If you have been following me on my Twitter or reading my Facebook status or sitting next to me in class, you should have known by now that I extracted my wisdom tooth yesterday.
My wisdom tooth on the right side of my lower jaw grew horizontally as you can see from the photos below. You can just see a tiny part of it because a big portion of it is buried under the gum.
This wisdom dumbass tooth has been bothering me for quite a time. There's a gap between my wisdom tooth and the molar before it (if your eyes are sharp enough to see), and the gap is like impossible to clean.
It's possible to clean but it takes about 15 minutes or so, not so sure myself whether it's 100% clean or not.
I wanted to do this surgery one week before the exam started but the dentist was fully booked.
So far, my
I certainly didn't feel smarter with a wisdom tooth and didn't feel dumber when it was removed.
Saw it?
Just so you know, I had my canine from my upper jaw removed surgically too when I was in Primary 6. Again, it was horizontally in the gum by the same dentist. The first time I did it was in GH, surrounded by junior dentists. My dentist was the head of all the dentists in GH (something like that). The reason I did the surgery in GH was because I didn't have to wait for ages for the surgery. It was like I can do the surgery immediately. Mom said I must be a rare case that's why the dentist wanted to show his juniors how to perform my type of surgery.
Sighs. What's with me and horizontal teeth? ):
Back to the main point...
The night before my surgery, I ate Kueh Chap because I was craving for them for such a long time already. :D My appointment was at 8.30am the next morning, so it means that my breakfast is going to be the last solid food I am going to eat.
BTW, I went for the surgery myself as mom was attending some relative's wedding in Malacca while dad was going for some important meeting. It was the scariest thing ever!
When the dentist examined my tooth, he said to me: ' I am going to do a straight cut in your gum, and then cut through the bones before cutting the tooth in half. After that, I am going to remove it and then saw your gum back together. Okay?'
Upon hearing that, I was terrified. No one was by my side to comfort me.
I am 17 years old and I'm going to extract my wisdom tooth. The dentist just told me what he was going to do and it sounds painful.
If you were me, what would you do?
After a few jabs, the right side of my mouth was numb. My eyes were closed during the whole surgery.
I could feel hot tears flowing down my cheeks throughout the surgery, though the dentist kept consoling me during the surgery.
I could feel hot tears flowing down my cheeks throughout the surgery, though the dentist kept consoling me during the surgery.
The surgery started and I heard them cutting my tooth. The sound resembles drills. A few minutes later I felt the dentist pulling what I think was the tooth. The surgery lasted for 15 minutes. The dentist gave me some painkillers, antibiotics, and some medicine to stop the bleeding. He said that my lunch must be in liquid form and that I can only eat some proper food after 5pm. He told me too that the swelling will be at its biggest on Monday. :O
The real pain started when the numbness went away. Chewing wasn't that hard, the hardest part was swallowing. Yes, swallowing.
I tried eating some home-cook porridge but I just couldn't. I had to clench my fist tightly and close my eyes every time I swallow, hoping the pain wasn't as bad as it was.
I was so afraid of dehydration because I couldn't drink much water.
My mouth couldn't open that widely. The most was just about 5cm apart or so.
Saw the part the dentist sewed up?
The right side of the throat is a bit swollen too...
My dinner for that night was mashed potatoes and mushroom soup, while the others ate steak, fish and chips, spaghetti etc etc...
Even the softest food of all soft food like mashed potato is extremely painful to swallow. The soup with super soggy bread in it was also causing me a lot of pain to swallow. :(
I couldn't manage to finish my mashed potatoes and soup. My throat was killing me!
Anyways, I took the medicine and went to sleep.
I woke up three times during the night because I was so hungry!
I ate a piece of Thosai this morning and couldn't finish it again because of the pain. Ughh!
My jaw was a little swollen today, and made my face not proportional... My lunch for today was porridge again. Sighs.
I am still hungry. T___T
Well, at least I get to lose some weight without even exercising.
I HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME I AM GOING TO EXTRACT MY WISDOM TOOTH.
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