Another scheduled visit to the dentist today, well actually the oral surgeon.
Today’s appointment was to expose (yes, slice my gums) the post that was implanted four months ago and to install a small plug in said post, which will eventually be used to mount the fake tooth.
I was a tad worried leading up to today’s appointment, that was made worse as the doctor kept me waiting almost 40 minutes!
Seeing the tools laid out as I sat back in the exam chair surely had an effect, as my blood pressure was 155/95 -
With the anxiety producing procedure over with (multiple novocain shots, and yes into the roof of my mouth too), I relaxed a bit and waited for the numbing to take effect.
When the doctor started, I could hear the slicing of my gums, fortunately I didn’t feel a thing, phew.
The problem came when the doctor said “oh no”! That’s when the red flag went up, and even though he had his hand knuckles deep in my mouth I got out the word “what”?!
Well, seems the post; the post that was painfully drilled into my jaw back in March, which looked perfect in the xray they took before starting today’s procedure, came out! Yup, the f’n post that was supposed to have grafted to my jaw these past four months didn’t do the graft thing and instead it just “popped out”!
As if that wasn't bad enough; here’s the bad news - the post that popped out cannot be put back in, nope. Instead, the doctor filled and packed the hole with grafting material.
This grafting needs to set for four months, I kid you not! So when I go back in October, yes October, I need to go through the whole process again where he’ll drill a new hole and set a new post AND I’ll need to wait ANOTHER four months for that work to set and bond…
Burst my bubble is an understatement! I was expecting to FINALLY be in the homestretch of this ordeal but instead it’s just beginning, <sniff>, and as I write this post my mouth is aching and sore, and the three sutures installed today are still bleeding some.
I guess one piece of good news is when the doctor said he would not charge me to “fix” and redo the procedure - dam right, the first procedure did NOT work!!
Not sure why I have this black rain cloud overhead…
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