Jenn's Blog

So...I've had a blister on my gum for a couple of months now. I've never had problem with any of my front teeth, and the blister was there when I went to my last check-up and everything seemed fine. But I kept hearing bad stories of people with blisters on their gums so I called yesterday and they got me right in.

The dentist took an x-ray and saw a large infection. He said they would need to do a root canal. He thinks that I must have hit that tooth at some point and the tooth died and then bacteria was able to get in there and that's what has caused the infection. They had a hard time getting me numb enough because both nerve canals cross at that area. Also, the infection was making it hard to numb up. Then, as he was working on the tooth, he decided the infection wouldn't clear upon it's own and needed to be surgically cleaned out. That was traumatic for me. I was fighting back tears at points. They had to flay open my gums and scrap away the infection. I'd lost so much bone that he then needed to do a bone graft. The costs just kept mounting. He told me I'm very lucky that I got in when I did or I would have lost that tooth.

I finally got out of there after 4 hours. I'm in an immense amount of pain and can't open my mouth or talk or eat. They gave me some penicillin at the office and I have a prescription waiting for me at Walgreens.

I was prepared for the root canal. I was not prepared for the surgery and the bone graft. Or the pain I'm in. I'm trying to just focus on the positives such as modern medicine and the fact that I went in when I did and the blessing of getting this all DONE and over with!

So let this be a lesson to you; if you EVER have a blister or "gum pimple" get in to see your dentist ASAP!!