Went for my wisdom tooth extraction yest. Was waiting for this day. For some reasons best known. Haha..!
After registering and all the paperwork, was taking a seat and reading the day's papers when a certain someone asked if I was still in NS. After some small talk, we found out that we both were medics. He's from Seletar Camp. How nice.
When I was in the 'operating theatre' (it is day surgery after all, right?), I was told that my left side will be a bit of a challenge. Cos the bottom needs a lot of drilling, and as for the top, the roots were divergent, so a lot of force will be used.
I was given the choice of going under either local or general anaesthesia for the extraction. For general, I'd be asleep, and ALL four tooth would be extracted. For local, my left side would be extracted first. I chose the latter. For reasons best known. Hehe..!
On hindsight, I'm glad I chose what I chose. If I had chosen to extract all 4, how am I going to eat? As it is, chewing using only my right side is already weird enuf!
When I was lying on the bed in the OT, my face was shielded. Only my mouth was exposed. I knew that it is to maintain sterility, just forgot what the name is. Sterility aside, I think NOT seeing the tools used in the extraction was another use for the shield!
My gums were applied this certain smthg. Was told that this would numb the gums in preparation for the anaesthesia. DIDN'T. WORK. AT. ALL! IT HURTS when my gums were injected with the anaesthetic! Deja vu of the time I went for my filling. Only worst!
True enuf, there was a fair bit of drilling for the bottom. I could hear the hissing of the drill and what not. From what I could see, which was very little, as my face was shielded, there was quite a lot of blood. This I could see from the suctioning device.
As for the top, a lot of force indeed was used. The surgeon actually held down my mouth and pulled the top tooth. I could feel the tooth breaking apart! As she had said, the roots were divergent. Ouch!
When the ordeal was over, my gums and lips were swollen. It's a funny feeling, as only the left was swollen and the right wasn't. Kinda lopsided. So glad it's done. Just waiting for the 26th, when I'll be extracting my right side. :)
My dental X-ray. See the divergent root on the upper left.
Immediately after the extraction. Starting to swell.
Lips too were swollen.
This is as far as I could go when opening my mouth.
A few minutes after. Quite obvious the swelling, no?
The gauze I was biting on. Quite bloody. And this is the second one. Imagine the first?
The teeth extracted. My guess is that the one that's still whole is the upper one.
After registering and all the paperwork, was taking a seat and reading the day's papers when a certain someone asked if I was still in NS. After some small talk, we found out that we both were medics. He's from Seletar Camp. How nice.
When I was in the 'operating theatre' (it is day surgery after all, right?), I was told that my left side will be a bit of a challenge. Cos the bottom needs a lot of drilling, and as for the top, the roots were divergent, so a lot of force will be used.
I was given the choice of going under either local or general anaesthesia for the extraction. For general, I'd be asleep, and ALL four tooth would be extracted. For local, my left side would be extracted first. I chose the latter. For reasons best known. Hehe..!
On hindsight, I'm glad I chose what I chose. If I had chosen to extract all 4, how am I going to eat? As it is, chewing using only my right side is already weird enuf!
When I was lying on the bed in the OT, my face was shielded. Only my mouth was exposed. I knew that it is to maintain sterility, just forgot what the name is. Sterility aside, I think NOT seeing the tools used in the extraction was another use for the shield!
My gums were applied this certain smthg. Was told that this would numb the gums in preparation for the anaesthesia. DIDN'T. WORK. AT. ALL! IT HURTS when my gums were injected with the anaesthetic! Deja vu of the time I went for my filling. Only worst!
True enuf, there was a fair bit of drilling for the bottom. I could hear the hissing of the drill and what not. From what I could see, which was very little, as my face was shielded, there was quite a lot of blood. This I could see from the suctioning device.
As for the top, a lot of force indeed was used. The surgeon actually held down my mouth and pulled the top tooth. I could feel the tooth breaking apart! As she had said, the roots were divergent. Ouch!
When the ordeal was over, my gums and lips were swollen. It's a funny feeling, as only the left was swollen and the right wasn't. Kinda lopsided. So glad it's done. Just waiting for the 26th, when I'll be extracting my right side. :)
My dental X-ray. See the divergent root on the upper left.
Immediately after the extraction. Starting to swell.
Lips too were swollen.
This is as far as I could go when opening my mouth.
A few minutes after. Quite obvious the swelling, no?
The gauze I was biting on. Quite bloody. And this is the second one. Imagine the first?
The teeth extracted. My guess is that the one that's still whole is the upper one.