A few weeks ago I was out eating at a
mongolian restaurant with my dad. We were
eating our food and I bit into something
very hard. My 1st impression was that I
just lost my tooth. I fished for it, and
it was a piece of nail. The nail belonged
to the restaurant, (and the nail was from
those sticks that they use to cook the
food with). I took it up to the owner of
the store and she said that she was sorry
and that my meal was on the house, which
made me feel better, but not 100% better.
My dad told me to let him know when I had
been feeling a lot of pain, and something
would be done.
It's been a few weeks, and my tooth has
hurt on and off. I havent thought much of
it, till today. My head has been hurting
really bad for the 2-3 days, and I had no
clue why. I ate my subway sandwich today
and my mouth hurt like the worst in the
world. I went back to the restroom at
work and looked in the mirror, but couldnt
find anything. I reached back to where
the tooth was that had gotten injured
durring the nail bite, and it was half
gone. It hurt soooo bad to touch it,
like I had pain for 20 minutes, and have
kind of a dull knumbing pain now, but it
still hurts a lot.
I am in so bad of pain right now, and am
seeing a dentist 1st thing in the morning.
Do I have anything here because it was
their nail that had caused this to happen
to my mouth? Should I send them the bill
for all of the dental work and make them
pay for it, and get my self a lawyer or
something? I dont have a lot of money,
and am paying 75.00 for them to look at me
and do x-rays and everything tomorrow
morning. Anybody know what I should do?
My boss says I should get the work done
(if I need any done, which I know I will
need some done) and send them the bill,
and if they have any questions, take them
to court.
Lemme know what you think!!
Jj
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mike101
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 134 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: 10-11-04 17:31pm
You have most likely exposed the nerve in
the tooth which will produce significant
pain.
The dentist may or may not be able to
rebuild the tooth.
Depending upon the total cost of your
dental bills I would consider using the
small claims court process to recoup your
costs.
At this stage it is very important that
you document everything in detail
including jotting down some notes about
how things have progressed since the tooth
was first damaged.
Mike
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Stunner316DX
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 2
Posted: 10-11-04 18:06pm
Hey cool thanks mike. I've already
written down everything that has happened,
and how my tooth hasnt really gotten
better.
Now if the lower one has a problem with it
too, wouldnt it be caused by the same nail
that I bit into, if it is the tooth right
below the one that I am having checked up
tomorrow??
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eherring
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1
Broken front teeth Posted: 02-24-08 10:30am
I broke my 2 front teeth years ago and
they were repaired and I just had them
replace again about a year and an half ago
but for the last week they have been given
me problem and it feel as though I am
trying to get and abscess and nothing I
have taken have taken seem to help and it
will be about 2 weeks before my dentist
can see me what do you advice.
