Million Dollar Baby

So I learned about a new weather phenomena yesterday- it's called Freezing Fog. It's really thick fog, that is so cold, it freezes on stuff too- but heavier than a frost. It was really quite interesting. And I got to drive all the way to Indianapolis in it- joy of all joys! :) That's right, I was back to the Gomester yesterday to get my stitches out.

The Modest Accomodations
When I arrived at my appointment yesterday I was a bit surprised when I walked in and there was no one around. No one- no other patients, no office staff to welcome you. I am pretty sure I have seen a horror movie or 2 that began that way- it's amazing how many different thoughts of what is going to happen can go through your head in a split second. But finally, dental assitant Tiana appears. She tells me to have a seat and they will be with me. OK. Finally she comes out and says they are ready for me. There's no one else in the whole place- did I mention my appt was at 10 am? Well anyway, turns out that the other perio in the office doesn't work on Wednesdays, so its just Gomester and Tiana. So, I am literally in the chair for 2 minutes- long enough for him to snip two strings and pull the stitches out and then its time to go! Gomes says he'd like to get a x-ray in a couple months to see how its doing. I naively ask if that means I'm done with him (thinking Mazur can take an x-ray and send it). But no. He wants me to drive down there for him to look at it and take the x-ray so we know if its good to go to hold a permanent tooth or not. OK. Fine. So I will go back at the end of April. Fine. He did mention that it is looking good- actually better than he thought it would. ( I think that's supposed to make me feel good??) Tiana schedules my appointment with her very helpful demeanor ( i think her statement was something of " you just need to pick a time and I'll see if its open" but not in a friendly way. :) )

The Real Verdict
So today I went back to Mazur so they could see how far off it was from the suggested stent placment. Mazur was actually pleasantly surprised too! Says it looks pretty good. So he went ahead and took an x-ray to see how it looked with bone around it, etc. Well... turns out we have a bit of an angle going again. No kidding. BUT- it doesn't look as bad as it was before- so that's good. We even pulled out the old x-ray to see how it compared. So Mazur thinks we will get this looking pretty good. All for a cost though. :) But I knew that before, so here's what we will do. So basically, to make this all work right and have the most natural looking tooth, here is what's to come: We will have to bleach my teeth to get them to the best looking quality to match the crown and veneer and make it look real. (And to do this, we will have to do more impressions- I should have known. :) ) Then of course, there is the crown itself. We are in the aesthetic region- so we want it to look good and not have any shadowy gray. So, there's an option of something called a P2Z. Which is Porcelain to Zirconia. Isn't that similar to diamonds? :) it just sounds expensive- but it's supposed to look really good. Then we will create the veneer to even out the space between the teeth and then we will do a bit of tissue trimming to make sure its all even and viola! All done. :) I really am going to add up the amount this tooth has cost me when we are all done. It still seems like a long haul to get this all finished- so in the end I might be feeling like the million dollar baby and wanting you all to kill me too. :)

For now, still taking it all in stride. I'll go back to Mazur the beginning of April for the bleaching impressions and we will figure out what to do from there. :) It sounds like once we get that going, we will be rolling! So wish me luck! Check back in a month for details!

until then... keep smilin :)