my crowns in by about 2:30 pm and wanted to do the tooth extraction. However, his office called my cardiologist for blood thinner clearance but they never called back. I placed a few phone calls too but my actual cardiologist was busy with patients and didn’t get to her message queue yet. I wanted for another hour in my car but the dentist ran out of free time. We rescheduled for tomorrow in case my cardiologist gets back to me tonight. She does use the portal message system and does answer emails late so maybe. I’ve taken two Tylenol pills already since the pain is fading in and out of the bad molar.

I left the house at 10:00 am and didn’t get back home until 4:30 pm. Six and a half hours and I didn’t even get to eat anything.

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Tooth is starting to hurt again. It’s coming as random sharp spike of pain. I’m afraid it’s a prelude of worst things to come. I’m hoping that I won’t be fighting a massive toothache tomorrow during dialysis. I also have to lead a work meeting at 11:00 am so I need to be able to talk.