Dental anguish reloaded
It’s finally over! I’ve had my wisdom tooth out, and as with many things that you dread beforehand, it wasn’t as bad as I had feared. There was a huge amount of pressure and really nasty grinding noises, but the tooth came out without too much of a struggle.
I feel a bit worn out now, and my mouth feels sore and bruised, but I’m really glad that it’s out. My dentist even gave me it the tooth in a little tooth fairy envelope. I think if I put it under my pillow tonight, I’m likely to find that the tooth fairy has left me a tooth exactly like the one I put under the pillow.
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Congratulations on surviving it!
(I don't know how to do an emoticon with teeth, nevermind one with a gap where a wisdom tooth used to be, so it'll have to be a smiler instead!)-----
A 'smile', I meant, not a 'smiler' (which I don't think is even a real word!); this time the typo's just a force of habit!
by David (TEFL Smiler) @ 23/03/2004 10:03 pm • Permalink •
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Hope you're feeling better! I guess it's true: fear of a thing is often worse than the thing itself. Except for my wisdom tooth operation, which included a botched anesthetization attempt, several days of holding ice packs and hot washcloths to my cheeks, and sucking instant creamed corn soup while watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. If your remaining teeth are complaining, BTW, creamed corn soup is the BEST! Creamed corn soup and warm Sprite. It takes the edge right off, and masks the taste of your blood to boot.
by Aaron @ 24/03/2004 1:04 am • Permalink •
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Yay!
I know how much you've been dreading it. Glad it's over, and that you came out all safe and sound (sans tooth, of course.)
by Nathan Ladd @ 24/03/2004 3:03 am • Permalink •
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Tooth Fairy! My 11 year-old son just cornered me on that. Now he wants his teeth back. Should I ask him for the money & gifts that the tooth fary left him?
by Jeffrey J. Hoover @ 24/03/2004 8:03 pm • Permalink •
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I'm glad that when I had mine out I had general anaesthetic, in an operating theatre, with two nights in hospital. It meant I didn't have to feel or hear anything too gruesome.
The worst bits were: 1) trying to eat afterwards 2) having bits of half-dissolved sutures flapping around in my mouth for the next couple of weeks.
by Caitlin @ 25/03/2004 3:03 pm • Permalink •
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Glad it
s over, I hope the procedure is a plus for your life quality. Shouldnt there be a politically correct term for "tooth fairy"? About the one liners, they are never as funny in retrospect as they usually need the added cruel spice of the victims genuine fear to make them enjoyable, at least for the teller. How many jokes have I had to listen to about "trans crash airlines" just before embarkment? But I am trying to convince my family that I "do to have empathy", so the time passed & the temptation was successfully resisted, Satan get thee behind me etc. But at the time I really, really did want to at least tell you to grin and bear it. Speedy recovery and thanks for sharing.by john @ 26/03/2004 9:03 am • Permalink •
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Thanks for the good wishes folks. I'm glad it's all over. Though my one remaining wisdom tooth (top right) is starting to make itself felt now. It's like those horror films where the monster seems to be dead right up until the final frame of the film, when a hand twitches and you get the scary music.
by bsag @ 26/03/2004 8:03 pm • Permalink •
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