DENTAL INFECTION

 My dental saga continues. Now I know why the pain in my tooth subsided. It subsided because the root in my tooth has died. It is so much more complicated. The fever and pain I was feeling turned out to be the start of infection. I probably could have fought the infection but I started Orencia again a few weeks after I had the Covid Booster. That probably suppressed my immune system so much that the infection went crazy in my tooth. That caused the pain in my tooth/face and eventually the bump/swelling of my gum over the tooth. 

Today the dentist attempted to drill out the space around the root to allow the infection to drain. That proved to be impossible. Since I clench and grind my teeth excessively I have created calcification in my teeth. The drill can't seem to drill through it without destroying my whole tooth. The dentist built up my existing tooth but she had to stop drilling when she realized that she was getting no where.  I had 5 x-rays to see what was going on and was in the dentist chair for 2.5 hours. What was supposed to happen was that the drill was supposed to drill through to the space around the root canal and the infection would drain. Since that didn't happen, I have to start taking antibiotics to see if that works to kill the infection. Of course that also kills all sorts of other things in my body and will wreak havoc while my dentist and my primary doctor are both on vacation. 

I am supposed to call a dental specialist to see if that person will be able to use special tools to drill through the calcification or if he will have to remove the tooth. I am worried about doing anything until the infection is gone. I have to stay off Orencia in the meanwhile.

I took Lucky to get the bird food that I ordered yesterday and then we went for a short walk. 

I got back and started to clean up the kitchen to get ready for the dishwasher repair guy. Just as I got 1/2 through the repair company called to say the part didn't come in today and will come in tomorrow. The appointment was pushed back until Monday. She was super nice about it and I was happy to hear they could get a replacement part during Covid and it seems like it won't cost a fortune. 

Until tomorrow...