<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1160" alt="temp-tooth(aug13)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/temp-toothaug13.jpg" width="200" height="150" />After all the waiting I eventually had a temporary tooth fitted. To "fill" the gap the remaining stump of the tooth had to have root canal work. The first session took one and a half hours and then yesterday I had a two hour session to finish off the root canal, fit a fibre post and then build up a temporary crown until the final crown has been moulded to fit perfectly. I think this is the longest I've ever been in a dentists chair and probably compares with the water boarding torture the CIA say they don't do.
The tooth feels bruised from all the pulling about but it is solid. I just wonder how the dentist is going to remove the temporary crown without the tooth coming with it. It's easy to tell which is the rebuilt tooth because its the straight one - left (as you look at it) incisor.
I feel a lot better now I'm no longer a member of the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean.