This tooth has taken over my life! Tuesday it started hurting again. Yesterday I went to the dentist who told me that only half of my wisdom tooth broke through the gum (which I knew) and there was a pocket between the tooth and the gum (again knew that) where food had been getting in – and of course I couldn’t get it out – that caused a terrible cavity.
He though it was interesting that my wisdom tooth was only growing in now – at age 38. I told him my wisdom teeth grew in when I was 11 or 12 and that’s around the last time I went to the dentist. So for around 27 years gross stuff has been collecting in that area – you can see why he was so shocked – it’s only now bothering me enough to get it looked at!
He said I’m on the cusp of an infection, he doesn’t see any infection, but considering what he removed it was only a matter of time.
So he pulled the tooth – my mouth is feels SO MUCH BETTER! But the rest of me is worse. The right side of my body feels like crap – ear, brain, throat, jaw – even my stomach doesn’t feel good. I was in bed all day, I felt ok until I got up – then I felt like I was going to drop – which probably means I have some kind of infection that just wasn’t obvious around the tooth.
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