Dental Adventures with RA: In Which I Scare a Dentist
Updated June 11, 2022 I’m beginning to see why people get their teeth yanked. It all started late one evening when I cracked a molar eating Oatmeal Squares. I managed to get squeezed in to see my dentist the next day and was told it either should be extracted or I needed a root canal…
Dental Adventures with RA: In Which an Extraction Goes Awry
Updated June 11, 2022 Having rheumatoid arthritis isn’t just about having arthritis. Having arthritis has ripples. There are the ripples caused by medication — high blood pressure (courtesy of Vioxx), wrecked GI system (courtesy of every medication I’ve ever been on) – and then there’s things like teeth. The jaw being a joint,when inflammation has…