But it feels so big...
“My God, it’s huge!”
“Don’t be silly; it’s exactly the same size as the one next to it.”
“But it feels as though it’s about 4 times bigger than all the others.”
“That’s partly because your tongue works like a magnifying glass, making everything seem larger and more detailed, and partly because you’ve had a gap there for 3½ months so it will take a few days before it feels normal again.”
Finally I have my new tooth in place.
And I’m terrified it’s either going to loosen, crack, get knocked out or get into a scrap with one of the others and knock one of them out instead.
My dentist told me I’m not to use it for 24 hours to allow the cement to properly harden, but because of the disproportionate amount of space it’s taking up in my thoughts, if not my mouth, it feels a bit like being handed a new coat in the middle of the monsoon and being told not to get it wet for the first day.
The root is also feeling a little bruised from all the pushing, prodding and squeezing while the crown was pressed repeatedly into place, then withdrawn, modified by drilling minute amounts off, then thrust back in to be re-examined. Consequently, the slightest pressure on it makes me jump slightly.
Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely delighted with my new tooth. I’m just feeling a little fragile too.
What the new tooth LOOKS like
What the new tooth FEELS like
“Don’t be silly; it’s exactly the same size as the one next to it.”
“But it feels as though it’s about 4 times bigger than all the others.”
“That’s partly because your tongue works like a magnifying glass, making everything seem larger and more detailed, and partly because you’ve had a gap there for 3½ months so it will take a few days before it feels normal again.”
Finally I have my new tooth in place.
And I’m terrified it’s either going to loosen, crack, get knocked out or get into a scrap with one of the others and knock one of them out instead.
My dentist told me I’m not to use it for 24 hours to allow the cement to properly harden, but because of the disproportionate amount of space it’s taking up in my thoughts, if not my mouth, it feels a bit like being handed a new coat in the middle of the monsoon and being told not to get it wet for the first day.
The root is also feeling a little bruised from all the pushing, prodding and squeezing while the crown was pressed repeatedly into place, then withdrawn, modified by drilling minute amounts off, then thrust back in to be re-examined. Consequently, the slightest pressure on it makes me jump slightly.
Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely delighted with my new tooth. I’m just feeling a little fragile too.
What the new tooth LOOKS like
What the new tooth FEELS like
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