Nope, no dry socket. Thought I had one a few days later but it turned out that it was just a bone splinter from a broken piece of one of the teeth weening through the gums. The dentist just told me no big deal as it would work its way out.
Ya, I was drinking, smoking, running around like your typical college punk. Basically doing all the Do Nots. Guess I was just lucky.
There is always a pay off though. Dentistry is any 1st world country's best friend. Feel good, look good, and eat good, as long as the choppers are taken care of.
After my accident in my old dragon Green years ago, I had to have the 6 front upper teeth in my mouth fixed. I jarred my mouth shut on impact I guess and my bottom teeth won the fight, leaving the upper teeth 0-1. My insurance wouldnt cover it citing it was "cosmetic" dentistry, so it took me a few years to save up the $9k it was gonna take to fix them. I walked around for a few years with some picket fence upper teeth. But, in the end, I had them filed down and they were fitted with some perfect veneers. I was afraid I was gonna look like Matt Dillon in Something About Mary....
....but they are about as natural and better than the originals as you could get. STRONG buggers too. Makes me want to get ALL my teeth done now, heh.
Gary Noonan
'01 S/C VX / '18 Forester XT
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