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Brain and brain--what is brain?
Sep. 13th, 2013 08:20 pmMigraine today, which is now fading only to be replaced by a flare-up of the impacted wisdom tooth. This involves an ache in the joint and a faint pulsing in the back left corner of my lower jaw that builds and then recedes over the course of an evening.
I'm tempted to name that tooth as it's going to be my companion for a long while, lodged at an angle that made the dentist blanch and step back almost to the doorway of the exam room when the x-ray went up. I left with a consult for an oral surgeon and a warning that an extraction of that nature would require an OR.
Its enormous. Its sidled up against it's neighbor. Its roots are bulbous and either straddle or cross the nerve channel that carries sensation for my chin, lower lip and half my tongue. Its locked under the bone. It takes up a respectable percentage of the corner of my mandible like a keystone. Upon research, my best bet is to leave it the fuck alone unless it shifts tectonically, and take aspirin for the occasional grumbling. If I ever need it out, the first step will be a dental 3D CT scan and a possible maxillofacial consult because that sucker might just break my jaw.
As we are symmetrical creatures and the top wisdom teeth were equally ginormous, I'm sure it has a sister on my right, but there hasn't been a peep from that quarter.
I'm tempted to name that tooth as it's going to be my companion for a long while, lodged at an angle that made the dentist blanch and step back almost to the doorway of the exam room when the x-ray went up. I left with a consult for an oral surgeon and a warning that an extraction of that nature would require an OR.
Its enormous. Its sidled up against it's neighbor. Its roots are bulbous and either straddle or cross the nerve channel that carries sensation for my chin, lower lip and half my tongue. Its locked under the bone. It takes up a respectable percentage of the corner of my mandible like a keystone. Upon research, my best bet is to leave it the fuck alone unless it shifts tectonically, and take aspirin for the occasional grumbling. If I ever need it out, the first step will be a dental 3D CT scan and a possible maxillofacial consult because that sucker might just break my jaw.
As we are symmetrical creatures and the top wisdom teeth were equally ginormous, I'm sure it has a sister on my right, but there hasn't been a peep from that quarter.
