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Hi guys!!
As mentioned before today was the day I was to get my molar extracted. And I did! I survived! It was really not a great experience though.
In good news I do like the dentist a lot more now. I think when we first met he was having an off day. He is actually quite nice and really pays close attention to how I'm feeling, asks questions and works really quickly.
When I first got to the office I was waiting for half an hour literally shaking from fear of the procedure. I had worked myself up really badly with all sorts of thoughts. I kept worrying I would feel the pain or that my blood would seep into my throat and make me choke while he had the drill in my mouth or that I would be in there for an hour or more. I feel bad for all of my buds because I was straight up panicking to all of them, heh.
The procedure was actually a quick 15 or so minutes excluding time to Novocaine. And he didn't lie, there was a LOT of pressure when he was removing the tooth, I had to form a fist under my jaw and balance it so that my head wouldn't move (it helped so much to do this), but I didn't feel pain until a tid bit towards the end when he was really in my gums (this actually really put me off even though it was only uncomfortable, and I worked myself up again shaking). He gave me another big Novocain and I continued to not feel a thing for remaining 5 minutes or so. The reality is that it was definitely a tolerable procedure. Definitely. It's quick and easy if you are cooperative but I would prefer to never have to do it again, haha.
Without any sense of feeling all of your other senses are really sensitive.. the smell of the drill through the tooth and the sound of teeth cracking is unpleasant, but hey it doesn't physically hurt. Usually when I am at the dentist I just close my eyes and take huge breaths, and fold my hands together in a tight grip as a sort of relaxation mechanism..?
After the procedure the Novocain was wearing off really fast. My mom made me go to the store with her and we picked up my prescriptions and an hour had probably passed by and the numbness was virtually absent. My body was involuntarily crying because of the pain in my jaw and I was constantly fidgeting to distract my body from the aching. I was also just drooling badly out of the corner of my mouth. It really hurt! My wisdom teeth NEVER caused me any pain what so ever (except my mouth was too sore to open).
Sooo, getting a tooth pulled hurts your jaw like hell guys, please don't wait over an hour like me to take your painkiller (they just prescribed me 600mg of ibuprofen which is great. I didn't want something harder because hard painkillers make me vomit without a nausea pill. And I REALLY didn't want to vomit because I had actually forgotten to eat at all) asap, heh. It's easier to prevent pain than get rid of it!!! After I took my painkiller and antibiotic (I also took some benadryl to ensure that I would get sleepy) I changed my gauze and I hoped into bed with my face elevated and fell asleep pretty quick.
After waking up I felt great. The ibuprofen worked wonders. I still feel really good right now although I took some more ibuprofen to make sure I don't feel pain anytime soon. My face is definitely swollen but not too badly. I also am kind of talking with a lisp because my tongue is confused by the new shape of my mouth, haha. The blood is good and clotted so I don't need gauze any longer, though I might put some in when I'm at school tomorrow to make sure I don't harm myself. I filled my stomach up with a bunch of food too. I actually had some soup initially that my mom made for dinner but the liquid kept "pooling" into the hole in my gums making me feel extremely uncomfortable and stinging. So I made some mac and cheese that I would be able to hold on the other side of my mouth. I also had a bit of cake because today was my mom's birthday. Plus regardless of the pooling I am trying to drink a lot of water. It's fine if I tilt my head while I drink, it prevents pooling.
So that was my experience! I head back next Wednesday (the 23rd) for a check-up and my 4 remaining cavity fillings, which is no big deal at all what so ever.
Now that I am virtually through with all of this I am hyped. I can finally begin working efficiently again without feeling dizzy or nauseous all the time. Bye-bye shitty tooth!
I definitely see this experience as an eye opener though, in particular for my diet. I know for sure that the amount of soda and other garbage consumptions I have been drinking/eating in the past has really banged up my mouth. I am FOR SURE cutting back on these unhealthy products in order to prevent going through something like this in the future. No amount of teeth brushing or flossing has prevented soda from destroying my enamel.
