Apologies to all dentists out there, but you are. I got my permanent crown put on a tooth today. Getting the thing prepped was not that bad (enough Novocaine can numb anything), but the quick procedure of putting on the final piece was not so fun. There was no numbing because you have to be able to bite and make sure it feels right. So they take off the temporary crown so just the ground down piece of tooth with roots right at the surface is left and then proceed to use a METAL SCRAPER to take off the rest of the temporary cement..... WRONG! Why can't they use something plastic. Every time the poor hygienist got near a "sensitive place" I jumped like she hit me with a cattle prod. She finally was so scared of my jumping that she used a piece of cotton to rub the rest off. Then the dentist came in to put on the crown and tried it on to check fit without cement in it--- oh I'm sorry, did I forget to mention that the crown is lined with METAL. Felt very nice against a nearly exposed root. Oh well, I did live through it and hopefully in the end I will be able to eat foods of different temperatures without pain every day.
love and hugs and brush your teeth... no really, right now. Go brush your teeth so you never have to have a crown put on. Go brush. Stop reading this and go.
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