God damn it. My husband picked up pizza last night for dinner. Delicious. Except the cheese tastes a little funny these days, not like real mozzarella. Oh, well.
Today, eating cold pizza for lunch, I bit down on something. Something rock-hard. Something so fucking rock-hard it sent shattering pain through my tooth and jaw. So fucking rock-hard it made me spit my food out into my hand and cry out in pain, as hot spikes of torturous agony sliced through my tooth and jaw.
Yep. I rinsed my mouth out with water, and checked. A filling’s broken. Or half of it’s gone, anyway. God DAMN it. My jaw is still throbbing, and it’s been hours. I made the mistake of trying to have some gum an hour or so ago, and automatically moved the gum to the owie side.
JESUS!
Welcome back pain. Yes, I’ve already left a message at my dentist’s office to see if I can get in early this week.
God DAMN it. It hurts. I don’t want to go to the dentist. I don’t want to have to take time off work. But I don’t want this PAIN to continue, either.
Looks like it’s going to be soup and diet cream soda for meals until I can get in. I’m scared to close my teeth together.
Fuck you, Pizza Hut. What the goddamned hell was that?
I hate Pizza Hut tonight, too. I’m really glad that the people who made the people didn’t waste the time and effort to, ya know, cut the pizza into slices. WTF?
Okay, first, what was it? Seriously, did you swallow it, or inspect wtf sort of pepple they mixed in the cheese? Or was it super-cheese? Y’know, the kind they cut diamonds with.
And “DON’T PUT IT IN MY FOOD AGAIN” makes it sound like you plan to be a repeat customer.
Sorry about the tooth though, I hate dentist stuff. Which is why I’m only twenty seven but already wear a night-guard which I paid $450 for.
Coincidentally I’m bringing in a pizza to work tonight (not Pizza Hut).
You can temporarily cover the owie hole with Dental Wax which should be available at a drug store near you. I wouldn’t use that side for chewing, but it will help the pain until you can get to the dentist.
Well, my husband likes Pizza Hut. I wouldn’t have minded Romeo’s, a local place, but he ordered, picked up and paid, so… his choice.
They did cut it into slices, at least.
I don’t know what the goddamn hell it was. I did (sorry, TMI) spit what was in my mouth into my hand, but I didn’t see anything. The shards of glass-like pain needling my tooth and jaw prevented me from thinking clearly enough to stop and analyze the contents of my hand. Which was gross, so I put it in the toilet immediately, washed my hands, and rinsed out my mouth, and did the damage inspection.
I would have checked for rocks, diamonds or stray meteorites, but I was in too much pain. And shock, I tell you. There was shock involved.
I don’t plan on being a repeat customer. Guess it’s Romeo’s from now on.
Any suggestions for pain? I am going to take some aspirin now.
If you can stand the initial horrible taste, I found that clove oil does wonders for dental pain–it lasts much longer between applications than Anbesol and the like. I’m pretty sure that either CVS or Walgreens carries it.
I’ll second the temporary dental fillings you can get at the drug store…though the stuff I’ve had was more like a putty than wax.
I had a similar experience some time ago (not Pizza Hut…just eating). Found nothing but what I thought was a piece of tooth. In retrospect, I wonder if it was a bit of bone that got into the ground meat. I’ve occasionally found them in a burger or piece of sausage.
I hope it’s not too late to inspect the pizza because I also think you should try to find out what it was that broke your filling. Pizza Hut could be liable.
Regarding what I said in my previous post, I neglected to notice that you’re from Victoria, B.C. Since I’m only familiar with American tort liability law, I can’t speak to what the rule is in Canada (although I’m guessing it probably is similar). In any case, although you disposed of the partially-chewed pizza piece that broke your filling, do you have any of the remaining pizza left? There’s a chance that there are still more pieces of whatever caused your dental problems in it. Also, what kind of toppings were on the pizza?
I know this is the lawyer in me saying this, but I hate to see you and your insurance carrier pay for something that looks to be very much Pizza Hut’s fault.
We have remaining pizza; my husband’s probably going to eat it.
I’m not a lawsuit-filing kind of gal. Accidents happen. I just wanted to bitch and vent.
I’ve actually encountered a bit of bone in ground beef before, too–and bit down on it with the exact same tooth! So maybe I’d already weakened the filling.
I think I will stop chewing with the left side of my mouth.
Part of the cost of having reasonably-priced pizza is that the occasional piece of bone gets into it. Such is the mass-produced world. Sorry to hear, but, been there done that.
I do lurv Pizza Hut. If Satan appeared in a pizza costume, he would be Pizza Hut.
I am going to take some aspirin now.