As opposed to the all day excursion last week. This time, it was just to remove the suture from the tooth extraction. I was feeling the thread with my tongue all week. It took me about 30 minutes to drive to the dentist office, and about 35 minutes back. I was actually in the chair for about 3 minutes. He said everything looked fine, and the socket should close up in a few weeks. There is a mesh covering the bone graft material/crystals in the socket still.
When I go to leave the dentist office, the center console of my car wouldn’t come on. This happens sometimes so I reset it and it took 5 minutes to come back. There was also a tire pressure warning light so I pulled out my portable air pump to fill up the tire. Then I noticed that both rear tires are completely bald. The driver side tire is actually showing some steel belts under the rubber. One bad thing about electric cars not needing service is that no one checked the tires (I know, I should have). The front tires seem fine so I have to get two (or four) new tires.
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Just now, the mesh covering the tooth socket came out. I was taking a work call and felt a weird object in my mouth. It’s less than 1 cm x 1 cm but it really stinks. I texted the dentist asking him what to do and he said it’s fine, just be careful not to eat or brush on that side for another week in case I knock out some of the bone graft crystals.
I have another large/deep cavity to take care of along with some smaller cavities. The dentist wisely schedule me for teeth cleaning every three months instead of six. I’ll pay more but probably well worth it for me.
Life with chronic diseases 