I will be getting a new retainer for my bottom row of teeth in the near future. My retainer's stopper is now obviously one tooth too long, and my teeth will shift too much if I don't address this.
In other news, yeah! I have my job interview tomorrow. I look better than I thought though I don't sound too good (difficult to speak well right now) but my manager seems like a sweetheart and she understood my situation. So, this shouldn't damper anything.
I guess that's everything for now??? Thanks everyone for their support and advice through all of this. It really helped me stay calmer than I would have been, and you have all made me feel less alone in things. I'm ecstatic to know I'm cared for by a lot of ya!
Thanks for the read!!
As mentioned before today was the day I was to get my molar extracted. And I did! I survived! It was really not a great experience though.
In good news I do like the dentist a lot more now. I think when we first met he was having an off day. He is actually quite nice and really pays close attention to how I'm feeling, asks questions and works really quickly.
When I first got to the office I was waiting for half an hour literally shaking from fear of the procedure. I had worked myself up really badly with all sorts of thoughts. I kept worrying I would feel the pain or that my blood would seep into my throat and make me choke while he had the drill in my mouth or that I would be in there for an hour or more. I feel bad for all of my buds because I was straight up panicking to all of them, heh.
The procedure was actually a quick 15 or so minutes excluding time to Novocaine. And he didn't lie, there was a LOT of pressure when he was removing the tooth, I had to form a fist under my jaw and balance it so that my head wouldn't move (it helped so much to do this), but I didn't feel pain until a tid bit towards the end when he was really in my gums (this actually really put me off even though it was only uncomfortable, and I worked myself up again shaking). He gave me another big Novocain and I continued to not feel a thing for remaining 5 minutes or so. The reality is that it was definitely a tolerable procedure. Definitely. It's quick and easy if you are cooperative but I would prefer to never have to do it again, haha.
Without any sense of feeling all of your other senses are really sensitive.. the smell of the drill through the tooth and the sound of teeth cracking is unpleasant, but hey it doesn't physically hurt. Usually when I am at the dentist I just close my eyes and take huge breaths, and fold my hands together in a tight grip as a sort of relaxation mechanism..?
After the procedure the Novocain was wearing off really fast. My mom made me go to the store with her and we picked up my prescriptions and an hour had probably passed by and the numbness was virtually absent. My body was involuntarily crying because of the pain in my jaw and I was constantly fidgeting to distract my body from the aching. I was also just drooling badly out of the corner of my mouth. It really hurt! My wisdom teeth NEVER caused me any pain what so ever (except my mouth was too sore to open).
Sooo, getting a tooth pulled hurts your jaw like hell guys, please don't wait over an hour like me to take your painkiller (they just prescribed me 600mg of ibuprofen which is great. I didn't want something harder because hard painkillers make me vomit without a nausea pill. And I REALLY didn't want to vomit because I had actually forgotten to eat at all) asap, heh. It's easier to prevent pain than get rid of it!!! After I took my painkiller and antibiotic (I also took some benadryl to ensure that I would get sleepy) I changed my gauze and I hoped into bed with my face elevated and fell asleep pretty quick.
After waking up I felt great. The ibuprofen worked wonders. I still feel really good right now although I took some more ibuprofen to make sure I don't feel pain anytime soon. My face is definitely swollen but not too badly. I also am kind of talking with a lisp because my tongue is confused by the new shape of my mouth, haha. The blood is good and clotted so I don't need gauze any longer, though I might put some in when I'm at school tomorrow to make sure I don't harm myself. I filled my stomach up with a bunch of food too. I actually had some soup initially that my mom made for dinner but the liquid kept "pooling" into the hole in my gums making me feel extremely uncomfortable and stinging. So I made some mac and cheese that I would be able to hold on the other side of my mouth. I also had a bit of cake because today was my mom's birthday. Plus regardless of the pooling I am trying to drink a lot of water. It's fine if I tilt my head while I drink, it prevents pooling.
