A Little Surgery

I had a tooth crack last Saturday while I was eating corn chips (of all things) and since the fracture went up into the gumline, it had to be surgically extracted. I scheduled an appointment for this afternoon with an oral surgeon and had the procedure done. Unfortunately during the extraction, the tooth broke even more and had to be sectioned in order to be removed in 3 pieces. Even more unfortunate was that when the second piece was maneuvered back and forth to get it to loosen up, a piece of bone about half the size of the tooth broke off and came out with it. Since more than just the tooth was extracted in the procedure, it has been more painful than expected, with some localized swelling and sinus irritation too. Hopefully I'll be feeling better tomorrow...