~dental nightmares~

finally decided to visit the dentist at Khatib since the 1 nearer home was so packed. i thot it'd be good to settle my dental prob b4 i began workin.. lucky i decided to! was apprehensive as i waited for my turn, i was alwiz afraid of dentists.

told him of my prob, and he knocked on the problematic tooth and its 2 neighbours. OW it HURT, and i've taken so much care not to use THAT tooth! he juz knocked on it wif his mirror (dental mirror of cos!).. forgot wad else he said but he told me that the nerve was infected, so the only way was root canal treatment. ermm wait. it all hit me so suddenlie.

wad the hell had happened that warranted such a yucky treatment? i had read abt this treatment from websites when surfin for info on wisdom teeth and it sounded scary. i had a large filling done some time ago and i suppose it muz haf been HUGE cos it was near the nerves and so the tissues got infected!

crap. i asked in greater detail of the steps involved:
1. DRILLING of the tooth to reach the dying nerve tissues (OMG the word DRILL sounds bad)
2. cleaning of the root
3. filling it up

consequence:
1. the tooth becomes more brittle, easier to fracture & so can't be used to bite harder stuff
2. due to lack of nutrients (transported via the tissues which are gone), tooth becomes darker coloured
3. i've got a dead tooth!

sobs.. i asked if it hurts badly and was reassured that it doesn't and is a commonly done treatment. i was hesitant abt it but the dentist decided to proceed wif the treatment and since i had to do it unless i wanna extract it, i decided to go all out & braced myself for the pain! 3 more sessions! hope everythin will be fine after this.