So....the Dental Health Queen had her first toothache...EVER... starting on Thursday. Friday it was fine. Saturday at it's worst....nothing on Sunday, Monday or today. But I called the dentist yesterday knowing the tooth shouldn't hurt at all and went in today.

It's a filled molar and my first indication that something was wrong was pain when I ate ice cream. The dentist said, when he looked at the x-ray that he first thought it was my sinus because it's sitting right on top of the roots of my teeth....but when I said ice cream set it off, he said he'd bet money it's cracked.

Not what I wanted to hear.

The filling was a little ragged, so he fixed that. I'd like to think that will fix it, even though no decay showed up on the x-ray. I can hope, can't I?

As he's refilling my tooth, with his head buried in my mouth....he's shaking his head.

As soon as I could talk I said, "Ya' know....you shouldn't do that.....look in a person's mouth and shake your head. Not good!" I was half-kidding, half-serious.

And he says, "I thought as soon as I did that, that I shouldn't have."

I told him, that's worse than a mechanic or appliance repairman saying, "Oh geez....this isn't good, etc., etc.", because it's TEETH!

The dentist is a friend, so I can 'yell' at him like that.....but he really shouldn't DO that!

So, he says we play it by ear at this point. It will do what it's going to do. If it becomes bothersome the first route is root canal and crown (I've never had a root canal before!!) and if that doesn't work...worst case scenario....removal and implant or bridge. Dear God....that was like a knife to the gut. The thought of this happening to my treasured teeth just freaks me the hell out!!!!!

So, then...making me feel even better (note sarcasm.....), he says, "I'll be here tomorrow, Friday and Saturday morning."

"Do you expect me to have problems that quickly???"

"You could......or you couldn't...."

He's says it's not behaving like a typical cracked tooth, but the reaction to cold still makes him 'know' it's a cracked tooth.

I'm out to prove him wrong and blame it on my sinuses.