I finally decided to get my wisdom tooth taken out on the advice of the dentist when I had my regular check-up earlier this year, yep it’s almost 5 months since I went to get it checked out and had been procrastinating the removal till now. So made my appointment and was all set for the removal. I knew it would be a long process as I had to remove 2 teeth upper and lower right side. The dentist had already told me it looks like 1 was a straight forward removal while the other had to operate on to get it out. The lower one was the complicated tooth. I arrived at the dentist at 10am for my appointment. They took an X-Ray of my mouth just to be sure where everything was and there was an explanation of what to expect. What was wrong was my lower tooth looked like this …..
The tooth was lying on it’s side and was growing towards the other teeth, it was also near a nerve (in red) and to get it out needed to operate and cut the tooth into 4 to remove it. The nerve maybe damaged I was told, but it was not a motor nerve more of a sensory nerve so I would have use of my mouth but in a small percentage of cases I could loose some feeling. Anyway I decided to go ahead with it.
The Dentist injected my gums both upper and lower to numb the area and then she proceeded to cut up my lower tooth. It was a huge tooth and I was told it’s why you should get your wisdom tooth removed early as it is softer when you are younger and easier to remove. They gave me a squeez ball to hold in case I got over excited. So the drilling and cutting began halfway through they had to change the drill bit as it was worn out. Guess I had like iron teeth or something like that. After sectioning and pulling and cutting and more digging, a part finally came out. On to the other 3/4’s left behind. In the end they had to section it into 5 pieces and the tooth finally came out. By now the numbness was wearing off and I was given another injection so that they can work on my upper tooth. Just a tweak and a twist and a pull and the tooth came out. It was not noon. I was there at 10am, the briefing was about 15 minutes, to take out the upper tooth was 5 minutes, the rest of the time of 1 hr and 40 minutes was spent getting the lower tooth out, half way through I was really nervous and I think I started praying especially when the drilling and cutting started.
The 2 days after the operation were the worst, swollen mouth and the aching was there just a mild one but still persistent.it’s like a headache that never goes away. The painkillers help but it got better after that. I have just return to the dentist after 10 days to get my stitches out and everything seems to be find now. The cut still needs some time to heal but it was healing well according to the dentist. Most scary and painful thing I have ever done.
Here is my big upper tooth in 1 piece and the 5 fragments from my lower tooth.
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