A little progress…
Posted by Sean on September 9, 2008
I had another tooth extracted today. My dentist and I discussed my options about what’s going to happen to my mouth since I’ve so many teeth missing. We decided that I’ll be getting a full upper denture and a partial lower denture. Since all of my upper teeth are bad, they’ll all be removed as well as all of the root tips left over from teeth that have broken and/or decayed and are no longer there. For all the work and associated items, it’ll run about $4200 for the upper denture (we didn’t discuss the lower partial).
I had the forethought to use a sick day from work, so the Percoset (narcotic) is settling in. I think I’m going to go lay down now and relax, perhaps sleep. The extraction itself was short and painless thanks to Novicane, but man, all the pressure and swelling from the pushing and pulling is setting in.
