So, I just

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So, I just

So, I just got back from the dentist... blech...

Turns out that, a) I have to have my wisdom teeth out (three of them, as I don't have a fourth, oddly enough) which I knew already, and b) I have to have a root canal because the tooth that I have a Big Huge Filling in has an abscess and the nerve is slowly dying.

Plus there may be something wrong with my jaw 'cause it pops every time I open my mouth.

Done whingeing.

submitted by TNÖ, age 16, Deep Space
(August 24, 2009 - 2:13 pm)

back to the Down to Earth

Umm, ouch... O.O Sorry, I just hate going to any kind of doctor. *grimaces* Ugh, wisdom teeth can be such a pain (lame pun, haha). And I hope the jaw thing turns out okay. It sounds like it must hurt. o.O But it probably isn't anything the dentist can't fix. ;)

submitted by Megan M., age 14 today, Ohio
(August 24, 2009 - 5:00 pm)

It doesn't hurt, actually, though apparently it sounds painful. My dentist kept flinching whenever I opened my mouth... And then (funnily enough) when the other dentist came in his basically said, "Hello," and then "Does your jaw always pop like that?"

The main downside is now I'm getting (probably) psychosomatic pain because of the abscess. It didn't hurt before, but it does now. Blech. Not very much, though, fortunately. Not near as bad as when I had the cavity which caused the abscess. 

submitted by TNÖ, age 16, Deep Space
(August 24, 2009 - 9:45 pm)

:D That's good. At least it's not as painful as it

sounds. ;)

submitted by Megan M., age 14, Ohio
(August 25, 2009 - 1:38 pm)

Happy birthday, Megan!

submitted by Emily L., age 14, WA
(August 25, 2009 - 12:55 pm)

Thanks, Emily! :D

submitted by Megan M., age 14, Ohio
(August 26, 2009 - 4:45 pm)

Clair is very sorry about your dental problems.Frown

submitted by Clair, age '12', Ne
(August 24, 2009 - 5:56 pm)

Poor TNO! :( I hope I'm like my mom...she didn't have to get hers out! I'm having tooth problems too, I'm still losing teeth (not sure how many more) and my tooth is loose, and it hurts, and I hate the taste of bliood so I drink a lot of water and I just want it OUT! NOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!! but the tooth wants to take it's time I guess. I guess I'm just.... not the kind of person who has enough patience.

submitted by Maggie S., age 13, MN
(August 25, 2009 - 8:06 am)

You're still losing teeth? Baby teeth? I am happy to say I have no tooth horror stories to share. I have had one filling, and a wire retainer (at least I think that's what it was) on the bottom, and my parents say I may not need braces!

submitted by Emily L.
(August 25, 2009 - 8:07 pm)

Wow, you have great teeth for someone never having braces.

submitted by Cramer N., age 13, WA
(August 25, 2009 - 11:13 pm)

:B

submitted by Emily L.
(August 26, 2009 - 2:37 pm)

So is Brynne.

submitted by Brynne, age 14, Flying away on
(August 25, 2009 - 9:47 am)

Ooh... that sounds painful... especially the root canal... very sorry about that. :(

submitted by Mary W., age 11.69, NJ
(August 25, 2009 - 4:17 pm)

That sounds Awful:( I have both my bottom wisdom teeth in and my upper ones are just starting, I'm hoping they wont cause any problems and I can leave them in. I would hate having them pulled out.

submitted by Zora M , age 18, Maine
(August 25, 2009 - 6:38 am)

:( Ack! I'm sorry for you... I"ll be thinking of yoU!

submitted by Lena
(August 25, 2009 - 7:59 am)

Dentists terrify me, with their sharp objects that you're supposed to calmly let them poke you in the mouth with.

submitted by Cara C.
(August 25, 2009 - 12:50 pm)
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