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NJT828
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Time to make a short story long. Having not been to dentist in 21 years, I went the other week and set up a appointment to have my lower left wisdom and the 2nd molar extracted. My previous dental trip to this was back in the late 90's, when a ripping toothache sent me running. 45 mins of tugging and that tooth was removed, the dentist was not happy, as it could have been easily saved with a RCT, but money...).
During my childhood, I wasn't really afraid of the dentist, but what kid really likes going? At around age 18, I was left to fend for myself (no more parents benifets) and I was working. My teeth were decent. My wisdoms erupted normally. By my mid 20's, I was getting toothaches, but would wait them out (sometimes a day, sometimes a few). My parents gave up nagging me about going to dentist and even offering to help pay. As I rolled into my 30s, the toothaches were becoming more frequent and more painful. I recall one delightful Christmas Day sitting in the ER at my hospital, in tears with the worse toothache yet. Made a appointment to have four teeth extracted. The dentist gave me a great price of $720 taxes in (Canadian here). I chickened out the day of, since I wasn't in pain, why bother creating any, right?
In the last 6-7 years, I've been dealing with on/off toothaches, abcesses that swelled my eye close, but still, I'd get a prescription for Anti-Biotics and set a date to remove that infected tooth....Then...Chicken out. As soon as I hit 40, I quit smoking and decieded to put all that money towards fixing my teeth.
Three weeks ago, a tooth was giving me grief. I went and made a appointment, then that tooth stopped hurting and my lower left wisdom started. Slight pain, really foul taste. Well today was the day, and sure enough, as the clock ticked, I was thinking to myself "I'm not in that much pain, so maybe I'll pass". Next thing I know, I was sitting in the dental office. Something told me to just go. In the back we go, where I meet this lovely lady, who is the dentist. I tell her, it's not the original teeth, but some others and tried to play it off that I might need some anti-biotics, to get rid of any infection (I know most dentists don't like extracting with infection, err, at least abcesses). Next thing i know, she laying the chair back and has a look and tells me, "Yes, they'll need to come out". 1000 things were running in my mind, trying to think of excuses "Don't have the money" came spurting out. She replied "It's ok, pay later, but these teeth are coming out, if you're ok with it?"
"Yes ma'am" My tactic of making up a excuse failed and now I realized it's game time. She laid me back in the chair, gave me the old "You're gunna feel a pinch", then hit me with the needle...And, it didn't hurt that much. Stubbing your toe hurts a lot more! Three needles later (numb me up good) and 10 mins goes by and next thing I know, it's serious. And she started..
I can tell you this, coming from someone who was just told today that I have "Really long roots and your jawbone is very, very strong", that there was zero pain. Pressure, but no pain. (if there was any sensation of pain, it was minor and nothing worry about". My wisdom came out pretty easy, considering it was rotted out to the gumline, but the 2nd molar was a lot of tugging and working it loose.. but..no pain. I think it's just annoying having your mouth open so long and having someone fiddling away in there and waiting for the "pop" (It never came lol).
1:15 mins was the total time, given my long roots and strong mantle/Jaw.
I can tell you, it's not bad. The worse part is actually going to dentist. The drive, the waiting. Once they start, it's all downhill. I think though, if I was having multiple extractions, I'd go for the big sleep and spend the extra money.
As for me, I still have 9 more teeth to extract, 2 RCT, 2 Implants and then we're going to start corrected my front (they're starting to fail, cause I use them to chew, naturally).
So for tonight, I'm sitting here, in zero pain (prescribed 600mg Ibuprofen), but the only thing that I'm worried about is the bleeding, which is just starting to slow down and the fact I'm insanely hungry. So for those who are terrified, it's really not that bad and the toothaches are far,far,far worse then any pain you'll get at the dentist!
During my childhood, I wasn't really afraid of the dentist, but what kid really likes going? At around age 18, I was left to fend for myself (no more parents benifets) and I was working. My teeth were decent. My wisdoms erupted normally. By my mid 20's, I was getting toothaches, but would wait them out (sometimes a day, sometimes a few). My parents gave up nagging me about going to dentist and even offering to help pay. As I rolled into my 30s, the toothaches were becoming more frequent and more painful. I recall one delightful Christmas Day sitting in the ER at my hospital, in tears with the worse toothache yet. Made a appointment to have four teeth extracted. The dentist gave me a great price of $720 taxes in (Canadian here). I chickened out the day of, since I wasn't in pain, why bother creating any, right?
In the last 6-7 years, I've been dealing with on/off toothaches, abcesses that swelled my eye close, but still, I'd get a prescription for Anti-Biotics and set a date to remove that infected tooth....Then...Chicken out. As soon as I hit 40, I quit smoking and decieded to put all that money towards fixing my teeth.
Three weeks ago, a tooth was giving me grief. I went and made a appointment, then that tooth stopped hurting and my lower left wisdom started. Slight pain, really foul taste. Well today was the day, and sure enough, as the clock ticked, I was thinking to myself "I'm not in that much pain, so maybe I'll pass". Next thing I know, I was sitting in the dental office. Something told me to just go. In the back we go, where I meet this lovely lady, who is the dentist. I tell her, it's not the original teeth, but some others and tried to play it off that I might need some anti-biotics, to get rid of any infection (I know most dentists don't like extracting with infection, err, at least abcesses). Next thing i know, she laying the chair back and has a look and tells me, "Yes, they'll need to come out". 1000 things were running in my mind, trying to think of excuses "Don't have the money" came spurting out. She replied "It's ok, pay later, but these teeth are coming out, if you're ok with it?"
"Yes ma'am" My tactic of making up a excuse failed and now I realized it's game time. She laid me back in the chair, gave me the old "You're gunna feel a pinch", then hit me with the needle...And, it didn't hurt that much. Stubbing your toe hurts a lot more! Three needles later (numb me up good) and 10 mins goes by and next thing I know, it's serious. And she started..
I can tell you this, coming from someone who was just told today that I have "Really long roots and your jawbone is very, very strong", that there was zero pain. Pressure, but no pain. (if there was any sensation of pain, it was minor and nothing worry about". My wisdom came out pretty easy, considering it was rotted out to the gumline, but the 2nd molar was a lot of tugging and working it loose.. but..no pain. I think it's just annoying having your mouth open so long and having someone fiddling away in there and waiting for the "pop" (It never came lol).
1:15 mins was the total time, given my long roots and strong mantle/Jaw.
I can tell you, it's not bad. The worse part is actually going to dentist. The drive, the waiting. Once they start, it's all downhill. I think though, if I was having multiple extractions, I'd go for the big sleep and spend the extra money.
As for me, I still have 9 more teeth to extract, 2 RCT, 2 Implants and then we're going to start corrected my front (they're starting to fail, cause I use them to chew, naturally).
So for tonight, I'm sitting here, in zero pain (prescribed 600mg Ibuprofen), but the only thing that I'm worried about is the bleeding, which is just starting to slow down and the fact I'm insanely hungry. So for those who are terrified, it's really not that bad and the toothaches are far,far,far worse then any pain you'll get at the dentist!