Dentist Disaster
I've always taken pride in being able to take care of my teeth (I'm not into teeth whitening or anything silly like that). I took pride in knowing that I have strong teeth and gums. This pride resulted in me not thinking I needed to see a dentist, and so hadn't been to a dentist in 15 years. A year ago this changed because two of my wisdom teeth (I allowed all my wisdom teeth to grow in on their own) were causing serious trouble. Despite my best efforts, one wisdom tooth in particular became a very serious cavity. So, I finally went to the dentist for this to have it removed, along with another that was somewhat problematic. The visit a year ago (and subsequent visits) went well. I had the two wisdom teeth removed, and the dentist found just 3 cavities that didn't need crowns; just some fillings (the wisdom tooth was one of these 3 cavities). However, it was discovered that I have periodontol disease, which is a gum disease where gingivitis becomes severe enoug