I am so grumpy about how this whole process has turned out, I don't even have any photos from the past two visits to the dentist.
Okay, so to recap. In NOVEMBER, I started this process. When we started, I was told I needed a root canal, so I got a root canal.
I went back a few days later to get fitted for a crown at the beginning of DECEMBER.
Three weeks (more like four) later, I went in for what should have been the final appointment - to get the final crown installed. It didn't fit. So, I had to make another casting, wait three weeks and come back.
Because of life, I had to wait another MONTH to come back in.
At the end of January, I came back in, hoping that THIS time, the crown would fit.
It was the same thing.
The crown didn't FIT!!! How the hell can it not FIT! Dr. S was beyond pissed this time. I think he was ready to pull a me and throw something across the room! Luckily, he didn't try to waste time with more drilling, filing or fitting. He knew it was wrong, he was pissed it was wrong and just decided to have it remade. Again.
Luckily, my temporary wasn't cracked (like last time), so Cassie was able to put it back on.
I was given an appointment to come back on February 24th (another almost MONTH!), so here I am today.
And now I'm pissed.
Apparently, Dr. S is no longer a dentist here. He left me - my awesome dentist with the bad jokes and cool attitude has left me.
I'm stuck with Dr. H, an older lady with a cool Indian accent and no chair-side manner to speak of.
And to add insult to injury, Cassie isn't here today, so I'm also stuck with a different dental tech, who doesn't quite understand what "gentle touch" means. I mean, I shouldn't feel pain on a tooth that has no roots, but she's still causing pain! She pulled off my temporary like she was yanking a cup out of a dispenser. Hello?! There's a person under here!!! Chill out a bit.
Once my temporary was off, she started trying to fit the crown, and again, it wasn't going where it needed to go. She began to vocally complain about my gums being in the way. Now, I know that's it's stupid, but it's probably a good idea not to complain about someones body parts WHILE that person is sitting in your chair. I can't control my gums from REGROWING after I was laser-troughed TWO months ago! If your lab hadn't fucked up, we wouldn't be here today.
So, without telling me what the hell is going on (I mean, seriously, this woman was treating me like a mouth instead of a person), she left to talk to Dr. H. Upon her return, she began shoving something in my mouth, up in my gums! And, of course, I can't ask, because she's got her hands in my freakin' mouth!
Once she was done, though, I asked her what she was doing, and, after sighing like I was asking to borrow $100, she told me that she was "packing my gums." No other info after that, you know, like why she was doing it. (I Googled it when I got home, and it's to create better margins for the crown. Further Googling told me that the margin is where the crown meets the tooth. Sure would've been nice if she explained that to me!).
After packing my gums, she tried again to seat the crown, and it fit better, so she called in Dr. H and they cemented my crown on, then removed the packing. They checked my bite, said it looked good and told me to have a nice day.
Basically, this was the shittiest visit out of the whole damn production. I should have been happy that I finally got my crown finished, but I felt like my "team" had abandoned me, and I was pissed about the crappy way I was treated.
Once I was done, I just paid my bill ($5 for the office visit, since I paid the big $515 back in November) and got the hell out of there. I just wanted to put this horrible experience behind me, pay off my smoking Care Credit credit card bill, and avoid any more dental visits for a while.
At least I finally have my damn crown!
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