[Magdalen] Tooth woes

[Susan Hagen]

Dan,
You have my utmost sympathy.  Prayers that you will get through until
you're home and the dentist is available.
Susan

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 3:11 PM, P. Dan Brittain
<pdan.brittain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am joining the crowd with tooth problem.
>
> I've had a bit of pain with a lower molar for a good while. The tooth next
> to it had decay under the crown, so a couple of weeks ago the dentist
> cleaned that out and put in a new crown. The hope was that tooth had been
> causing the problem. He was thinking if this didn't cause the problem,
> there was probably a cracked root under the other crown and we would have
> to do an extraction.
>
> Today that crown came loose. I pushed it back in and gave the dentist a
> call. His office is closed until after new years. I had asked on the
> message I left, that he call in a new scrip for a pain med. (No answering
> service, just messages they check now and then).
>
> This afternoon, the crown came completely off, so I started to follow the
> SOP and put a little vasline underneath the crown and push it on again. My
> surprise was that the tooth had broken off under the crown. After a good
> rinsing, the pain is now much less - there was a "ton" of debris (more
> decay not seen on the x-ray?) came out.
>
> Leaving town Wednesday to visit the grands in Iowa. The headache meds might
> be able to handle the new pain level but they're not ideal for this,
> hopefully, he'll call something in before we leave.
>
> --
> P. Dan Brittain
> Harrison, Arkansas
>
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