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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/brainsaresick on 2024-10-22 03:55:29+00:00.

I’m sure y’all have heard plenty of stories about people neglecting their teeth until they lose them, so we’ll just cut to the funny part.

I went to the dentist today after a tooth went from sore and sensitive to excruciating after biting into a piece of sirloin from Winco this weekend. Turns out a filling had separated and traveled out.

Dentist: “Does it hurt?”

Me: “Yeah constantly”

Dentist: “Is it temperature sensitive?”

Me (almost excitedly): “No! Well actually it was for like a couple years, but the past couple days it seems to have magically gotten better!!”

Dentist: “Oh no…”

Me: “Oh no?”

Dentist: “That usually means it decayed so bad it reached the nerve and the tooth died.”

Me: “OH NO.”

If I’d gone in like a month earlier we might’ve been able to cap it, but it’s a goner now. Bye-bye tooth, we had a good run. 🥲

TL;DR: Neglected an obvious dental issue, got excited when the temperature sensitivity suddenly went away only to learn this means the tooth has decayed past the point of repair.