The extraction is scheduled for Thursday

[conuly]

Of course, now that my tooth is feeling better, I don't want to go through with it at all.

I mean, I still will. The dentist had perfectly good reasons for that recommendation, and I had perfectly good reasons for agreeing, reasons which haven't gone away just because the pain has. If it has to be yanked sooner or later, I may as well get it done sooner and ultimately save myself a lot of angst and also money.

But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it!

What's really funny is I'm pretty sure I've never had a cavity in my life. Maybe in a baby tooth, but I don't really think so. Even this tooth - no cavities. It's wedged in there, with just enough of a gap between it and the wisdom tooth to allow food to collect, which is why the gum gets infected there so often and why the tooth really does have to go... but cavities are not a problem I've had, knock on wood.

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[conuly]

I can *ask*, but honestly, the gap is... I'm not entirely sure that's really the way to go. It's small enough to be annoying, big enough to... be annoying.