Stop in for a cup of coffee

Well, the tooth saga continues. I had the evaluation done today by the DMD and her prognosis is that I need a root canal and cap. If she finds that the tooth is too compromised when she opens it up, I go back to the oral surgeon for extraction. She sounds confident it will be able to be fixed though.

Bad news is that it’s 2 weeks until it can be done. I called multiple other practices to see if there was anything sooner anywhere (5 different offices with 27 DMDs total) and this is the soonest anyone can do it.

Looks like I just have to plow through the pain and hope the infection doesn’t come back.

Does it hurt much? I need a root canal but, like the knee surgery they say I need, I'm puttin' it off indefinitely. Just maximize sanitation. It doesn't hurt though. The tooth I mean. The knee hurts all the time. Lotta people say you're better off pullin' it and gettin' a bridge and not screwin' with a root canal at all. Logic is: It's a dead organ layin' around your head slowly rotting. Come to think of it I have one of those but it's not a tooth, not quite dead yet and I keep it soaked in alcohol to inhibit, but obviously not stop, the decay.