Still on teeth. Mine.
I scared the kids silly when I came home yesterday brandishing a huge bloody tooth in a little Ziploc.
It was a wisdom which had been worn down so badly - I had apparently been swallowing little pieces of it that broke off over the years - the young inexperienced chap of a dentist took forever to try and get a grip to pull it out. I think it was only the roots left which were buried in the gum and the roots were black with rot. Yes, yes.
The boy (dentist) tried every way of worming his way out of the extraction - Could it be sinus causing the pain? Could it be another tooth causing the problem? Do you think I could refer you to a dental surgeon because it looks like it has long roots? - but I was adamant.
His incredible lack of professionalism and lack of confidence made the tooth-related headache I had been having for days, and which I was desperate to get rid off, worse than ever, and I got incredibly pissed.
He started the extraction not actually pinpointing the wisdom as the cause of the problem. I did. And the only reason I insisted was because the wisdom would have to come out anyway.
If it was not the true source of the pain, then I would have to follow up and solve the mystery.
The tooth came out, I sailed home on a high.
The kids and KK were all suitably grossed out.
I, jubilant, was all ready to go out for dinner. Then the anaesthesia wore off.
Jeez!
It also seems that my extraction will forever become the de facto threat for them to brush their teeth. As in:
If you don't brush your teeth, your teeth will become like mummy's and you'll have to pull it out.
(only issue with that is that I am the most frequent and disciplined tooth-brusher in the family but I hope no one spots the inconsistency.)
5 comments:
What an experience!
I took out one of my wisdom tooth last year too, some 20 yrs after I'd taken out another. I should've taken this one out much much earlier, since over the years, it'd grown real entrenched in my bone, so it took the dentist much longer to extract it. Thankfully the dentist was very experienced and skillful. I should've taken it out earlier bc it was growing out towards the side of my mouth and not only scrapped at it but trapped food and since it was so way back was so difficult to brush. Silly me to have lasted so long with it!
same same. mine wasn't growing and it wasn't functioning (no tooth below to meet it), its only "role" was to trap food.
but we all don't want to pull out a tooth which doesn't hurt! only when it hurts then we decide to yank it out at all cost! (in my case, cost was $400)
Whoa... it must have been a bottom tooth then. Those are more grown into the jaw bone and are more difficult and should be done by a dental surgeon.
Mine was on the top. Cost me only like S$120, leh.
eh it was on TOP ok. freaking ex.
Oh dear me .... if you need the contact ... I went to Dr Ben at Hosanna Dental which is near Braddell MRT. He owns the clinic and has been there for many years. Don't think there's another dentist there. Maybe an assistant. The setup is quite modern.
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