Teeth ....

 

See any difference ... Cap on .. Cap off

This is the grossest (is that a word) thing .. my crown keeps blimmin' faliing off ..

I've been to the dentist once already .. and it looks as thought my accident from 26 years ago (and past technology) has come back to haunt me ..

I have NO space under that small "bit" of tooth left .. it's gone .. don't know where .. not even sure if there was any .. but the steel rod in to my gums .. is in to NOTHING!!!!

The one on the left has apparently got "nothing" holding it in at the moment .. and in the next wee while will start falling out also .. while the one on the right of it .. apparently has a crack or something in the root (and it has a steel rod also holding it on) .. and is about to turn to custard also ..

So the "quick" trip to the dentist to have the crown re-gunked last week .. turned in to a dilemma of "how much can you afford to have done" kind of trip ... so I didn't quite have the $10k ... plus specialist and extraction fees and all the rest of it for dental implants .. I'll have to save for that .. so unfortunately I am going for the dental plate .. and have all 3 of the crown extracted (which is still going to cost a pretty penny .. hopefully ACC will come to the party for some of it .. but well that is yet to be seen) ..

The dentist basically left off saying .. well your mouth is a time-bomb waiting to happen .. and luckily this crown fell off as you may well have woken up one morning with a swollen mouth .. because teeth (as we know through Cam's escapades) are the easiest way to get germs in to you bloodstream .. lovely ..

Anyhoo .. next Friday is the D-Day ..and  when I called in on Mon to try and get the crown re-cemented yet again ... I was lucky enough to get the dental imprints done (as luckily someone had cancelled) .. talk me about having a great gag reflex .. meanwhile the dentist telling me to concentrate breathing through my nose .. yeah right ... the mould stuff had dripped on to the back of my tongue ... and when I swiped it with my finger a big lump of the stuff came out .. and he goes .. oh didn't see that dripping out .. arrghhh!

Anyhoo .. all over and done with within 20 mins .. and come back next week ...

.. I asked about re-cementing the tooth .. and he was in a rush and said it's not that much of a pain is it ... Ahhhmmm - YES!

But by this time he'd walked off with the next appt .. grr...

So this week .. I have attempted to NOT swallow my tooth oh about 1000 times .. OK overkill .. but lots .. and last night I kept waking up and almost swallowing the blimmin' thing also ...

.. I now take my "tooth" out and sit it in a safe place while I eat .. and the kids roll about laughing and are very fascinated by my "pirates" tooth as they call it ..

I seriously don't know how adults with no teeth in the front can go without them .. it is soooo uncomfortable ... let alone trying to talk properly ..

So tonight .. I'll quietly take it out and put it beside the bed .. and hope it doesn't get lost ..... lol!

A lesson learned here though .. young ears hear everything .. and remember ..

I said to Michael this morning .. "Time to brush your teeth .. otherwise they go bad .. and might fall out" .. "I don't care" he says .. "I'll be just like you and Nana then .. cool!"

Argghhhh! *headbang*