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toothsome
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- Feb 27, 2018
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Well I have my first appointment in over 10 years scheduled for a week from now. I'm insanely nervous, and have been obsessively reading about all sorts of procedures and problems teeth can have every day now for about two weeks.
Some good news though! I had a rather large area on one of my front teeth that I was convinced was decay, which was part of what prompted me to schedule an appointment, but today I noticed that it had changed color, and was looking more like tartar. Sure enough, I took a scraper to it and the whole mess came right off! You cannot imagine my relief. I know the appointment will not be pretty but that was the tooth I was most worried about, so the relief is very real.
I had also found a small bump inside my mouth that I had been obsessing about for days -is it an absess, is it oral cancer, etc etc. I have figured out now though that it is most likely a torus mandibularis, given it's location. Another huge relief!
I am still terrified that my teeth will all need to be extracted, but looking at horror images of teeth actually calms that fear, so I've been spending a lot of time doing that...
Until next time!
Some good news though! I had a rather large area on one of my front teeth that I was convinced was decay, which was part of what prompted me to schedule an appointment, but today I noticed that it had changed color, and was looking more like tartar. Sure enough, I took a scraper to it and the whole mess came right off! You cannot imagine my relief. I know the appointment will not be pretty but that was the tooth I was most worried about, so the relief is very real.
I had also found a small bump inside my mouth that I had been obsessing about for days -is it an absess, is it oral cancer, etc etc. I have figured out now though that it is most likely a torus mandibularis, given it's location. Another huge relief!
I am still terrified that my teeth will all need to be extracted, but looking at horror images of teeth actually calms that fear, so I've been spending a lot of time doing that...
Until next time!