Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Oh Kerry, I know how you feel. My teeth are falling apart and I hate to even smile. I haven't had a dentist in 5 yrs. My teeth hurt a lot and I have several cavities. One of my front teeth broke off! I finally have a dental appt. next week but have no insurance. I really need several thousand dollars of work. I have a phobia for dentists due to all the dental problems I have. I also have TMJ dysfunction. Good luck. Cheryl in CA -------Original Message------- From: LUPIES stuffed with some sort of crud because I have a dry socket & I was to have another badly infected tooth pulled today & got the wonderful news that since I don't have straight up & downy like nerves but ones that go off at angles,(there's some sort of medical jargon for it, but I'll be damned if I can remember it take, I am now considered a high risk patient & must have my teeth surgically removed, one by one, en route to dentures. Joy joy joy! It's just so great to be such a FREAK, I keep them docs & dentists on their toes huh? The dentists asked me if I wanted to keep my "healthy" teeth & just have some sort of partial denture made & The dental surgeons had conferred with a general surgeon & mt primary & they believe that as long as the huge pocket of infection that surrounded the "normal" tooth & the one in my sinus clears up & does not reccur, The only thing that really blows is that I really really really want to be put under general anesthesia to have the rest of these teeth pulled because I panic & absolutely hate hearing the crunches & cricks & pops & feeling like they're gonna rip my face off to get the stupid tooth out. I was told that I am not a candidate for general anesthesia unless it is for major surgery. I have a serious problem tooth that has an abcess infection in the bone & that has infected the trigeminal nerve on the left side of my face, which occasional sparks up bouts of trigeminal neuralgia which is said to be the most painful ailment known. That tooth, no matter what anyone says, is going to require general because that nerve is so tender that even air blown on it sends me into agony. I'll go to another dentist & lie if I have to, to have that puppy pulled. Hugs & Such,Kerry ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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