I've been to the dentist!

I haven't taken the time to sit down and write a blog post in a long time. This is mainly down to the fact I've had nothing to write about. Due to my lack of inspiration, my next few posts might just be about what I've been getting up to.

So what have I been doing? Well, I had a dentist appointment. I know, I know, we've all been there; sitting in the dentist chair, getting an x-ray, and hearing the dentist say "oh..."
Wait...you haven't? Well, unfortunately for my poor tooth, I have.

There I was, sitting quite content in the dentists chair going through the usual dentist malarky when my front tooth became very sensitive. The dentist decided to give my tooth an x-ray to see what it was whining about. Turns out, I needed root canal treatment. 
This basically meant that the dentist had to drill a hole in the back of my tooth to clear the passage that allows all the blood and what not through.
Sounds pretty awful, right? 

Why did this happen I hear you ask? Basically, when I was about 10/11 or so I burst my lip - this resulted in a wobbly front tooth. Apparently, my root hadn't fully developed yet so when this happened the passage that carries blood and supplies to my tooth was blocked. 

Quite odd that it's taken me this long to figure out my tooth was abnormal.

The actual root canal process didn't hurt, which was surprising. I didn't feel any pain because my mouth was numb. Now, imagine someone drilling your tooth with a non-numb mouth. This blog post would be a lot less cheery. 

So basically, the point of this blog post - besides boredom - was to say, if you're about to have root canal treatment and/or getting a filling, don't worry! It honestly isn't bad at all. 

The only thing you'll have to suffer is a numb mouth for the rest of the day. Lovely!

Sian x