[richlevy]

I had one of my front teeth extracted today. It was about 4 teeth back on the right. It broke a few weeks ago, but I scheduled the extraction for after the Las Vegas trip to avoid the risk of being in pain on vacation.

I took the day off today and I'm glad I did. I only slept about 5 hours last night, waking up at 5:30 instead of 7:00 for my 8:00 appointment.

The extraction went pretty well, except that they wanted to use human bone to start the rebuilding of the socket, instead of cow or synthetic. I told them that for some reason I just found this a bit creepy, even though I would have accepted a donated organ. They didn't have any cow bone so they used the human bone. The bone is highly sterilized powder that is pretty much all calcium and is there as a substrate. The body will absorb and replace it.

After the procedure I was told that I might find some bone grit in my mouth in the next few days since they overpack the hole.

I guess that makes me a Fine Young Cannibal


The dentist recommended 3 Advil and 2 Extra Strength Tylenol to soften the blow as I come off the anesthetic. I picked up the antibiotic prescription and the generic ibuprofen and went home and crashed. 5 hours after the procedure I have a low grade ache in my jaw and sinuses.