FUN FUN FUN till the dentist took my molar away.

those of you who know me well will have no doubt noticed that I have some seriously messed up "austin powers" teeth, the result of years of less than fastidious oral hygene. As a result of my laxity. I developed a large cavity in a bottom left molar, that in turn developed into an abcess and infection that sent me to the emergency room.the ER physician put me on a course of anti-biotics and recommended that I see a dentist.I hadn't had a regular dentist since the mid '90s, so I made an appointment at a nearby "great expressions" dental clinic because they were in my insurance policies network. The dentist there examined my mouth and determined that the tooht needed to be extracted ASAP.I had the tooth puled at 10:00 this morning. the only other time I've had teeth extracted was both of my bottom "wisdom" teeth removed at the dental clinic @ camp lejeune when I was stationed there in the 1980s both of those teeth were "impacted" or sideways, and the dentist had a hel of a time getting them out. he had to use a drill to cut them into pieces and take the shards out 1 at a time. that was soo awefull that i was somewhat nervous when I sat down in the chair this morning.But I need not have worried, because, other than some brief shock of pain because I needed more novacaine, It was all easy-peasy,and over before i knew it. the hygenist took my tooth off the tray and showed it to me when we were done. it was all messed up. i asked her if she could run it through the autoclave they use to sterilize the instruments so i could keep it as a souvenier, but she said she wasn't allowed to do that. because of the bacteria on the tooth. i was like, hey, it's my bacteria anyway, what gives? apparently, it's the law