After the permanent crown was put on my tooth, my bite became uneven. Frustration settled in and I found myself to feel as if I was a my moody teenager self once again. What if this feeling of uneveness and discomfort linger for the rest of my life? What if the next step is to get the surgery, the one that my orthodontist recommended me to have over a decade ago? I am okay with doing whatever it takes to remove the discomfort but the risk was just something my mind could not accept-- nerve damage was one of them according to my current dentist.
These are the thoughts that have been on my mind since last Thursday and they began to dissipate by Sunday of last week and I am very glad these negative thoughts are disappearing.
My dentist said normally my teeth will position themselves in a way where my body and mind get use to the new bite. I didn't believe him because for one, the thought of the discomfort from the uneven alignment was very unbearable and very disappointing. Let's just say it was not pleasant to go through all the root canal retreatment and then having to get anesthesia injections for the placement of the temporary crown before the permanent crown was put on and then having to hear from your doctor that you might feel some discomfort from these procedure: the only word that perfectly describe this entire experience was pain. We all want good result from an experience and especially from a medical procedure and when this does not happen, it can throw us off a bit. The endodontist prescribed me pain medications for several days and yes, the pain stayed for more than two days to be exact after the root canal retreatment.
Today I am glad all the hard parts are over and done with and I feel more confident that my teeth will settle and position themselves in a place where my comfort level will normalize and I will not feel the discomfort such as when I first had the temporary crown put on.
One of the lessons I learn from this experience is the body adapt to whatever it confronts. There are many parts to the body: we have the mind/brain, we have the limbs, the organs, the cells, etc. However when we mention the word adaptation, it usually referring to the mind. It's how the mind handles the situation and how it wants to put it in perspective. The key fact to remember is the body adapts with time. Time and the act of adaption is correlated and when we believe this, we give ourselves some peace of mind when life gives us lemons.
These are the thoughts that have been on my mind since last Thursday and they began to dissipate by Sunday of last week and I am very glad these negative thoughts are disappearing.
My dentist said normally my teeth will position themselves in a way where my body and mind get use to the new bite. I didn't believe him because for one, the thought of the discomfort from the uneven alignment was very unbearable and very disappointing. Let's just say it was not pleasant to go through all the root canal retreatment and then having to get anesthesia injections for the placement of the temporary crown before the permanent crown was put on and then having to hear from your doctor that you might feel some discomfort from these procedure: the only word that perfectly describe this entire experience was pain. We all want good result from an experience and especially from a medical procedure and when this does not happen, it can throw us off a bit. The endodontist prescribed me pain medications for several days and yes, the pain stayed for more than two days to be exact after the root canal retreatment.
Today I am glad all the hard parts are over and done with and I feel more confident that my teeth will settle and position themselves in a place where my comfort level will normalize and I will not feel the discomfort such as when I first had the temporary crown put on.
One of the lessons I learn from this experience is the body adapt to whatever it confronts. There are many parts to the body: we have the mind/brain, we have the limbs, the organs, the cells, etc. However when we mention the word adaptation, it usually referring to the mind. It's how the mind handles the situation and how it wants to put it in perspective. The key fact to remember is the body adapts with time. Time and the act of adaption is correlated and when we believe this, we give ourselves some peace of mind when life gives us lemons.
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