Dental Visit

It was not just a dental visit. It was an appointment to extract my wisdom tooth. I had it done in Sitiawan. Now, many would have wondered why I travelled all the way. It's simple. My sis-in-law knows the dentist and it's cheaper compared to the price the KL dentists are charging.

I never quite liked the sound produced by the gadgets especially the high-pitched drilling sound.

..Me before the whole process begin..

Oh, and the picture was also me before I spotted these...

Holy cow! That is one big injection O.O Okay, the needle looks long and the syringe is huge, that's why it looks scary. I had a feeling that it will hurt a lot. Well, the removal of wisdom tooth was a surgical procedure. So, I would have easily guessed that in the syringe was probably one of the local anaesthesia. I just couldn't figure out which one. The list of drugs crossed my mind. Procaine... Chloroprocaine... Lignocaine... Prilocaine... Bupivacaine... Tetracaine... *nerd alert* It was not just one syringe of local anaes but through out the procedure, more were given.

Anyway, this was what happened. The dentist gave me topical anaesthesia. So then, the injection wouldn't be too painful. Well, it worked for me. Only certain parts wasn't numb yet.

Since I was playing (or tasting) it, my tongue got numb. Sensory for left sided maxillary was lost. hehe. My brother and sis-in-law thought I was given laughing gas because it was fun. It's not everyday when you have your senses lost and given back. It helps me appreciate what I feel. Perhaps if I didn't study about these, I would be worried sick because I was feeling numb for more than 5 hours.
The doctor turned out to be very nice. He did struggle with the tooth because it was horizontally impacting the tooth in front. I did feel pain but not at the tooth area. It was at the cheek bone area because of the pressure asserted. For awhile, my jaw got tired and I couldn't close it. Dislocation? Haha. I could also almost see the sweat coming out from the pores as he pulled really hard to get the tooth out. >.< It was scary but at the same time I felt pretty relaxed. The others who saw the procedure (as I was told) were cringing.

It has been 5 days since the extraction and I can basically eat anything. Right after the procedure, I had cendol. So, no food restriction for me. ^^ It wasn't exactly fun because I couldn't taste cake properly =.= On the next day, I realised that the edge of my lips were quite dry and the skin cracked. I didn't know because I was feeling numb then. At the moment, I still can't eat hamburgers because I can't open my mouth wide. My jaw is still recovering. :P

It is also the last day of me + antibiotics. :) Goodbye spiromycin and metronidazole!!! Argh, I hate medicine. (heh, contradicting... I know...)

All in all, I have 3 wisdom teeth left. I'm not wisdomless. It's a minor thing. I only believe that if I lose 2 or more wisdom tooth would it then be a major thing. =)