The unusual saga of the dental kind....

All of my freaking life, my teeth have given me hell.  To the point that I am afraid to travel at times, because of them. 

This week, the saga continued.  My back molar broke and I got it pulled. 

For the sake of venting, lets recap on the various disasters of my mouth.

*Childhood- Apparently sickness made me loose enamel during the development of my permanent teeth.

All of us were in pain, so why not try to look mean?

*2004- In Costa Rica, and 16 years old, and my front tooth got infected.  The infection got so bad I had to be taken to the hospital, where they drilled the tooth to drain it.  The kicker- they drilled without working anesthesia.  They had very basic anesthesia, but the infection was too far along for it to work.   I have never felt pain like this before in my life, and when she hit the nerve, I blacked out. But, afterwards, the pain was gone.

*2006-2009- The same tooth was crowned, and then the crown broke off,  So they took it out, and gave me a flipper.  Then finally, I was referred to a dentist in Beverly Hills, who gave me a discounted implant if I allowed him to use me a subject for teaching.  So I told him, by all means, teach away.  Best lesson: Beverly Hills sucks, and I got followed around the stores all the time, but I am grateful for the opportunity.

Just one more time... Vermont sucks.

*2013- New Hampshire, in the middle of nowhere, similar pain to Costa Rica.  I knew it was infection.  I found a dentist, who wanted to take a week to work it out, and who ended up kicking me out because I literally asked too many questions.  They called my camp to complain that I was rude when they extended me their hospitality and insisted on asking questions regarding cost and procedures instead of letting them just start the work.  I hate Vermont.  I did end up at another more compassionate place, who drained the infection for me and helped me out- Not in Vermont.  Suck it Vermont.

*2013-2014- Fontana, A specialized procedure had to be done to complete what had been started in New Hampshire.

*2014- This.