Re: Purrs Please! [OT]

ah, dental work is never fun. We will purr and pray that you don't have to
go through anymore unnecessary work and that the pain goes away real soon.
But go to the dentist right away if the tooth still keeps hurting!
Lily & her mama

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"CatNipped" <lcrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I mentioned a few weeks back that I had two root canals (I had to go to the
>oral surgeon because I have crooked roots). When the oral surgeon was
>removing a root he broke off the end of a file in my tooth and left it
>there. He told me that he had already rinsed the root out twice with
>bleach so it probably wouldn't give me any trouble, but that if I did have
>any trouble I could come back and he would fix it for free (OK, if it was
>fixable why didn't he just fix it then - I'm guessing it's because he had
>already been working on me for 4 hours and had another appointment). I
>have not had any problems with it until today when that tooth started
>hurting.
>
> What I don't get is this - when I went to my regular dentist to have the
> temporary filling replaced with a permanent filling on that tooth (until I
> can afford to get the crowns done), he didn't even give me a shot of
> Novocain before he started drilling since the root was gone. So why am I
> now in pain, what is hurting?
>
> Anyway, purrs that the pain goes away would be greatly appreciated. Even
> if I don't have to pay for more work on the tooth, I don't want to go
> through any more oral surgery (and I *would* have to pay my regular
> dentist to re-do the permanent filling if the oral surgeon has to drill it
> out again - and why can't the oral surgeon put in a permanent filling
> instead of a temporary one???).
>
> Oh well! Such is life - at least my life!!
>
> Hugs,
>
> CatNipped
>


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