Slice of Chaotic Life

I went to the dentist for the half-year routine check. This was very good timing, since one of my two synthetic teeth was loose again. I assumed it was broken – it was not the usual one, but still, these things seem to break occasionally. Unfortunately it was worse. An infection had developed between the root and the jawbone, and a dark spot showed on the X-ray. If it gets to develop, the tooth may fall out entirely, root and all. The dentist will refer me to a jaw surgeon for scraping out the infection, and is giving me penicillin in the meantime. I am not sure how effective that is if there is already an abscess, or even whether these bacteria react to it. But it is worth a try, I guess. Tooth root infections are known to leak bacteria into the blood, where they may among other things increase plaque in the arteries.