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Mageris
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- Mar 7, 2018
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Okay first off just wanted to say hello to everyone. I've been away for awhile now because of life circumstances and due to that, my dental health once again took to the backburner. Until recently where one of either of my top back molars would start aching and hurting. The pain would be sporadic, lasting a couple hours or day, then disappear all together for weeks or months. The left one I've known was bad and needed either rct or an extraction but I put it off due to no insurance or money. In America, this makes it hell to get any medical issues taken care of, even simple ones.
However, this time the right side one started up and it was ugly. Happened after eating some really crunchy crackers. I only have one molar on my right side left. I also have tmj issues and had hoped in some sense, that it was acting up as each time I went to the dentist it has been getting progressively worse. But that's another issue altogether. Now I know it's that molar as it's been tingling off and on and I can finally localize the pain from it.
Now today and a bit over the weekend, these two molars have been playing a painful game of tennis back and forth in my mouth. Where one would let off for awhile, the other would start up. I've been taking ibuprofen and tylenol like pez and am taking amoxicillin as well because I suspect I also have infection. I've been through this so much anymore, I pretty much know what's going on even before I go see a dentist. But i work full time and cannot afford to lose too much time from work as im not perm hired and receive no benefits not even sick days. (My country pisses me off so much. Go Bernie2020.)
So my usual office I go to has nice dentists and administration, and they're only 15 minutes from my house. They recently sent me a letter detailing that they have expanded their hours for regular and emergency services to include Saturdays with the addition of a new dentist. But as nice as my office is, they are very pricey and pushy about rcts, crowns, etc. I couldn't afford those procedures even when I had insurance. And now being uninsured it's definitely out of the question. But even extractions are gonna be between 400-450 without any additional services. That said, I need to go and my anxiety is really letting me have it.
There's an office I've been looking into that's 5 minutes from my house. From what I understand they're cheaper and offer good discounts for new patients. I would like to find an office that does iv sedation. So far no luck yet. I've tried gas and had a bad experience. I've been given ativan and it didn't help at all. So normally I go in a shaking ball of anxiety and fear and hopelessness and just grit my teeth and bear whatever happens. And most of my dental visits have been unpleasant to say the least. Its embarrassing because my teeth will chatter and I'll get a nervous stomach so I'll have to use the restroom like 4 or 5 times during a visit. It's worse when you have ibs on top of it.
But to my point. I am thinking of going this weekend. I don't wanna wait too long cuz I'm afraid it will only get worse. But I've not had 2 teeth pulled in a long time. And I'm not sure if it'll be better doing both and getting it over with. Or do one, one week, then the other the next. What do you guys think? Anyone had multiple teeth pulled awake in one visit? If so how did that happen and how did it go?
However, this time the right side one started up and it was ugly. Happened after eating some really crunchy crackers. I only have one molar on my right side left. I also have tmj issues and had hoped in some sense, that it was acting up as each time I went to the dentist it has been getting progressively worse. But that's another issue altogether. Now I know it's that molar as it's been tingling off and on and I can finally localize the pain from it.
Now today and a bit over the weekend, these two molars have been playing a painful game of tennis back and forth in my mouth. Where one would let off for awhile, the other would start up. I've been taking ibuprofen and tylenol like pez and am taking amoxicillin as well because I suspect I also have infection. I've been through this so much anymore, I pretty much know what's going on even before I go see a dentist. But i work full time and cannot afford to lose too much time from work as im not perm hired and receive no benefits not even sick days. (My country pisses me off so much. Go Bernie2020.)
So my usual office I go to has nice dentists and administration, and they're only 15 minutes from my house. They recently sent me a letter detailing that they have expanded their hours for regular and emergency services to include Saturdays with the addition of a new dentist. But as nice as my office is, they are very pricey and pushy about rcts, crowns, etc. I couldn't afford those procedures even when I had insurance. And now being uninsured it's definitely out of the question. But even extractions are gonna be between 400-450 without any additional services. That said, I need to go and my anxiety is really letting me have it.
There's an office I've been looking into that's 5 minutes from my house. From what I understand they're cheaper and offer good discounts for new patients. I would like to find an office that does iv sedation. So far no luck yet. I've tried gas and had a bad experience. I've been given ativan and it didn't help at all. So normally I go in a shaking ball of anxiety and fear and hopelessness and just grit my teeth and bear whatever happens. And most of my dental visits have been unpleasant to say the least. Its embarrassing because my teeth will chatter and I'll get a nervous stomach so I'll have to use the restroom like 4 or 5 times during a visit. It's worse when you have ibs on top of it.
But to my point. I am thinking of going this weekend. I don't wanna wait too long cuz I'm afraid it will only get worse. But I've not had 2 teeth pulled in a long time. And I'm not sure if it'll be better doing both and getting it over with. Or do one, one week, then the other the next. What do you guys think? Anyone had multiple teeth pulled awake in one visit? If so how did that happen and how did it go?