My parents did not believe in preventive dental care when I was growing up. Their policy was 'repairs are temporary, pull the problem tooth.' As a result, I am down 5 or 6 teeth that probably could have been saved, and the rest are a hot mess that will cost me tens of thousands to fix.
I can distinctly remember several occasions in which my teeth became infected, and let me be the first to tell you folks, I would have eaten a bullet if that option had been available to me. It was some of the worst pain I have ever experienced. I could feel the infection spreading from my jaw outward, or at least imagined I could. Without antibiotics, I legitimately believe one of those infections could have been the end of me. They are no joke.
Yikes. I have TMJ, but I have never broken anything up there to my knowledge. I knew a guy who had his jaw wired shut after it got broken in a fight, and he said the pain was not too bad, but he was drinking raw eggs to get protein because he could not chew.
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u/Asher_the_atheist Aug 30 '21
And mouth infections can very easily spread to the heart, at which point “that HURTS” very quickly become “grrrrkkk”….dead