Wisdom teeth extraction
I contemplated on whether to write about this but I decided to in the end because this event was quite a big thing to me. Links to photos below. Click to see or ignore it 
Right side on 9th Dec, left on 18th Dec 2008. Right side was pretty easy. In fact I didn’t even realize the lower tooth was extracted until he told me so lol. The thing is both lower teeth were pretty easy while the top was a bit more of a struggle. But definitely the left side was more complicated. While I had only 5 shots of local anesthesia on the right, I had so many on the left that I lost count. Worse, he missed some spots so while loosening the tooth on the bottom I could feel something I wasn’t supposed to be feeling. So more shots for me. The shots for the top hurt much more than the lower but on the 18th it’d hurt so much I teared! Ah well, the great thing is it’s finally done and I can stop worrying!!! My dad is able tell anyone how freaked out and nervous I was for weeks since I first decided to do it.
Reasons for doing it:
1) Teeth decay, which would lead to decay of the other non-wisdom teeth.
2) Ruining 2.5 years worth of orthodontic work. Front teeth were already out of shape and I will not let it continue.
3) Wisdom teeth extraction hurts more after you’re 25. So I might as well get it done now.
And heck after getting it done I was sooo relieved because just look at the photos! They were so disgusting I would hate to have them continue to stay in my mouth.
Total cost: RM790 + RM690 = RM1480 [it's once in a lifetime and I can rest assured of no future tooth aches and decays]
Experience: Not too bad because it’s only 30 mins a side. The dentist’s clinic was comfortable and clean so it wasn’t all too bad despite the description above. Furthermore the only thing you will feel is the shots, which, if you close your eyes, they aren’t too bad (except for that single upper mouth shot that had me tearing). During the surgery you feel no pain, only pressure and the sight of the dentist’s hand vibrating from pulling so hard!
I’d recommend it to anyone really, especially if you’ve had braces before or you have crowded teeth. Or if you can’t reach far enough to clean them properly, like me.
Photo warning (especially for ‘Gory!!!’): Not for the faint hearted!
- If you do look at it, you will notice that one tooth had it’s root broke off. My sister was there the whole time
with me, and she said she felt my pain just by looking at the dentist dig into my tooth socket with that tool searching for the missing root! What a brave soul she was!
Decay & Gummy – The deep grooves and positions of the wisdom teeth make them very difficult to clean. I hesitated to put these up because I’m sure no one wants to see them, and furthermore everyone’s going to think of how disgusting I am, but in the end, I think it’s good for people (if they choose to) to be aware of how decayed and dirty our wisdom teeth can get due to the difficulty in cleaning them.
Stitches - This was after the surgery. Kept in for a week. Not painful at all to sew on and take off.
Hunchback of Notre Dame
My house must be full of dust cos yesterday I kept sneezing, had block nose and an itchy eye. A bit of rubbing while in bed and before I knew it, I felt my left eye swell. Checked it out in the mirror and damn… all swollen and red. I put in some eye drops and went to bed.
When I woke up…
I looked like this!
One eye big one eye small. It was so swollen I could barely open it. Thank goodness mom had frozen tea bags which helped. And luckily class was at 1pm so I managed to save the eye and make it to class. I’m alright now.
