fucking ow

[pauraque_bk]

Still working the toothache remedies, and also got the dentist to score me some vicodin. I wonder why tooth pain gets so blindingly intense... what's the evolutionary value there? In the absence of modern dentistry wouldn't it just be a source of disabling pain for tons of the population? All the time in egyptology you hear about mummies with severely decayed and abcessed teeth (partly because of the environment; sand would get in their food and cause dental wear and tear), which boggles my mind. I'd rather have them all pulled out than that, though the prospect of having damaged teeth extracted without anesthesia is a bit daunting.

Maybe proximity to the face/brain/"self" makes it seem worse than it is? I don't know. God fucking damn it though.

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[thimble-kiss.livejournal.com]

{{{Hugs}}} I'm sorry that you have to wait that long for the appointment!

It's traumatising to contemplate life without modern dentistry and anaesthesia. That scene in Castaway with Tom Hanks still makes my stomach churn to think of it. D: God save the dentists.

[pauraque]

The reason is that the tooth is very close to the sinus cavity, which meant the regular dentist couldn't extract it on the spot; I have to wait for an appointment with the oral surgeon.

I haven't seen Castaway and now I probably won't! Thanks for the warning. :|

I love dentists too, luckily I've never had a bad experience with one, just with waiting for one!