I noticed a few months back a hole in the back on my top molar. I had a dentist appointment sometime in May. The hygienist said everything looked good, aside from that cavity and we set up a date to fix it: June 10th.
From June 6th to June 9th, we were in Las Vegas for my birthday. I'll do a post about that later.
We came home early on June 9th (Sunday), and slept most of the day. In the evening we went to Aaron's grandma's house for popcorn (a family tradition). I was eating popcorn and playing cards. I did a tongue sweep and something felt weird. Upon closer inspection, I'd broken off a good portion of my first molar on the lower left. It looked awful, but didn't feel like anything.
I was really glad I already had a dentist appointment for the next day. My doctor looked at it, and said it didn't look good, and took an x-ray. He said I was really lucky, the nerve was really close to being exposed, which would necessitate a root canal. Since it didn't, I could get by with just a crown. I've never had a crown. I've had dozens of fillings, and one pulled wisdom tooth but that's the end of my dental adventures.
He explained that my tooth would be ground into a little numb, and then a crown would be glued over that. It wouldn't feel different than a normal filling. They started, and then had to stop because I could feel it. More Novocaine. Started again, I could still feel it. More Novocaine. Started again, I could still feel it. This time he told me to tell him when I could feel the shot. (Really, at this point, I couldn't feel anything, except one spot when he'd drill). He poked and injected, and then found the spot, the one last bastion of un-numb territory, After than, everything was fine. More drilling. Then the gooped on the plastic temporary filling, and I was free to go, for 3 weeks.
My crown will be a metal with porcelain overlay. The total before insurance comes to $900, my portion is $450. Not terrible, but bleh, I hate dental work.
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