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Originally Posted by celstu1  I could have sworn she told me to only floss once a day... bc of recession.
Oh man I let the hygienist use a water pic on me once. OUCH!!!! Never again!!!! Oh it was terrible. I was bleeding the rest of the day. It was horrible. I'm sorry! Maybe Im just used to the floss or something.
My broken tooth did not hurt at all.... weird huh? I mean I was shocked when I bit down on an animal cracker and it just broke. I went to the dentist and they blew air on it and everything and nothing hurt. Even they were shocked. Usually it hurts because you expose the root to air and it's very sensitive. When they pulled my tooth, it hurt like anything though for WEEKS afterwards. The pulling of it, they put me under, so I didn't feel it, but my whole face felt like I was punched hard, it bruised up around my jaw. They then packed it with bone graft material and for weeks particles would fall out and I would crunch down on them. The implant didn't even hurt at all either. They prescribed me some valium, I took 2 then went there... I felt completely fine with that and Novocaine. When it was over I said to my fiance (who went with me and waited) Wow, that was fast... like 10 minutes and it was done! He was like 'uuuumm... no... more like 90 mins!' I guess Valium makes time seem to disappear so you are not traumatized. It makes your memory kind of skip time ... cool huh? I never knew that. |
Oh man I need some valium after reading your post! The water pic shouldn't hurt, mine has various settings, but even full blast it doesn't hurt. I'm wondering if you were bleeding because your gums aren't tough enough? I mean they say if when you floss you bleed, you need to floss more often to toughen up your gums, maybe the pic got places floss doesn’t? I heard that you should floss after every meal, or every time you eat. Maybe a dental hygienist will see the thread. I’m so surprised your cracked tooth didn’t hurt, I’ve heard the pain can be excruciating. I hope I never have to through that and your description of the pulling and aftermath . . . yikes.