Thank goodness we live in a day and time where tooth extraction is really no big 'woo'. Of course this particular process is the end of the road for whatever teeth are facing it, but I can't help but be thankful that My extractions are taking place in 2010 and not in, let's say 1894. Yikes! That gives me the 'he-be-gee-bees'.
My mind then runs through the 'shoulda, coulda, woulda' scenario, but there's really no point to that one, except to improve your part going forward. Let's face in, major dental work usually requires taking out a small loan, and after a certain point, whether it's a string of root canals and crowns or fixed bridges is really, mostly mute, except that the latter is still cheaper than the former by a fairly significant margin. It's really quite simple. If you have the money, you do the former, if the particular teeth Can be saved. If you do not, you do the latter, or have implants put in which is a really costly process of $3-4 K per tooth. There are schools of thought in the Natural Health Care Community (such as Dr. Joseph Mercola and others) that posit that if a tooth is 'dead' (like teeth that undergo root canals) that it or they should be removed from the body. They say that bridges are the best route as they also purport that the metal posts needed for 'implants' are not good for the body's electro-magnetic field. I am in agreement with that. It just makes sense to me, and lucky for me I cannot afford those anyway.
I said all this just to say that my 3 extractions are spaced 5 days apart, which I am really thankful for. I have had one already, and the other two will be taking place on the same day 5 days from now. This is most helpful as they are on the opposite side of my mouth as the one that has already happened. This is a matter of eating convenience as to have all three done simultaneously would almost certainly assure the need for an almost liquid diet for about five days straight which I would not be too excited about to say the least, besides the issue of pain management, which happens to be a fairly good sized issue.
Here's to the wonder of modern dentistry and prosthetic medicine. :-)
My mind then runs through the 'shoulda, coulda, woulda' scenario, but there's really no point to that one, except to improve your part going forward. Let's face in, major dental work usually requires taking out a small loan, and after a certain point, whether it's a string of root canals and crowns or fixed bridges is really, mostly mute, except that the latter is still cheaper than the former by a fairly significant margin. It's really quite simple. If you have the money, you do the former, if the particular teeth Can be saved. If you do not, you do the latter, or have implants put in which is a really costly process of $3-4 K per tooth. There are schools of thought in the Natural Health Care Community (such as Dr. Joseph Mercola and others) that posit that if a tooth is 'dead' (like teeth that undergo root canals) that it or they should be removed from the body. They say that bridges are the best route as they also purport that the metal posts needed for 'implants' are not good for the body's electro-magnetic field. I am in agreement with that. It just makes sense to me, and lucky for me I cannot afford those anyway.
I said all this just to say that my 3 extractions are spaced 5 days apart, which I am really thankful for. I have had one already, and the other two will be taking place on the same day 5 days from now. This is most helpful as they are on the opposite side of my mouth as the one that has already happened. This is a matter of eating convenience as to have all three done simultaneously would almost certainly assure the need for an almost liquid diet for about five days straight which I would not be too excited about to say the least, besides the issue of pain management, which happens to be a fairly good sized issue.
Here's to the wonder of modern dentistry and prosthetic medicine. :-)
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