Recent Posts Tagged With 'crown'

• Crowns, cleanings, and crappy insurance

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 16:26 in insurance, cleaning, crown, root canal, xrays

  I got my third permanent crown this morning. He had to test fit it several times to get it the right depth (even my teeth are short!), but all in all it went pretty quickly. No shots, no drill, no problem. Next came a full set of xrays -- uncomfor...

• Crown and carnival

  Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 14:50 in sleep, tired, freezing, carnivals, crown, root canal

  I went to the dentist today to start work on the crown on the tooth I had a root canal in. It wasn't too bad, except for the nasty taste of the pre-numbing medicine, and the shot to deaden my palate. The main problem was the temperature --- it was ...

• Root Canal Day

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 23:38 in ouch, crown, root canal, rubber raincoat

  Today I had my root canal, and it was a lot easier than I expected. In fact, in some respects it was easier than having a tooth filled. The doc didn't start til I was well numbed, even though he had to wait a bit to give me a second shot. And beca...

• I went to the dentist, and the verdict is . . . . .

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 19:05 in teeth, dentist, allergy, penicillin, crown, root canal

  A root canal, another crown, an infection, and possibly another root canal. :o( He prescribed vicodin and double doses of penicillin (which I haven't had in about 20 years) to stomp out the infection fast.Unfortunately, I've got a sneaky suspicion ...