Acting Sovereign
by Steve Mitchell
0kay, well, I went and got my temporary crown today. You might remember I wasn’t looking forward to it at all.
How did it go?
Eh.
It went fine.
Overall, the procedure wasn’t any more uncomfortable or painful than getting a filling; although, now, a couple of hours later, my gums ache a fair amount right there. I feel like I’ve been a little abused but it’s not too bad. There’s some irritation and the ache feels sort of as if I’d been clenching that tooth for a long time. Can you clench a single tooth? If you’re the acting King, you can!
I was concerned about the anesthetics. The last time I got a filling, the Lidocaine shots gave me momentary heart-racing palpitations. I mentioned it to the dentist, so he numbed me in stages and I didn’t have any reaction. That was nice of him.
So, now I have an acrylic, temporary crown. It’s flat and it’s shorter than the surrounding teeth to minimize the chance of breakage. I have to wait about three weeks for the permanent, porcelain crown to be ready.
In the meantime, I have to avoid hard foods and sticky foods and possibly cold liquids and hot liquids (the root of that tooth might be sensitive to temperature through the thin acrylic.) Also, I can’t floss that tooth until I get the permanent crown.
And that’s that. Hopefully, all the hard part is over.
Hopefully I won’t ever need another one.
Because, really, you only need one crown to be King.
Heed not Steve 
Good for you 🙂 So brave. I have … four? five? crowns. Ugh, hate it every time. BUT! Better than dentures!
Thanks, Joey. I agree! I want to keep as many/much of my teeth as I can for as long as I can. I feel it’s not so much bravery as it is stinginess and vanity!
I was mostly apprehensive because my brother in law had told Lucie getting a crown was the worst pain he’d ever experienced, and he’s half decided he won’t ever do it again, even though he needs another one. Also, for one of my fillings and for my deep cleanings, they had to stop and give me more anesthetic injections because I could still feel pain in my teeth. Luckily, that wasn’t the case today.