Category: Dental Mental
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The worst (but bloody crucial) part after getting my tooth extracted
After my intense tooth extraction procedure, it was 2 o’clock on March 16. Jon and I walked back home to avoid taking the bus. San Francisco had declared a state of emergency and shelter-in-place would take place in a matter of ten hours. Jon braved through the Walgreens-panic-buying-crowd to get me naproxen that was prescribed by…
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Does it hurt to extract a tooth that has undergone root canal treatment?
Last Sunday, Jon was worried that my tooth extraction procedure the following day was going to hurt. “It should be easy removing a dead tooth, no?” “What do you mean by ‘dead tooth’?” “I had two root canal treatments done to this molar, there should be no nerves in the tooth to feel pain anymore.”…
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