Today was my appointment to get my permanent bridge installed. I arrived at 2:30 and sat in the waiting room for a while, then they brought me back. The dentist was finishing up with another patient, so I took a short nap, then he was ready for me. They numbed me up with novocaine. Again, this hurt, because they really had to get it deep. It almost felt like the needle was going to come out my nose.
Removing the temporary bridge was easier than I expected. He simply clamped on to it with these needle nose things. Forceps? Wiggled it, and it came out, and went sailing across the floor. He fit the new bridge in. Then he pulled it out to make slight adjustments to it. After a while, he put it in, and gave me a mirror. I looked at it, and found it didn’t quite match the color of my natural teeth. It was bit more yellow. He looked, and agreed. I am wondering now, why he didn’t notice this himself before he had me look at it. Maybe he thought I would accept it?
Anyway, he reinstalled the temporary bridge which had broken. But he managed to fix it. I have the permanent bridge in a box out in my car. I am going to call and make an appointment with the lab that made the permanent bridge. They should be able to fix it to more accurately match the tetracycline stained color of my natural teeth. Hopefully they can do it tomorrow.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on May 27th, 2009 | No Comments