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Here We Go Again

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:30 +0000

So, it’s back to my dentist again tomorrow to get my new implant crown readjusted one more time. Sigh. Twenty-four hours after Dr. K cemented the new, improved version into my mouth, I felt it wiggling. I called the office and asked to have his partner, Dr. F., take a look. This is complicated. Dr. […]

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Try, Try Again

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:43 +0000

Every morning, I try to spend a few minutes meditating. I use an app, which is helpful and instructive. My mind wanders as minds do, but I am, over time, getting more adept at slowing down and focusing on my breath. This came in very handy on Monday, when I found myself back in my […]

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Crowned

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:03 +0000

And so, on Monday, I got my new crown for my fifth dental implant. It feels odd to have all my teeth once again, always an adjustment after nine months from extraction to finish, living with a space in my mouth. As it was last month when my dentist and his team took impressions to […]

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Open Wider, Please

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:00:59 +0000

So, on Monday I made another long drive for a not-so-short appointment, this time to my dentist for the next step in my latest tooth saga, measuring my mouth for the crown for my implant. While I’m grateful that there is a way to keep saving my teeth as I keep losing them to scleroderma-induced […]

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Good Grief

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:00:29 +0000

I really could use a break, right about now. It’s gorgeous outside, a medley of pink and white blossoms, chartreuse young leaves, sunny forsythias, bright red tulips, dainty violets. But I can’t go outside for my walks to revel in spring’s beauty because I’m having one monster allergic reaction to all the associated pollen. I […]

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Chopper Talk

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:00:36 +0000

It is most delightful to have my molar back. As in my back right lower jaw, which has been missing that tooth since last April, when a painful, resorbing root sent me to my periodontist for an extraction. No fun, that. Nor has it been a treat to eat with a large gap in my […]

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Implanted

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:00:03 +0000

Three-and-a-half months have passed since my latest resorbed molar was extracted, and Monday was the big day for the next step: drilling a hole in my healed jaw and screwing in the implant. When I had my checkup with my periodontist two weeks ago and he proclaimed me ready, his receptionist joked, “Want to come […]

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Another Extraction

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:00:16 +0000

So, I was hoping that my resorbing molar would hang in there at least until the summer. Not to be. After a brief hiatus a few weeks ago, the tooth began acting up, with no signs of abating. Last Monday, I realized I needed to take action, because the coming weeks are busy with Passover […]

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Chew on This

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:00:27 +0000

Last week was one of those weeks when I burned up a lot of time going to, being at, and going home from medical appointments. Most were routine and anticipated, but one was not: a visit to my periodontist. One of the rarer complications of scleroderma is resorption of tooth roots. As my periodontist has […]

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Crowning Glory

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:00:39 +0000

At long last, ten months after I had to have a painful molar extracted, I finally have a full set of teeth. Nasty old 19, which nearly ruined a weekend vacation in New York City last May, has been replaced by an implant. None of this has been fun. My scleroderma creates many complications for dental work, […]

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