Dental Update: The patient is doing well

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First off, my husband was called into the dental office at 1 PM. When he still had not come out by 1:45 PM I got worried. Finally 2 PM he came out and was given instructions on eating, pain meds, etc. The oral surgeon said the tooth was fractured, which is why it had to come out. The only bad part was it came out in pieces, many pieces. The dentist said he got all but maybe 1 percent, which is so far deep in the gum it won't be an issue. We had to stop to get him a milk shake to coat his stomach in case he had to take a pain med which we also had to stop at the pharmacy for. That was a waste, as so far he has had no pain at all. He said he slept fine, no hurting, no indication of the work that was done. Now for the cost, which we assumed would be high due to our lousy dental insurance. Well, it turns out the insurance is lousy when it comes to my quarterly dental visits for gum cleaning, but they covered the whole cost of the extraction. All it cost us was $15 co-pay. That alone made it feel a lot less painful from the get-go! He still has to be careful not to chew on that side of his mouth, but other than that everything is normal and I hope it stays that way! Their office was beautiful and everyone was friendly, kind and helpful. Photo from Pixabay