Root Canal

I went to the dentist last month to get my teeth cleaned and they took x-rays and all that fun stuff. They were whispering and pointing at the x-rays, so I finally told them to stop freaking me out and just tell me what's wrong. Turns out that I had an abscess tooth!

If you don't know what that is: Damage to the tooth, an untreated cavity, or gum disease can cause an abscessed tooth. If a cavity is not treated, the inside of the tooth (called the pulp) can become infected. Bacteria can spread from the tooth to the tissue around it, creating an abscess.

I know that sounds totally gross, but whatever. What stinks is I had already had a root canal on this tooth, so I couldn't feel the infection which was why it was so freakin huge.

Anyways, I went in yesterday and had my mouth open for, no joke, an hour while they battled the "pulp". My mouth is pretty sore, but I'm glad to know that the evil infection has been removed. It was kinda freakin me out knowing a huge blob of bacteria or whatever was eating my tooth away, yikes! What's even more exciting about this event is that I get to go back in a month and have another root canal to make sure it's all gone for good! Hooray! *Note: Sarcasm*

The funny part about the surgery, if you want to call it that, is that Stephen went with me and was cracking me up. I had all this crap in my mouth to hold it open and keep stuff from going down my throat, so it was probably freakin people out that they could here us laughing hysterically. The dentist had to use a huge microscope hanging (over my head) to see in my tooth, which was some pretty awesome technology if you ask me. When the dentist left the room, Stephen, of course, looked in the microscope - kid in a candy shop. The little mirror they use to see the back of your teeth had fallen on the floor and Stephen picked it up and proceeded to stick it in my mouth! I couldn't talk with all that crap in my mouth and I couldn't close it either, so I started yelling "What are you doing?! I have an infection and that was on the floor!!", but it sounded more like a llama or something. This probably doesn't sound as funny as it actually was.

Ok, I think I've gone on long enough with my epic adventure of tooth abscession! (Yeah, I made that word up).