Sorry… this post will be a little long… I live in Russia and had to go to the dentist because I had a hole in my tooth. I was really afraid because while I know some Russian, I don’t know how to talk about dentistry in Russian! The whole experience wasn’t very comforting. When I first showed her the tooth she said, “well, you will either need a filling or a root canal. I’ll start on the filling and if it looks like you need a root canal, I’ll give you an x-ray and then a filling.” She wouldn’t give me an x-ray first even though I asked for one. As much as I didn’t care for this dentist, I felt like she was my best option at the moment. It was hard finding a dentist that spoke some English and it was a Friday afternoon and I didn’t want to go all weekend with a hole in my tooth.
The dentist gave me a lot of shots to numb me up… I was more numb then I’ve ever been when having dental work. Well, my dentist ended up drilling through the neighboring tooth in order to get to the tooth with the hole and then she gave me two fillings. After the filling, she had me bite down on that piece of paper to make sure my bite was proper. I’ve always found that awkward to do after a filling since your mouth is so numb. Afterwards, she asked me how my bite felt and I said I couldn’t tell ‘cause my mouth was so numb. To be honest, something did feel a little off, but I didn’t say anything ‘cause didn’t know which tooth it was and I thought it would be too hard to explain to her. She told me to come back if there were probs, so I just thought that I would wait and see how I felt when the numbness wore off.
When the numbness wore off, my tooth hurt… even more so than before the filling. But I thought it was because of all the shots she gave me at the base of my tooth to numb me up. She was so rough that I was bleeding from the shots. The bite felt weird, but I thought that perhaps I would get used to it. Well, almost a month later my teeth still hurt… including the teeth above where I had my filling. The problem is, I can’t exactly tell where the bite is off. I’m not sure which tooth is the problem… or if both of them are the problem.
Therefore, I’m gonna go back to the dentist tomorrow. But what do I tell the dentist regarding the filling she gave me…. just do the whole thing over??? Any advice? Shouldn’t the dentist be able to tell where my bite is off??? I had braces before, so I have perfectly straight teeth. I’m definitely gonna demand x-rays first thing tomorrow… perhaps she didn’t get all of the cavity in the first place. I hope this dentist is smart enough to know how to read x-rays. I’ve tried to look it up on the internet myself, just in case I think I see something that she misses (lol). To be honest, if I thought this could wait then I would just deal with this next year when I return to the States. However, I am afraid that my current bite is going to wear my teeth down and of course there is the fact that I think I have some more cavities that can’t wait ‘cause they are near the gumline of my front teeth. = (
The dentist gave me a lot of shots to numb me up… I was more numb then I’ve ever been when having dental work. Well, my dentist ended up drilling through the neighboring tooth in order to get to the tooth with the hole and then she gave me two fillings. After the filling, she had me bite down on that piece of paper to make sure my bite was proper. I’ve always found that awkward to do after a filling since your mouth is so numb. Afterwards, she asked me how my bite felt and I said I couldn’t tell ‘cause my mouth was so numb. To be honest, something did feel a little off, but I didn’t say anything ‘cause didn’t know which tooth it was and I thought it would be too hard to explain to her. She told me to come back if there were probs, so I just thought that I would wait and see how I felt when the numbness wore off.
When the numbness wore off, my tooth hurt… even more so than before the filling. But I thought it was because of all the shots she gave me at the base of my tooth to numb me up. She was so rough that I was bleeding from the shots. The bite felt weird, but I thought that perhaps I would get used to it. Well, almost a month later my teeth still hurt… including the teeth above where I had my filling. The problem is, I can’t exactly tell where the bite is off. I’m not sure which tooth is the problem… or if both of them are the problem.
Therefore, I’m gonna go back to the dentist tomorrow. But what do I tell the dentist regarding the filling she gave me…. just do the whole thing over??? Any advice? Shouldn’t the dentist be able to tell where my bite is off??? I had braces before, so I have perfectly straight teeth. I’m definitely gonna demand x-rays first thing tomorrow… perhaps she didn’t get all of the cavity in the first place. I hope this dentist is smart enough to know how to read x-rays. I’ve tried to look it up on the internet myself, just in case I think I see something that she misses (lol). To be honest, if I thought this could wait then I would just deal with this next year when I return to the States. However, I am afraid that my current bite is going to wear my teeth down and of course there is the fact that I think I have some more cavities that can’t wait ‘cause they are near the gumline of my front teeth. = (
