[john70t]

Tooth/mouth pain is no joke. The path to the brain is very short.

A few decades ago I had my wisdom teeth removed, and woke up up as they were yanking the last. One shrugged, looked at the other, and said "I guess we are done". I tried to tell them to get all the roots and chips but couldn't.

The reason I woke up was because there was no attending anestesiologist. They are allowed by AMA rules to attend/bill multiple concurrent surgeries, and mine apparantly had written a perscription for some nurse to monitor and gone to lunch. Greedy, lazy doctors.

-I got a jaw abcess soon after that, and when he punched through my jaw with an industrial-strength needle, I could swear I was floating two to four feet above the bench. A couple torn off fingernails and a dislocated sholder was nothing in comparison.
-From the abcess I got a bout of peri/endo-carditis, and spent a year sparring in the ring with the grim reaper.

I know you're in a lot of pain John, so make sure you have someone knowlegeable go with you to the doctors to witness and verify your care/treatment plan. Research well.
Don't let them pass the buck with your very existence.