Ching’s Wisdom Tooth
Posted on December 20, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, Life.
So I got my wisdom tooth pulled today. It is the one on my upper right instead of the lower left like I thought. It has been a few months since my check up so I couldn’t remember. I couldn’t remember why we were pulling it either. I just remember that I had scheduled the extraction because it was on my calendar. I just turned 30 and I am already forgetful.
I asked Doc why I was removing it again because it wasn’t really bothering me. He said we had found a cavity during my last check up. He offered to try to fix it, which would be challenging because of its location and angle of growth, or we could do an extraction. He said I chose to have it extracted so that is why we were removing it.
Though it wasn’t bothering me right now, we had concluded that the cavity would eventually start bothering me . I decided to schedule the extraction before I started getting toothaches. That sounded like me so we decided to proceed.
I had always wondered why they offered headphones at the dentist. Apparently, the sound of the extraction procedure bothers some people. I didn’t realize this until now but such was the case with me. I asked for the headphones.
The extraction went pretty quickly, actually. Doc did a good job of numbing the area so I didn’t feel anything but pressure. Now all I have to worry about is preventing dry socket. I’m not too worried because dry socket only happens in 5-10% of extractions and is more common on lower molar extractions. Thank the Lord, mine was an upper moral.
Anyway, the dental assistant offered to send the tooth home with me. I told her no because it is gross but I did ask for permission to take a couple of pictures of it. LOL.
Before the appointment and after I called Brian several times, but I guess he had no signal. I could not get him. I was worried so I called Jenni. Jenni agreed to come to the house and check on Brian. I guess she was coming from Derby because I beat her home. It worked out okay because we were out of Tylenol and Brian had to run to the store to get it. Instead of having to drive himself, Jenni just picked him up. [ Thanks, Jenni! You are awesome! ]
Jenni got to our house shortly after I arrived home. She offered to take Brian to the store to pick up some Tylenol. I’m supposed to take one as soon as the numbness wears off. I’m not sure when to take it, though. Brian says not to take Tylenol until I feel pain. I’m not sure why when the idea is not to feel any pain at all. I guess he thinks I may not need to take it. That would be nice. I have a pretty high threshold for pain, anyway, so maybe I will be okay. I will let you guys know how I’m feeling tomorrow. I’m taking the day off work so I can just veg out, relax, and recover.
Happy holidays to all!
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