Had teeth replaced with dentures about a year ago. Ever since Ive had a spot in my bottom right back that had a bit of bone sticking up that made it painful to bite down. The dental office told me to wait six months so I had some healing, then arrange to come, free of charge, to get bits and pieces cleaned up. Because of my work schedule and the fact that oral surgeon only comes twice a month, I wound up waiting ten months. So I go in expecting a pretty quick nip at the high spot, a stitch or two, and be on my way. I show the surgeon the problem and he says, yep, then feels around and asked how about the rest of my mouth. I said it felt fine, just hurt on the bottom right side. He fills my mouth with novacaine, and goes to work. He lays my entire gum open. Then gets a pair of wire dikes and starts clipping at bits of jawbone...snip *ting*ting*ting* as pieces bounce around the room. Then he gets a combination probe/chisel thingy and starts twisting and pushing and drilling. All the while my chin is only supported by the muscles in my big fat mouth and triple neck. That went on, admittedly, painlessly, but the noise was gruesome! Up to now I had thought I had endured the most tortuous procedure known to man. But it wasnt over; the fun was just beginning. The next tool used was a rasp. An actual file that he used, with quite a bit of force, to file down the jawbone that would lie under the gum. The noise was enough to make you want to crawl out of your own skin! And the solid visual picture of what he was doing to make that sound was not pleasant. The pressure he was using was making my already strained and tired jaw to sag and I had to put a hand under it to keep it steady as he filed. Once that part was done he put in enough stitches to make a pair of old school Levis. Now I sitting/lying there in relief that the whole thing was done and an aide did something to me thats never, EVER, been done to me in a dental chair (nope, wasnt that!). She took a wet cloth and wiped my entire face. She saw me looking her in disbelief and she said, Just getting the blood off your face. As she pulled back the cloth it was steeped in blood. EEeeeeWWwww!! Took about an hour longer than I expected so I was late for work. Really hurts. I recommend anyone doing this to not do it with novacaine, you really, REALLY, dont want to hear your face make those sounds. This morning I was my own Stephen King novel.
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:44:15 +0000
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