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So, went to see the dentist.
He thought everything looked good, no infection or signs of cracking. No problems inside the tooth.
The issue with the wobbly tooth may have been related to the hollow roots, so he went ahead, widened the channels, and filled the tooth - stage 3 of the root canal.
And now we wait for the pain and nerve stuff to heal (because there is some healing to be done, although hopefully not as much as last time) and spend five days on various degrees of painkillers to manage the sensation. And try to focus on my work instead of taking time off that I'd really like to do.
At this point, unless there's significant pain, the situation is what it is. It's either going to get better, or I'm going to have long-term issues with sensation under the tooth.
In all honesty, the facial issues - nerves, twitching, pain, aches - have gotten better over the last three weeks - on and off, but the wiggle was worrying me.
The pain and aches are bothering me, although I'm telling myself to be patient and deal with it for the next three weeks before panicking, since three weeks was about the time my jaw needed to heal and settle from last time.
I guess we'll find out just how bad the final situation is going to be after that. Right now, though, my mouth is in recovery from another set of needles and more tenderness around the upper jaw and the jaw nerve. There's some tingling in my RH and RF, and I suspect the week is going to be slightly hellish.
I'd take sick leave if I could, but the project I'm on is way behind the 8-ball and part of it is because I didn't really start understanding the thing they gave me to do until last week (we've been on this project 2 months, and someone finally showed me the 'solution' that I'm supposed to be basing my part of the work on).
So no rest for the wicked (or the brain dead, or the ignorant).
Now if I could only get a full night's sleep...
(And I still have to decide if I'm playing hockey this year.)
He thought everything looked good, no infection or signs of cracking. No problems inside the tooth.
The issue with the wobbly tooth may have been related to the hollow roots, so he went ahead, widened the channels, and filled the tooth - stage 3 of the root canal.
And now we wait for the pain and nerve stuff to heal (because there is some healing to be done, although hopefully not as much as last time) and spend five days on various degrees of painkillers to manage the sensation. And try to focus on my work instead of taking time off that I'd really like to do.
At this point, unless there's significant pain, the situation is what it is. It's either going to get better, or I'm going to have long-term issues with sensation under the tooth.
In all honesty, the facial issues - nerves, twitching, pain, aches - have gotten better over the last three weeks - on and off, but the wiggle was worrying me.
The pain and aches are bothering me, although I'm telling myself to be patient and deal with it for the next three weeks before panicking, since three weeks was about the time my jaw needed to heal and settle from last time.
I guess we'll find out just how bad the final situation is going to be after that. Right now, though, my mouth is in recovery from another set of needles and more tenderness around the upper jaw and the jaw nerve. There's some tingling in my RH and RF, and I suspect the week is going to be slightly hellish.
I'd take sick leave if I could, but the project I'm on is way behind the 8-ball and part of it is because I didn't really start understanding the thing they gave me to do until last week (we've been on this project 2 months, and someone finally showed me the 'solution' that I'm supposed to be basing my part of the work on).
So no rest for the wicked (or the brain dead, or the ignorant).
Now if I could only get a full night's sleep...
(And I still have to decide if I'm playing hockey this year.)
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