Wisdom Teeth Surgery

Today was my surgery everything went fine I checked in and paid for the surgery. I had to pay the full price though, the reason why I was told was the doctor wasn't covered by my insurance yet and his acceptance was pending. Once he was accepted the Doctor's office will submit something in order for me to get my refund of what the insurance should have covered. So todays bill was $2378.90.

I got taken to the room a nose thing was placed on me and my heart rate was tracked. The doctor came in and told be about precautions. His main worry was my bottom right wisdom tooth was so far into my jaw I had a higher chance then normal of my jaw fracturing, he informed me tho if he was worried about that during surgery he would stop it. Another thing he pointed out was my top left wisdom tooth was really high in my nasal cavity. The bottom two wisdom teeth were also really close the the nerve and he warned me about temporary numbness that could last weeks, months, or even permanently. All of this almost made me change my mind but then I reminded myself that there are always risk with surgery, this being my first one though just made me second guess myself. Finally I signed a consent form and they put me under.

During the bottom right tooth I was awake for I got to hear the drilling and even felt the pulling in my jaw. Then I remember the doctor saying to increase my drip and I was out. I had a dream about chasing pandas from Mists of Pandaria as well as seeing and hearing a guy I play World of Warcraft with all the time. I woke up for the bottom left tooth actually crying and hearing the doctor ask if  I was in pain which I was, I believe he shot me with Novocaine and just continued on with the surgery. After things were done I sat there feeling exhausted and light headed, I was taken to another room where grandma was waiting for me and after a while just went home.

Female Panda from World of Warcraft

Male Panda from World of Warcraft

The only pain I'm having is from the swelling which I've been putting an ice pack on every 30 mins every 4-5 hours like directed and I've been taking Amoxicillin, Oxycontin, and prescription ibuprofen. I've also noticed a sore throat after the numbness has gone away think I shouldn't be talking so much but everyone has been calling to see how I'm doing. The amoxicillin I take every 12 hours and the other two every 6. I've been eating jello, pudding, and cream of chicken soup I also have yogurt and mashed potatoes. the post op paper I was given said no dairy I was assuming because of drug side effects but I don't see anything in the drugs that will effect me.

Move Update

Finally got a call from the movers today with a pack and ship date I'm so excited to being one more step closer out of here and 3 hours closer to Florida.

Is it me or...

Does Dr. visits always equal bad news?

My Ortho appointment was today he said everything I haven't heard already. I need to go see the Periodontics Dr. but I didn't want to! Just more money I have to shell out and less time in braces, ugh. He needs to hear from the Perio before doing any plans to straighten my teeth. Perio guy is probably going to say no braces till he fixes me so its win win for everyone but me, I hate waiting.

The Ortho gave me a treatment plan which includes a $5418.00 price tag. Free Upper Ceramic Braces which according to him is $400 extra normally. There is a nice interest free office plan that they have which Charleston didn't, they wanted the money up front or you had to go through CareCredit (credit card.) I'm looking at 24-36 months in braces though which Charleston was estimating me around 18 months.

I don't think I will be starting my ortho treatment here however with a move in the near future I just don't see myself driving 2hours from home to this office once a month. I just see the cycle repeating itself though I'll move to where ever it is that I'm going, not keep up with my dental work and be back to needing a root scaling and planing done.

Guess this will be a long talk with the husband when ever I see him again.

Wisdom Teeth Appointment

I have an appointment in July to have my 4 wisdom teeth removed I was just called today and notified that there was an opening in April. Unfortunately last time I talked to the husband he was complaining about needing to space out my dental work more because we are quickly running out of money. Everything is being charged to his credit card which we aren't even making a dent in paying. Things like this sucks I need this operation to help with my teeth and one more step closer to being in braces but at the same time I don't want to be in so much debt. I guess I will have to discuss it with the husband if I'm going to change my surgery.

Orthodontics Appointment

I finally got around to calling the ortho for an appointment, this is one I have been referred to from my dentist. I've checked out the website and any other things I can find about the office and the Doctor everything seems good. I'm not really excited about it just one more thing I can't really afford being added to my list of things that NEED to get done. But good news is I'm not going to wait forever like my normal Doctor makes me wait it's a good 3 weeks to see him. This time while I'm at the ortho I'll ask for any pictures and/or xrays that I can have for the blog, I've been meaning to ask the dentist for xrays.

