January 18, 2013
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My Wisdom Teeth Experience
I realize I never blogged about it even though I made a big deal about going in.
At age 24 all my wisdom teeth grew in. It was not painful but it was uncomfortable because I started biting into my gums so the dentist advised I should get it removed. I booked the appointment with the dentist, or was he a surgeon? My cousin is the receptionist at the dentist and she kept telling me I will be fine but I did not believe her. I kept asking if I should just remove 2 for now and 2 like a year later so I’m not in too much pain all at once. Lol she wouldn’t allow it!Anyhow, Won booked his ticket to come take care of me.The night before we went out and bought tons of pudding and jellos and pain pills. I spent every night before the procedure reading every single tip and trick I could on dry sockets and pain pill addition.My friend at school had just gotten it taken out too and she told me how she had to go under and be monitored for a week so she doesn’t die. And how she had to slowly ween off the vicodine and missed school for a week and scared me bad! Not to mention Won kept reassuring me he’ll be there for me because his sister just had it done too and how out of it she was and how it’s not some little thing and that’s why he flew in just for this. And once back in high school, this REALLY pretty girl that I really liked got her wisdom teeth pulled and looked like a chipmunk and for whatever reason.. she NEVER lost the face fat. WTF right?!The morning of Won took me out for a really nice expensive breakfast with nutella toast and eggs over easy since I won’t be able to eat for a while after the procedure. It was the best breakfast I’ve ever eaten. Won promised he would take me back some day. Still waiting…. Anyhow, I go into the office, by now everyone knows me. I get some shots for numbing and hang out for like 20 minutes. The doctor comes in and all I hear is crack, crack, crack, crack and in literally less 10 minutes he’s done. I’m still laying there thinking he just cracked the teeth to make it easier to remove. But he smiles and walks out. I’m like HUH?! Where is he going?! Then the assistant walks up to me and removes the little paper apron and shows me all my wisdom teeth in a little pile. We’re done?! That’s it?! I slowly get up in disbelief that was it!I walk out and Won’s all, “done already babe?” He laughs at the gauze in my mouth, pays, and makes some comments about how he likes it when I can’t talk. To which a room full of patients waiting laugh -___-I’m still like WTF just happen. Did he REALLY just take all my teeth out already? We get into the elevator and I burst into tears and Won just laughs at me some more. Why did I cry? I don’t know. I just felt so violated. It was an emotional release.We get home. Won helps me change my gauze, gives me a vicodine, and helps me go to sleep. I wake up nauseous from the vicodine so I decide not to take anymore since I was not in any pain and the nausea was killing me. I’m deathly afraid of nausea since my last vertigo incident.The next day we go to my cousins for dinner and no one believes I got my teeth done since I looked 100% normal and not at all swollen. They thought I had chickened out and did not get the procedure done. At first I just ate some porridge my cousin made specially for me. But the steak everyone else was having looked 10000x better. So I cut up some steak in smaller bite size portions and ate some through my front teeth. Steak never tasted so good.I had no problems at all. Just a funny sensation when my little pockets were healing because I wanted to stick my tongue in there all day. Lol.Now I want invisalign. Hopefully I’ll get the dental office job I’m applying for and they’ll give me discount invisalign in time for the wedding!!
Comments (4)
Are you SURE your wisdom teeth were removed? That fast? Sounds fishy…could be a scam where they just crack some walnuts and show you fake teeth. Did you see any trace of walnut shells in the office?
More importantly- did you keep the teeth that were taken out? I hear the tooth fairy would rate those pretty high in value so you have four shots at accumulating a good amount of cash under your pillow. =)
Generally, it’s not a good idea to remove wisdom teeth unless its a significant impediment to your life. There have been many cases where there are lingering effects like paralyzed face or even death. Wisdom teeth removal has high profit margins, so dentists will usually push their patients to get it even though its unnecessary.
You definitely had an easy experience haha. My wisdom tooth experience was horrible. First time the dentist tried taking it out I could feel everything and I made her stop because I was crying so bad ad she ended up cracking my tooth next to the wisdom tooth. So I had to make an appointment with an oral surgeon and get sedated. So glad I got sedated lol. I chose to get all 4 out instead of the 2 that was planned to be removed. Never do I want to go through that kinda crap again. On top of that I was sick!! But good luck on getting the job!
This made my day when i read this the other day! made me so much less nervous before i went in. Thanks again!