It has been four days, my tooth-ache worsened with each day. Yesterday, I had to take 800mg of Ibuprofen to keep the swelling at bay, with regular treatments of Anbesol to numb the pain. Hopefully, I will get ahold of a dentist that can work me in soon.
I saw the dentist today, and for once in my life it was a great relief. Three years ago I was the unfortunate victim of a dental hack - a crime at the level of a blank canvas being called modern art. This dentist, to be left unnamed, drilled into the hollow of my tooth. "Shit," he said, followed by some medical terms and an attendant hustling around quickly. I should have been given a root canal right there. The tooth that he butchered never did feel right, it took 8 months before I could eat anything cold on it. Overtime, I stopped noticing it - until last Thursday. Today, my new dentist declared that the tooth was abscessed, and that I will need a root canal. My new dentist removed my old filling, and anesthesized the pulp, and then applied a temporary filling. The root canal is scheduled for October 20th.
