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\nGlitter Letters Swear Like a Sailor<\/p>\n
\nGlitter Letters Swear Like a Sailor<\/p>\n
Until today I have never feared the dentist. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had many filings, four wisdom teeth pulled at once, root canals and a crown with no problems. <\/p>\n
My most recent root canal was last week – which went perfectly and the pain I was feeling instantly abated. The worst part was the temporary filing that threw off my bite a bit and the fact that they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do the crown build up at the same time (my previous root canal and crown worked that way- one less dental procedure in the process). <\/p>\n
I was scheduled for the first part of my crown on root canal tooth today. After two numbing shots the dentist began removing the temporary filling and I signaled I felt pain. The dentist says \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hot tooth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and mumbles that we may have to call you every week. I was confused. The root canal took 5 numbing shots, I expected upon signaling pain that I would get more numbing shots and then we would proceed. <\/p>\n
Instead, my tooth was refilled and then the dentist started shaping the filing with a drill (he said in hopes of making it so I would put less pressure on the tooth). I again signaled I was in pain and as the tools were removed from my mouth said \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI am not numb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n
The dentist left the room. Not a word was spoken – no communication.<\/p>\n
The assistant said it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchot tooth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and that she wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sure we should have even tried the procedure today.<\/p>\n
I was in pain, I was stunned by the lack of communication and I wanted to get as far away from there as possible. I asked the assistant if she needed me for anything else and left the chair. <\/p>\n
I walked home from the dentist (it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one block away) in tears and proceeded to melt down due to pain and confusion for almost an hour.<\/p>\n
Despite my new fear of pain inflicted by a dentist, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to find a new dentist tomorrow. I need to at least get my tooth refilled – what the dentist did today is wrong – my bite is way off and it hurts to close my mouth as I normally would. Hopefully the new dentist can explain what a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchot tooth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is and why it would prevent the first part of the crown procedure.<\/p>\n
I wish I had the ability to create art while I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in pain, but alas it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a skill I have not mastered. Perhaps I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll swear more with glitter letters or maybe I will curl up with a good book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Glitter Letters Swear Like a Sailor Until today I have never feared the dentist. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had many filings, four wisdom teeth pulled at once, root canals and a crown with no problems. My most recent root canal was last week – which went perfectly and the pain I was feeling instantly abated. The worst part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}