Oral Overhaul

So...I had really been a slacker and not gone to the dentist in 5 years. (I know, I've learned I won't do it again!)

I had a slough of things done, which, I'll shortly mention. When I was 17, I was at the neighbors house, quilting a quilt with a church group. I bit the needle as it got stuck in the fabric, I bit it to pull it out. That in turn, chipped the inside corner of my front tooth. OF ALL THINGS!! Which when it chipped, it hit a nerve line, dead on, and literally killed my front tooth. Over the years, I had the chip fixed, and re-fixed because the procelain would chip off somehow, someway. Anyway, overtime, it started to lose it's color becuase it was dead. I had all these things done to it and so on, but it helped only so much....And, ontop of it, my mom had been nagging me for years. She'd always say, "You're so pretty Heidi, you just need to get that fixed".

So, she set up an appointment with a dentist near her, so I can leave my kids with her while I sat in a chair for 5 hours (LITERALLY!) with drills and other fun things. After all the main things were done, they "re-constructed" my front tooth again. It's a nice false one now, woohoo. I had my teeth bleached too, that's still setting in, but...it's a big improvement, and I've yet to hear a bad thing, so hey!


Here is before..


After

The "Shocking" is going away. When you bleach your teeth, it causes an electric shock feelin in your jaw, like lightning and then your mouth waters. On the way home from the dentist, I was in alot of pain with multiple strikes. It has eased up since, and they are less intense, YAY! It may not sound that bad, but when it doesn't stop for a long period of time, ouch! The dentist gave me these gel retainer things to wear which were supposed to reduce the amount of shocks I got, but I don't think they worked that good, oh well. And, my front gums are healing up faster than I anticipated. Looked like someone punched me, for a few days it was black and purple. Glad that's over!