Bye bye, #19
I had my tooth pulled today, and I have to say I was absolutely right in thinking #19 wasn't going to be a clean extraction. I heard the dentist say, "Aah!" at least 3 times. And he didn't say that in the enlightened/delighted sort of way, either. He said it like he saw a cockroach. In my mouth. The roots were so brittle that it literally shattered each time he tried to wiggle it out. He had to drill it in half, and then he had to drill the bone to get the rest of it. There were 3 roots to the tooth, which is apparently rare and could possibly explain why the 2 root canals failed. Woo? Three's a lucky number. You know, three surgeries on the tooth, three crown replacements, three roots. Maybe I'll heal faster with this luck(?) on my side.