Teeth

I stayed up all night Monday night.
Not by choice, but by the massive amount of pain that formed itself in the right side of my mouth.
It started at midnight, and, well, hasn't really ended yet.

I stayed up all night, and called the dentist at 8 a.m. Tuesday. I skipped my classes, because there was no way I could go. The whole reason I was up all night was... anytime I went 2 or more minutes without a piece of ice touching my gums, the pain would return. It was excruchiating. Easily the worse pain I have been in my whole entire life. Seriously.

The pain was so bad that I couldn't tell the nurse if it was coming from the top or the bottom set of teeth. I seriously did not know.

It turns out, a tooth on the top right side of my mouth was absessed. The dentist gave me two shots, which actually worsed the pain by 10 fold for about ten minutes. Then, it all went numb, mostly. He cut open my tooth, filled it with antibiotic, and then filled it back up. He prescribed me an antibiotic and a pain killer to take until Tuesday, when i am scheduled for a root canal.

He also gave me his phone number, because he wasn't quite sure, but had a feeling that there could be an absess on the bottom tooth, which would be why I couldn't decide where the pain was coming from, but he couldn't do anything to the bottom tooth on the same day he did something to the top... something about not being able to numb the top and bottom parts of my mouth at the same time.

Well, the pain is back. It's not nearly as bad as before, and I definently can sleep with it, and since I was exhausted yesterday, I had no trouble sleeping with it last night. The pain is now similar to that of teething pain. Just irritating, rather than throbbing.

The pain I have now is located in a tooth on the bottom. I don't know if he can do anything about the bottom tooth before the root canal on the top, but I plan on calling him in the morning and asking. It's bothering me, and the pain killers make me feel funny. I have a hard time doing my homework, or even staying awake in class. I'm so ready for this to be over.

And, it makes me feel bad about my teeth. I take care of them, seriously.
BUT, the dentist did comment on how well kept my teeth were, and really white. They both asked me if I whiten my teeth, and I said no. I just take care of them. He said that the infections could stem from sinus problems. Phew. What a relief.