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Dentistry annoys me.

So I’m having problems with a tooth.  I have two teeth that are interfering with each other somewhat, and one of them has to come out. 

But my dentist can’t do that, I have to go to an oral surgeon. 

So I make an appointment with the oral surgeon, and we decide that yes, the tooth has to come out and that I’ll have to have a temporary tooth made until we decide what to do with the other tooth.  But the oral surgeon can’t do that, I have to go back to my dentist.

So I go back to the dentist and have an impression made of my mouth for the temporary tooth and go back to the oral surgeon.

“But what about the second tooth?  Are you going to move it or extract it?” Well, as it turns out, the oral surgeon can’t make that kind of decision, I have to go to an orthodontist. 

Now, if the orthodontist decides that the second tooth can be moved, he’ll do that.  If it needs to come out?  Back to the oral surgeon, the orthodontist doesn’t pull teeth.  If it needs a bridge?  Go back to the oral surgeon who will prepare the teeth, back to the dentist for another impression, get the bridge and actually install it.  Unless I get an implant, which the oral surgeon can do. 

I’m so confused.  I’ve been trying to get something done about this tooth since the 23rd of September and I just want it all over with. 

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