Another Oral Ordeal: Cracked Tooth Part 3

Two weeks passed without much of an "teething" issue. Hoho. Once the dentist grinded off a large part of the broken tooth, the pain from the bite issue went away instantaneously. I was told to "eat normally". I did and with revenge, making up for the lost time. Lol. Hello to the weight loss that took like a week of suffering to go away but came back in a wink. Haiz. 

For the past 2 weeks, I have no issue to hot and cold food/ drinks. There was no pain even when I chew on it. I thought I am on the sure road of root canal and crowning. The only time that I feel "something" is during impact, like when I knock my head on the mat during sit-ups or when I rode over humps. It isn't pain but a sensation.

The dentist wasn't too pleased with my description though. I was invited back to the dentist chair. There was a couple of knocks and there was a slight pain but very bearable. Then he used this tool that is supposed to run an electric current through the tooth and a good tooth should feel pain. I think it look like this. 

The cracked tooth did feel a pain but only at something like 55 (duno what units). He tested it on a good tooth and I was reacting violently at 15. The pain on the good tooth was a lot more intense. 

The dentist cannot 100% diagnose if the tooth is fully dead. He is thus not sure if a crowning will work or should it be a root canal and crowning. Or maybe it is already cracked to the core and only an extraction (and implant) will work.

The conclusion? I was sent home again and this time, to try to eat normally for 2 months. I am of course to come back if the intense pain returns. Otherwise, to review again in 2 months' time and see if the tooth can be saved. 

I don't have much qualms about it, I am living in harmony with the metal banded mini cracked tooth for now. 

Mummy Lim