Another Setback

Last night while I was eating, the chain came off again on the one tooth. The same tooth that gave me trouble a week ago. So I went back to the perio today to have it re-bonded. Well, he had a hard time attaching it again, so unfortunately, he ended up having to numb me again. Exactly like when I had the surgery the first time, only this time was one needle on the right side on the roof of my mouth instead of one on both sides. He may have cut a tiny bit or "shaved" the gum line a little bit. I'm not exactly sure. All I know is, I feel like I'm back at square one again with pain/soreness in my mouth again, like when I had the oral surgery. Only difference is, it's on one side and not both. But I went back to work anyway. Been miserable most of the day and taking Tylenol Extra Strength every 6 hours. Tomorrow, I'm not sure about going to work. It will depend on how I feel when I wake up. This really sucks!

I go back to the ortho on Tuesday.

Slight Minor Setback

I went to the ortho yesterday for my 2nd routine visit of pulling the next link in the chain for the canines. When they were working on the one on my right side, the chain popped off the tooth, unfortunately. So, they gave me another referral back to the periodontist to re-attach the chain. They were able to successfully pull the left canine using the next loop without anything popping off.

I was lucky enough to get an appointment for this morning. So I went in and he was able re-attach a new chain to the tooth. No cutting required. No numbing required. I was in and out in about 15 minutes. Now I have to go back to the ortho again tomorrow to re-attach the end of the chain to the archwire. Hopefully they can complete the pull this time.

This is turning into a saga. I don't want anything else to go wrong. I just want things to proceed smoothly with my lovely canines coming into place and getting married in less than a year.