When I was young I developed a cavity in one of my back lower molars, not baby teeth. We couldn't afford dental care so I had to suffer through it crumbling away. I used to put an asparin on top of it when the pain was horrid and let it dissolve. That helped. But when I was in 6th grade I started getting strep throats. My stepmother decided it was due to the remaining tooth shards that remained so she took me to an oral surgeon. When I came to, I was sobbing uncontrollably as if I'd lost my best friend and I couldn't stop. They told me that some people reacted that way.

Cathy