Having a crown fitted

OMG I got myself so nervous and scared when it came to having an hour appointment at the dentist for a crown to be fitted. When she told me she was going to fit a crown I asked her if  it would hurt and she said yes, it can be painful. So, being naturally nervous and wary of dentists since knocking my top front teeth out as a pretender and going through a lit of painful dental restoration work then, you can imagine how I was feeling at this prospect. I have had teeth extracted (one of the joys of having fibromyalgia and ME is that your teeth and gums are affected and it is common for teeth to crumble and need extracting). I convinced myself in the end that whatever she needed to do it couldn't be worse than having a tooth extracted. The noises and pressure of that I find almost unbearable  but then I went onto Google this morning to see what the process of fitting a dental crown is exactly so I knew what to expect. It all told me a post would be fitted to my tooth and a top cemented on to that. I know that is what I have in my top front teeth. Several times when ai was younger the temporary crowns would fall out and the post was visible. I read that it woukd hurt at the time and afterwards too and got myself to anxious I nearly backed out altogether. But then my husband reasoned with me that I woukd just be delaying the inevitable. So I made the final decision to bite the bullet so to speak and get it done.

When I arrived there was a full waiting room so I had to hover out by the front door. Then a dental nurse told me they wouldn't be long and soon enough the dentist came out to get me. I told her how scared I was and asked if it was OK for me to put a podcast on in my earphones. She explained the process was very like having a filling, something I am sadly used to. 

She rubbed numbing gel on my gums, gave me two painful injections to make my even more numb and then put a filling on the tooth. Then the dreaded drill and suction combo came into play as she drilled and shaped the filling to allow for a crown to fit. All of that was ok. She caught a painful bit a few times but apologised and reacted when I let her know it hurt. 

Before I knew it she said it was all done!

Then the dental nurse who was also the scanning nurse used a really cool piece of technology to scan inside my mouth. I had a probe a bit like the crevice tool of a hoover inside my mouth and it made a fast clicking noise. It was taking thousands of phitis and creating a 3D image of my teeth and gums on the screen. When that was done they ordered the crown and made me an appointment to go back in a week. She then stuck a temporary crown in which was painless and quick.

Since then my gum has been sensitive in that area but she said that is perfectly normal. I haven't had any pain at all. Hopefully this will work and be a solution to my repeatedly lost fillings but only time will tell.