Yep, it's me!
Another bit of “Daily Chatter” about my dental progress. I went back to the new dentist yesterday! Things are moving along nicely. I’ll be SO happy when all this dental reconstruction stuff is out of the way. I told my dentist that as much as I’m enjoying the weekly visits, I’m really looking forward to this nightmare to be behind me.
Not only has it been nearly a year (in July) since this journey of getting this all sorted out started, but it’s been a painful year! I’ll be glad when all the pain is over and I don’t have to “fuss” with my teeth anymore! Won’t be long now and I’ll be going back to just having to brush, floss, and have regular cleanings! Terrible dentists can get you in a terrible way and there is no way of knowing until you reach that all consuming feeling that things have reached the point of no return as pain and health problems begin to creep in! Can you imagine…when the new dentist removed two of the old crowns, (nearly 6 years old), I had green mold in them!? No wonder I haven’t been feeling too great for a LONG time!Â
I have been through a LOT in just this last year with all of this dental work. All that time and fuss with that nasty plastic orthodic that didn’t work (and was pure torture), to the recent gum surgery and getting my jaw put back in place after all the tensing garbage.
The tensing, (pronounced ten-zing) in case you don’t know what it is, is where you are hooked up to electrodes stuck to your face and neck. Then you are connected to a machine that sends electrical pulses into your jaw muscles completing the circuit at the back of your neck. I did that once/twice a month for an hour or two each visit! The idea is that by doing that, the muscles will relax and allow the movements to take place with the orthotic being used to aid the resetting of the bite. This always seemed like there was something wrong with any procedure that would send electrical current into your body like that, but, I figured I’ll try the “modern medicine”, thinking there has to be something new out there that I don’t know about that just might work! I see really cool things on YT channels like TED about many medical breakthroughs and amazing new discoveries along with all kinds of interesting new things!*  I had the first dentist for almost a year and it was a nightmarish experience, that I’m happy to report, I have awaken from.Â
When this dental drama is all over, I’ll have to take a picture and post it of me doing the happy dance celebrating! I’ve read they are growing new teeth these days. Hmmmm…that just might be my next trick…or not…