#1
|
|||
|
|||
beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
So I've been having some pain in one of my teeth for the last few months. I went to the dentist a while back for it, and he did x-rays and saw nothing. He said it was probably from me clenching my teeth as a nervous habit.
It got really bad in the last 2 weeks, and I simply chalked it up to the clenching. Then my gums right by the tooth, (and no where else in my mouth), got infected, so I decided to go back to the dentist. He told me the infection wasn't a huge deal, but finding out what caused it was. He did more x-rays and seemed a little taken aback by what he saw. He then did a second x-ray to "confirm" before he told me. Apparently, I have a rare, and seemingly random, condition called "root" or "tooth resorption". Essentially, one of my molars has started to dissolve from the inside out. There are no known causes for it, and he told me that I'd have a better chance of winning the lottery than this ever happening again. There was absolutely nothing I could have done to prevent this. In addition to the resorption, there was also severe damage to the nerves below the tooth. He told me that he is tempted to write this up for a dentistry journal, that's how unique my situation is. It seemed like in his 30ish+ years of dentistry he's never seen resorption outside of a textbook. So now I have to go see a specialist who will make the call to either inject the tooth with calcium, root canal it, crown it and hope the resorption stops or, the more likely outcome, pull the tooth, root canal and install an implant (3000+ dollars and not covered by insurance). I run so g00t. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
coke is bad 4 ur teef
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
it seems to me that you in fact won the tooth lottery. it just the prize was -3000.
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
get over it, wuss.. pull that sucker out right now, cast-away style
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
First, as a Yankees fan you had this coming.
is it just that the insurance won't cover the implant? Cause if insurance won't cover any of it that would be just wrong. Unpreventable and unpredictable is what insurance is for. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
[ QUOTE ]
First, as a Yankees fan you had this coming. is it just that the insurance won't cover the implant? Cause if insurance won't cover any of it that would be just wrong. Unpreventable and unpredictable is what insurance is for. [/ QUOTE ] the thing is a bridge is also an acceptable treatment instead of an implant... but since im young and in my 20s it's better to just get the implant now rather than have to worry about a bridge the rest of my life |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
[ QUOTE ]
it seems to me that you in fact won the tooth lottery. it just the prize was -3000. [/ QUOTE ]A+ |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
tell your dentist he wont be writing no article on your toof unless he gives you a freeroll on the procedure.
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
if you hadn't've bluffed with that queen ten you'd have like $300 more with which to pay for this
nah that's a sick beat - maybe you can join a circus that specializes in rare tooth deformities |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Re: beat: pretty much lost the tooth lottery this weekend
you should try and get on the news for this.
|
|
|