Myth #1: Wisdom Teeth Excision/Extraction takes 2 hours (or so I thought, from the instruction, 'take 2 hours off if you are doing local anaesthesia)
Fact: It didnt take more than 15 minutes!
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Myth #2: I get to see the tools/equipment involved!!!
Fact: To my disappointment, my whole body was covered (in GREEN, not WHITE!?), exposing just my nose and mouth, which increased the uncertainty..
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Myth #3: There'll be profuse bleeding.......
Fact: It didn't bleed as much as i expected actually. But then again, it's too early to judge.
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Myth #4: It'll be soooo painful!! Living hell-type!
Fact: 6 hours after the completed surgery, there's still no feeling. But then again, i guess the numbness hasn't totally worn off yet.
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And so 2 wisdom teeth out, 2 more to go. There wasn't any pre-surgery jitters, not even at the moment when my name was called, probably because I had gotten enough prior experience. Having extracted 4 teeth many many years ago for the braces treatment, and having to visit the dentist every month for 4 years at that time, I'm more than used to being worked on by a dentist.
But i did tense up a little during the process. It was painless, thanks to the local anaesthesia, but the sound of don't-know-what drilling into my gums, and then another don't-know-what twisting and turning and then forcefully digging/pulling out the teeth, was a little unnerving.
It was when I got down from the oh-so-comfy-bed that i realised how wet my feet were, coming from the trapped heat (the blanket was thick) and the tense.
So i'll have to nurse the hole (where the teeth were), the supposed bleedings, the upcoming swellings in the gums and face, over the next few days. Gotta return a week later, to remove the stitches that sew back the sliced-off gums. And Part 2 of the surgery will come at month-end.
Anyway, the dentist was kind enough to give me the 2 nasty teeth in a transparent ziplock packet, which i could use to conduct my first-ever Tooth Fairy experiment tonight!
人生是黑白的.
10:17 PM <3
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