
omg, i'm never goingg to sleep without brushing my teeth again..this stuff is serious, i want no golf balls in my mouth
In that case, let me tell you something else.
I went to the dentist last Friday (March 5). They referred me to.. I believe it's called the oral and maxillofacial surgeon in English (it's called 'kaakchirurg' in Dutch which literally means 'jaw surgeon') to remove the infection from my jaw.
I went there last Monday. Before I saw the surgeon they made a 3d ultrasound of my head (well, the lower part of it).
Then I was called into the operating room. First they injected two syringes of anesthetic into my mouth, one into the soft tissue (which didn't hurt) and one right into the bone (which hurt a lot).
Then I had to wait 10 minutes or so for the anesthetic set in properly.
After that they folded a cloth over my eyes and made a cut across my gums. Then they started boring straight into the bone. Up to this point it didn't hurt. It felt a bit unpleasant but the anesthetic was doing it's job.
But then, as he told me later, he discovered that the infection ran a bit deeper than he had anticipated. So that had to be removed too. And that bit of my 'jaw' (it was really halfway up my nose at this point) was NOT anesthetized! Or at least not properly because it hurt like freaking hell. They were still boring away at my bones and I could feel all of it. I almost blacked out because of the horrible pain. And I'm not exaggerating either.
They gave me painkillers but they hardly helped. The next day the pain was mostly gone, although it still hurts a bit now.
The thing is, from looking at the 3d ultrasound (I think it was an ultrasound, but I can't be sure. It looked like a rontgen though) the surgeon could tell that I had an even larger infection on the other side of my upper jaw.
I guess it's dormant or something. Anyway, that has to come out as well :bawl:
I have to go back there next month. I am scared shitless.
By the way, both infections were caused by the dentist I had years back. The molars are both dead now and they died shortly after that dentist filled them. The stuff he filled the molars with (not sure what the English name is) was too close to the nerves and so they died (which was kind of painful, but nothing compared to what I went through last Monday).
It's not bad hygiene on my part. I do anything within my power to care for my teeth the best I can. I guess I just inherited week teeth from my parents.
Nonetheless, you should definitely stick to that resolution.