Dentist dilemnas

It turns out that one of my back teeth was completely cracked, about a third of it came out when the dentist pulled the loose bit. He's put a temporary filling over it for now to see if it settles down over the next week. If there's no pain then he'll do something more permanent, but if it's painful still then I'm going to need a root canal. Whatever is exposed when the piece of tooth isn't there is very tender, hurts a lot when the air was blown on it to dry it before doing the filling. Must be close to the nerve. Have another appt on Friday afternoon.

Was so glad when I found out about the "chronic illness" thing. Dental isn't covered by Medicare here and I don't have any private insurance, can't afford it. But through this scheme for people with a chronic disease the gov pays for your dental work.