Dentist

Just got back from the dentist's office this afternoon.  It was my first visit with that dentist (and my first visit in about three years).  I have perfectly healthy teeth and gums!!  But, I have a pretty severe TMJ problem, just like my sister (only I'm taking care of mine sooner than she did, so hopefully I won't have the same problems and expenses as Ashley). 

No cleaning for this appointment, just x-rays and poking around.  I have an appointment in a couple of weeks to have my teeth cleaned and impressions made for a splint.  After the splint is fabricated, we'll see where my jaw WANTS to be, and not where my teeth are making it go.  Hopefully it doesn't move too far and I don't end up needing ortho work (again!).  Hopefully the splint will just fix everything and I won't even have to be referred to a TMJ specialist!

I had originally made an appointment to see a dentist because my jaw was giving me lots of problems.  Couldn't chew on the right side of my mouth without the left side of my jaw hurting, I think I was grinding my jaw during work (high stress right now, as my workload tripled a month ago), and possibly during sleep.  Also, I couldn't even bite down all the way - my molars wouldn't touch each other.  By the time I made it into the dentist today, that had gone away, but it's still sore, and I'm still getting headaches.  Hopefully we can put an end to it soon, and I think my dental insurance will cover most of this!

Not much else to say at this point.  Kinda nice to get off work after only five hours AND feel like I accomplished more today than I did yesterday in eight hours of work!

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