#i essentially had one mega tooth in the back of my mouth because of this evil old man

[belliesandburps]

Hey! So this is a tad disconnected from your current asks but a lotta people I follow in the kink community are getting shit thrown their way in their inboxes. Does that happen to you too? And if it does how do you usually respond to it?

It doesn't happen often, but it does happen every once in a blue moon. Either gatekeepers mad that I kink a lotta content I really like, even though I love the shows, manga and comics for WAY more than just the kinks. Or just whenever I privately refuse requests from people who are more insistent than others and can't take a hint.

My response is always the same though. Trash their trash messages and move on. Bullshit isn't worth responding to and isn't worth giving the time of day because it only invites more bullshit. And my life's full of enough bullshit as is.

For example, my cracked root canal tooth that chipped several months ago straight up broke in half on Friday when I was eating something and waiting for orders. Broke the damn tooth and the temporary filling went flying with it. My dentists office isn't open until Monday, so I've had half a tooth and an exposed "nerve" ever since. I'd be in mindnumbing pain right now, except, because it's a root canal area, there's no nerve to subject to pain. So I haven't felt anything resembling pain or discomfort. Just the frustration that I know the tooth will have to be extracted, and it's one of the teeth closer to the front I'm terrified it's gonna leave me with a funny lisp because I can't afford a damn implant and don't want the surgery to get one.

All of that is to say, with everything else that's so astoundingly wrong with my life, I literally couldn't give a single microscopic fuck what some entitled dipshits on tumblr throw my way. I'm just glad y'all are as awesome as ya are. ;)

#ask belliesandburps #general ramblings #seriously fuck broken teeth #this is my third tooth to break #first two weren't even my fault #hand to god my first broken tooth happened because my old dentist was a quack #first of all he didn't numb me properly #so when he drilled me #i FELT that shit #but the material he used for my filling was faulty #something happened to it over time that caused it to expand and eventually it both broke my back tooth #AND fused with another filling #i essentially had one mega tooth in the back of my mouth because of this evil old man #how the hell does that even happen...?! #oh yeah i also get shit whenever i talk politics and how miserable trump was and will always be for the country #speaking of trump today is his birthday! #it's also flag day! #hey remember that time trump inappropriately fondled the american flag to thunderous applause from braindead republicans? #i sure as hell remember that #i also remember that time he was accused of rape and that the victim in question had dna evidence which he refused to supply for a match #and now #happy birthday PRESIDENT trump is trending on twitter #so happy birthday you evil orange golem #i hope you choke on a big mac you tub of orange shit #don't mind me kids #just venting because tomorrow's gonna suck when i find out how much getting this tooth extracted is gonna cost 'XD

[chrisfeen]

So I’ve been having a tough time for the last few months with wisdom teeth extractions. The two bottom teeth had come in sideways and were impacted so I decided to get them both removed after having a small infection to avoid more problems down the line. I knew it would be sore and unpleasant but I thought it would be better to deal with it now and save myself problems in the future.

My local dentist referred me to a clinic in the city centre to do the extractions and the first one was done way back in September. After you have an extraction done, it’s normal for the pain and swelling to become worse over the first few days before reducing again as it heals. It’s difficult to eat food because of the pain of moving or putting pressure on your mouth, but also because your jaw muscle is strained and it’s only possible to open your mouth a little bit. Like all wounds, it’s also possible to have infections including something called ‘dry socket’ which is essentially when the blood clot protecting the wound comes away and the nerve is exposed.

For the first week after the first tooth was removed, my mouth was very sore but did feel like it was incrementally improving. I had read about pain and the dry socket infection in my aftercare notes and online but the overall advice seemed to be “everybody is different” and I didn’t really know if my experience was normal or not. I had read that dry socket was excruciatingly painful shooting pain which seemed way more extreme than what I was experiencing. By the end of the second week, I had a couple of days where the pain was much better followed by one where it was worse than ever before, so I called the clinic who told me to come back in to check it out. Of course, I had the dry socket infection all this time! The dentist cleaned out the wound and packed it with a weird brown dressing which had a sort of hairy texture and smelled and tasted strongly of cloves. The pain relief was immediate and the wound started healing properly after that.

Things were looking good by the end of October when it was time for the second extraction. The dentist did mention that this one looked like it was in a potentially more difficult position than the first but I think it is hard to know for sure until you get started with the extraction. One of the roots of the tooth was particularly difficult to remove and part of the inner edge of my jaw bone got broken with the pushing and pressure trying to get it out, although the dentist decided to leave it in place in the hope that it would heal up alright.

At least this time around I had more of an idea what to expect from the recovery. Things seemed good and by Thursday I was hardly taking any painkillers (the extraction had been on the Monday) and I went back to work on Friday, but late Friday night I suddenly started having excruciating pain up the whole left side of my face and I felt sure the dreaded dry socket had returned. The clinic where the tooth was extracted was closed at the weekend but I called my normal dentist as soon as they opened and managed to get an appointment on Saturday morning. I was kinda disappointed that he didn’t put a dressing in since that had helped me so much before but instead he prescribed 5 days worth of antibiotics and a mouthwash and I just hoped that would sort it out quickly. 

Although the antibiotics helped a little, I was still in pain at the start of the week. I called my Mum who is a nurse and she advised to go back to the clinic who did the extraction so they could check it out. They cleaned the wound again and put a dressing in; the pain was immediately reduced to almost nothing which was such a massive relief. It was about 2 months since the first extraction and I was so fed up with the whole experience, the only good thing was that the teeth were out and it was almost over - or so I thought!

At work we’re right about to go into our mega busy Christmas period at where I work crazy hours and feel like I will never see the sun again (although it’s actually just 3 weeks). Remember that broken bit of jawbone? Well, last week I started to feel the jaggy edge inside my gum. I didn’t think it was urgent at first but within a couple of days it had erupted through the skin and was scratching the back of my tongue. So, back I went to the clinic on Friday afternoon to check it out. 

The bone might only be fractured and not fully broken as the dentist wasn’t able to remove it entirely. Instead, she just had to cut into the gum (and scrape out all the healed tissue from the most recent extraction), push it back and use the drill to smooth down as much of the jaggy bone edge as possible. She sewed the whole thing up pretty thoroughly when she was done and threw in a pre-emptive dressing to try to avoid more infections. I must admit that I did have a tiny emotional breakdown while I was sitting waiting for the local anesthetic to kick in; the thought of going back to the start of the healing process was pretty unbearable, although I’m happy to report that doesn’t seem to be as bad as the initial extraction so far.

It’s possible that I might have to go back and have the exercise repeated if the bone continues to move but right now I’m just so hopeful that the whole thing will soon be over. I have felt so tired and run down over these last few months, dealing with pain and discomfort and even just not being able to have normal food (usually I love to eat!); I have so much sympathy for folk who have chronic conditions or disabilities that deal with issues like these as a way of life. I miss socialising and seeing a bunch of my pals too and can’t wait to have things back to normal as soon as I can. Hopefully I’m on the mend now.

#personal #teeth #wisdom teeth