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calypso
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- Jun 7, 2012
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I just got back from a follow-up where my dentist has been trying to help me save a tooth after a bad periodontal abscess. I have been following the instructions for a week now and thought I was doing the at -home instructions correctly, and I was diligent about it as well. Imagine my upset to learn that I still had some infection and I was not doing things correctly and had misunderstood where to "poke" and how deep to go (all the way in, by the way, which hurts). I suppose that I was so stressed the last time I was there about everything that I just didn't quite grasp things and it was difficult for me to actually see where things were when the area was bleeding and he was showing me. I'm also squeamish. Today, I got better instructions and was given two weeks to get the gum looking the way he wanted it to or I will have to either have the tooth extracted or go through bone and gum grafts. As it is a back tooth, I'm not going to do the latter.
I was working hard at it and I was feeling pretty good about that tooth and area - it's pink and the tooth seems more stable. Now, I just realize I was very stupid and feel I've wasted all that time. I'm rather depressed now.
I've never had a tooth extracted and am embarrassed that it is due to a periodontal issue, which makes me feel like I'm some very unclean person, since most people only have tooth problems, or so it seems to me.
I was working hard at it and I was feeling pretty good about that tooth and area - it's pink and the tooth seems more stable. Now, I just realize I was very stupid and feel I've wasted all that time. I'm rather depressed now.
I've never had a tooth extracted and am embarrassed that it is due to a periodontal issue, which makes me feel like I'm some very unclean person, since most people only have tooth problems, or so it seems to me.