Oh the joys of .... nope no joys.

About 5 years ago I was eating at a restaurant and there was a piece of metal in my food.  Not quite sure what, but I bit down and it cracked one of my teeth right in half.  At the time I was a poor college student and didn't have any insurance to get it fixed.  So I let it be.

Well 5 years later, I have been struggling with this tooth for ever.  It constantly gets infected and swollen and hurt.  I finally went to the dentist to hear the great news that I would need to get two root canals and two bone things and some of that and some of this.  The total amount costing me WAY more than is affordable.  That's because I do have dental Insurances now, but still way over anything in my budget.  So... after a week of being on some strong pain meds, two different anti-biotic and some extreme pain I decided to just have the two teeth pulled for now.   I know, its not the best way to go, but financially it was the only thing possible.  YES! I tried all my options. :(  So I forked out the money to have them pulled.  You cant see that I have mission teeth, but I know! And boy do I feel ghetto.  So, here we are saving money to put in some nice gold fake ones... haha. Just kidding....maybe. :)

Of course you didn't think I went through all this without pictures?! No no, beware.. some of GROSS!

The holes!
My nasty 1/2 cracked teeth... super gross I know.. thanks
haha... my mouth i was trying to smile, but it was too numb and swollen I thought it was funny!

4 comments:

Katie said...

Oh...my...gosh! How painful! And gross. But I enjoyed seeing the pictures. I hope you can get that all worked out soon! Thank goodness for dental insurance.

Sarah said...

Could have gone my whole life and been ok not seeing that. g.r.o.s.s. Sorry you were in pain though. :(

Alyssa said...

Super Gross!!! but, there you have it...remebered forever. I hope you heal up quickly!

matt and steph said...

I wish I would have known that you needed two root canals! Bill, my older brother, is in dental school and he works on peoples teeth. He worked on my dads teeth a few weeks ago and it is TONS cheaper. I don't know if he does root canals, but I know there are students that do root canals because I had one done and it was really cheap! Maybe you should look into seeing if the do a bridge (a fake tooth). Hopefully that helps!