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Busy week ahead. Tonight’s a final in theology, my least favorite class in a long time. Tomorrow night I have the option of taking a final in psychology, but I’m skipping it because the prof is dropping our lowest individual test score and because I have 78/80 on every single test so far (which is [...]

Last night was the next chapter of the Tale of Tooth Twelve: Post and Filling. After the excavation, the dentist left a temporary filling over the gaping hole. I managed to crack this temp filling on Tuesday night while eating a granola bar (damned delicious almonds), revealing the rubbery plug providing support underneath the filling. [...]

Round 1A of the ol’ root canal was Tuesday evening. This particular round is best described as “excavation”. My upper-left quadrant was numbed, and a dental dam was stuck around the affected tooth to isolate it from my tongue and saliva. The dentist and his assistant worked to scrape out any infected tissue from the [...]

OK, so yes, I am posting more on my ongoing dental saga. It’s a notable situation in my life at the moment, though, so tough cookies. Last night was the initial wave of treatment on #12. After a very bitter topical anesthetic and some injected lidocaine the dentist and his assistant got to work scouring [...]

Had my big cleaning appointment at the dentist’s yesterday. Happily, the hygenist was able to round off the sharp bit of the one broken tooth, so my tongue is now on the road to recovery without the assistance of candle wax. I got some super-fluoridated prescription toothpaste and mouthwash out of the visit. Extra fluoride [...]