A Day No Teeth Would Die
My first day off in 11 days, and I don't even get to sleep in before some guy starts poking around inside my mouth.
I'm referring to the dentist of course, tsk tsk.
I love my dentist, almost as much as I fear what he can do with those drills. He has a super snazzy x-ray machine, where the image is immediately shown on a computer, kinda like at the picture studio. His office is clean, his staff friendly, I'm never kept waiting and there's a big window in the exam room with a lovely view. Usually.
Today there was a view of a swarm of bees hovering around a tree.
Nothing like a mass of flying insects to soothe your nerves while you wait. And those windows didn't even have screens! Are they crazy?!
During the random minutes of down time I leafed through the August 8th issue of Newsweek. I should have asked to take it home. There were a couple of good articles in there I could have used for blogging. I'll have to see if I can get my hands on a copy to reference it.
So between the swarming insects, the pictures of meth lab burn victims from the Newsweek cover story and my own vivid imagination, I was ready for the worst. Foot long needles, pliers, blood-splattered lab coats and my throat raw from screaming. Instead, I got a referral to an oral surgeon. Apparently all the wisdom teeth gots to go, and he doesn't do any cutting in the office.
I'm both relieved and dreading another visit to a different dentist. While the pain is considerably less right now, I know it could flare up any time. But you gotta do what you gotta do. I've never had any kind of surgery or been under anesthesia before, so they may need to prescribe some Zoloft along with the Vicodin.
This dentist office is situated right above a Starbucks. It's a great segue into teeth whitening for them. I do love the smell of coffee. It's also about a 1/4 mile from Krispy Kreme, so I made a silent promise to my dentist to go home and brush as I went through the drive thru.
It amused me, but that could have been the sugar.
posted by Vicarious Living @ 7:19 PM
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3 Comments:
Don't worry about it. Having wisdom teeth removed is no big deal, at least for most people. You can do local anesthetic or be knocked out, but if they all have to go they usually knock you out (being awake for it is kinda unnerving, since they are yanking teeth after all). When I had mine removed there was a staff of about 3-4 people attending to me (an oral surgeon and nurses, for lack of a better term). They put me down on this sort of reclining bed thing (kind like a dentist chair), put a needle in my arm, told me to count down from 100, and at 99 I was out. Next thing I knew it was over. Depending on the person, it takes awhile to shake the anesthetic, and you may be a bit nauseus after the fact. I went home and took a nap afterward and felt fine that evening. They gave me some ibuprofin for any residual pain (which I don't remember being to bad, just a bit achy) and an atibiotic to prevent infection, and told me to take it easy chewing for the next few days. So pick yourself up some pudding, Jell-O, etc.
You'll be glad when it's done, they will trouble you no more!
I had surgery on my mouth, and the anasthesia they used on me made me feel drunk. I was still aware of my surroundings, and of the fact that they were sticking metal instruments into my mouth but I just didn't care!
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