With tint

No tint on front windows

As far as normal life things go I've been extremely upset about the car and this whole living up north situation that goes a long with it. We bought our car in South Carolina it came with what I think is 35% window tint on all the windows but the front windshield. Well in New Hampshire in order for your car to pass inspection state law does not allow ANY window tint on the front passenger and driver side windows. Our plates are actually from Maine and that is where the car is registered and I looked at Maine's tint laws and they don't allow anything more then 50% tint on the windows, which means all of it would of had to come off. Yes, we did pay for tint in South Carolina its being paid for currently in with our car loan. I'm just so upset at how awkward the car looks with only 3 windows tinted it takes a way from the look of the car, just like the ugly license plate being on the front bumper that drives me crazy too. I'm ready to just drive the car to Florida and get the title changed and put tint back on my damn windows and take that ugly plate off the front and burn it (please do not arrest me for burning State property.)

Strange Coincidence?

While putting this blog together and looking over papers from 2009 and this years I noticed something strange about my cavities. In 2009 I had cavities in teeth number 3OL, 14OL, 18O, 30O, 31O so this year my cavities were in teeth number 2O, 3O, 15O, 18O, 31O. I've tried to google why I could have cavities again in the same teeth almost in the same spot but I've yet to find any answers. I know some are probably wondering what the O and OL stand for so I've looked it up myself because I was curious. At this website I found the answers. "The numbers represent which teeth have cavities or other problems. Tooth number 1 is the upper right third molar or wisdom tooth, the farthest tooth back in the mouth. Tooth number 16 is the upper left third molar. Tooth number 17 is the lower left third molar, and tooth number 32 is the lower right third molar. So, teeth 8 and 9 are the upper front teeth, or left and right central incisors, and teeth 24 and 25 are the lower front teeth, or lower left and right central incisors. The letter part of the code refers to different parts or surfaces of the tooth. An "M" mesial, or "D" distal, is the front or back surface of the tooth, respectively. An "O" occlusal, is the top or biting surface of a back tooth (molar or premolar), and "I" incisal, is the biting edge of front teeth (incisors and canines). A "B" buccal, is the surface of the tooth towards the cheek, and an "L" lingual, is the surface of the tooth towards the tongue."

New Place and New Dentist work

So I knew it was bad for me to wait so long to see a dentist I finally got the nerve to call and make an appointment at a office near by in New Hampshire. Through my insurance I found a Aspen Dental, reason I choose this company was because they also had an office in Connecticut which will be my next state of residence.

January 9, 2012 I went in for an oral exam and xrays they gave me my treatment plan and prices which like usual stunned me. I found out I needed another Periodontal scaling and root planing because I didn't keep up with the cleanings from South Carolina so my tarter was out of control. I had again 5 cavities, which I'll get into later and also need wisdom teeth removed because their impacted and just not enough room in my mouth for them. The Dentist also made a comment about my mouth saying it was the smallest adult mouth that she had ever seen.

January 12, 2012 I walked in had my whole mouth numbed and my cleaning was over and done with in two hours. A lot less painful then my South Carolina experience and I found out why. In South Carolina they just used some sort of medication under the gum to temporary numb the area and then they would clean but due to my tarter being so bad at the time my sensitivity was horrible and I felt it all. I was sent home after with a frosty from Wendy's and was told to take some Ibuprofen for a couple of days. With my whole mouth numb here in New Hampshire I had no pain the following days other then at the injection site.

February 29, 2012 My fillings day had no issues they checked how my gum disease was healing by checking the pockets around my teeth, before I had mostly 7-9's this time it was 3-5's and I was happy. My gums were still swollen and red though and I had a small amount of bleeding they have referred me to a Periodontics Specialist. I needed a small cleaning because of my crowding and small tarter buildup, which amazed me because every dentist says to get a cleaning every six months and it hadn't even been 3 months. So I had my 5 cavities drilled and filled, one of them was horrible because it was a back molar and the cavity was in the back of the molar. Because of my mouth being so small and the size of the tools the Dentist use it was very difficult for me to open my mouth wide enough.

During my cleaning before my fillings the I guess Dental assistant or whatever they call the people who clean the teeth was probing my mouth to check my gum disease she probed a little farther then she did during my first periodontal probing and one of my teeth begin to pus. She called the Dentist over to look and the Dentist told me I had an abscess. Which I had never heard of before and just scared me when they started talking about me losing it, it scared me more because its my front bottom tooth number 24 to be exact.

My Move

So I'm not exactly sure what made me stop my dental work I guess the move from South Carolina to Maine had a huge impact on me. October 3, 2010 I arrived in Maine with all of my things last time I was at the dentist I was told I needed a cleaning every 3 months because of how bad my crowding was. Well 3 months came and went and I did nothing about my teeth.

The biggest reason I did nothing about my teeth I felt like I was in another world I really do think I went through a long period of depression. I was sleeping 18 hours a day for a couple of months, I didn't leave the house other then to go to the grocery store, I had no friends or family near by so there wasn't really a reason to do anything other then sleep.