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This is a cautionary tale. On Monday evening I prepared myself a salad in which I put some Kalmata Olives. As I was eating said Salad I bit down on one of the olives and heard a crack followed by pain in one of my teeth. I had fractured a tooth, the crack went vertically down below the gum line, splitting a quarter of the tooth off from the rest. So I knew it was a bad fracture. Three Ibufrophen tablets at a time kept the pain at bay until the next mornining when I was able to see the Dentist (BTW: It is Elvis's Dentist).

The Dentist took an X-ray which didn't show anything. The Dentist took one look at the tooth and said, "This is not a good canidate for root canal/crown. There isn't enough area for a crown to be attached and it will probably fail." So he recommended an Oral Surgeon to take out the tooth...I'm crying here.... So yesterday afternoon off to the Oral Surgeon I go. I asked him for a second opinion before he started...After looking at the tooth he said, "The crack goes below the gum line and the tooth won't have enough area to hold a crown. It's basically a no brainer."

So he shot me up with Novicaine and waited the few minutes to let everything become numb. Then he commenced with the pliers, hammer, chisel and drill. I closed my eyes and started praying for this ordeal to be over. A half hour later he is still at it cursing, putting his knee on my chest and screaming, "come on outa there U little B@$tArd." By this time I'm regretting not spending the extra money for the gas.....I can hear the cracking of the tooth, the smell of burnt tooth enamel and the taste of blood going down my throat. Finially as I am about to pass out, he finishs his work. Afterwards he told me that was the hardest tooth he ever had to take out..it was cemented in there....So I drove homewards with blood dripping from my lips and chin, had to stop and get the pain pills which I knew I was going to need as soon as my face stopped feeling numb. By the time I got home the pain was starting to set in, so I immediately took one of the pills and half an hour later was so zoned i could hardly get up.... It was about then that I just passed out.

Yep it's still mornining as I write this...I feel completely hung over, my outh is sore, and there still is some bleeding ...I havn't eaten a thing since Monday night and every time I take a drink of water some blood goes down with it...YEECH....I'm sooo Depressed...

AND ALL OF THIS OVER A FKING OLIVE.....