I’m deviating from the normal real estate content, to mention a significant procedure I’ll be having tomorrow morning (Wednesday). The need for it goes back 22 years, when I was involved in a bicycle car accident. FYI, in such accidents, the bicycle always loses. That accident cost me the removal of 1 of my front teeth, shattered a second tooth, and blew out the posterior cruciate ligament in my left knee. The teeth were repaired via a bridge, which 22 years later isn’t as pretty as it once was. The shattered tooth had a root canal the day following that accident, and 22 years of a dead tooth has resulted in 50% bone loss in the tooth. Thus, the support for the bridge has fallen to the one remaining healthy tooth.
So tomorrow, I will have 2/3 of the bridge removed, the dead tooth will be extracted, and 2 new titanium dental implants will be screwed into my jaw bone. Blogging tomorrow will likely be non-existent. As will really any other fun activities. I was told it will be my job to take it easy and relax.
Because the 2 implants are adjacent teeth, the oral surgeon tells me it’s likely to take 12 weeks to heal. Subsequently, I will have new individual crowns placed over each implant, a new crown placed over the still healthy tooth that’s been supporting the bridge, and the transformation will be complete.
I doubt pictures will be made public…I can still remember my pictures from the accident, and it’s just not pretty looking at a toothless smile.
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I don’t envy you. Sorry to hear that you lost the battle with the car but that usually happens when massive amounts of steel and plastic ram into less steel and human bones and tissue. Good luck with everything.
Good luck on a speedy recovery. The world will miss your Words of Wisdom and Inspiration while you are away. But I think we can manage for one day. OK. Maybe 2 or 3. Get some well-deserved R&R while you recover.
FYI, the titanium screws are now installed…I’m on my way to the pharmacist now to get some pain meds.
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