So that was my experience! I head back next Wednesday (the 23rd) for a check-up and my 4 remaining cavity fillings, which is no big deal at all what so ever.
Now that I am virtually through with all of this I am hyped. I can finally begin working efficiently again without feeling dizzy or nauseous all the time. Bye-bye shitty tooth!
I definitely see this experience as an eye opener though, in particular for my diet. I know for sure that the amount of soda and other garbage consumptions I have been drinking/eating in the past has really banged up my mouth. I am FOR SURE cutting back on these unhealthy products in order to prevent going through something like this in the future. No amount of teeth brushing or flossing has prevented soda from destroying my enamel.
I will be getting a new retainer for my bottom row of teeth in the near future. My retainer's stopper is now obviously one tooth too long, and my teeth will shift too much if I don't address this.
In other news, yeah! I have my job interview tomorrow. I look better than I thought though I don't sound too good (difficult to speak well right now) but my manager seems like a sweetheart and she understood my situation. So, this shouldn't damper anything.
I guess that's everything for now??? Thanks everyone for their support and advice through all of this. It really helped me stay calmer than I would have been, and you have all made me feel less alone in things. I'm ecstatic to know I'm cared for by a lot of ya!
Thanks for the read!!
You sound just as scared as I was but you did it! I super admire that. And I'm gonna be thinking bout your bravery while I try to psyche myself up to find out how much it'd cost.
I hope things continue to go well for you and your gums heal up just fine!
Overall it was WORTHWHILE. 15 minutes (and not 15 long minutes, 15 that felt like 5 minutes) of being uncomfortable was much better than 24 hours and 7 days a week of dizziness and aching in my mouth. I just got a tooth yanked out of my head and it feels SO much more better than having a rotting one in there!!
The pain I felt after was really bad but it's really only because I waited so long before taking my painkiller. Taking 6 tablets of ibuprofen right beforehand would have been a good idea for me, but I didn't. I'm sure that would've almost prevented the pain entirely (remember, easier to prevent than to get rid of). Plus, even with the pain it was easy to distract my body from it-- putting a fan on my face or even an ice pack easily redirected the senses to that new feeling, so it was entirely bearable, but still entirely uncomfortable. If that makes sense. hhh...
The cost was $250 (I have insurance though so it was $25) which is surprisingly cheap in my opinion.. I honestly thought a dentist would charge something more wild for that (but then again an implant is like $3k.. that's pretty wild).
It's been about 9 hours since the procedure and my jaw feels GREAT. I'm really not in any pain at all if my mouth is relaxed, though I can't describe the feeling I have right now exactly. My mouth feels weird because my gums are swollen, but there is no pain. It was definitely worth it. Definitely, definitely. I hope you work up the bravery to get it done yourself! I seriously would hate to see someone so talented go through the same tooth agony I did ;;;
I DUNNO. But $250 is steep. I hope it's not that here. Hot dang, I'd puke ha ha. Why is dental so expensiveee. It's no wonder once insurance runs out you just kinda let these things slide. But it sucks, cause having cavities and holes in your teeth feels just... no bueno.
I'm so glad you're not in agony anymore, though, seriously. You're awesome. I empathize so much with tooth pain ;; I wouldn't even wish it on my worst enemy, its that killer.
You'll end up paying much more if you end up hospitalized from severe mouth infections... I'd be down to support you with some money in the future if you choose to go to the dentist. It's really important! I was fortunate but not everyone is!! You're too nice to suffer that pain ;O;
It took about 15-20 mins for each tooth so I was there for about an hour and yeah looks like the cost was the same as yours like $200-ish per tooth. Unfortunately my insurance didn't cover extractions but I was able to gather the money I needed beforehand through work and help from friends ;u;
I hope you can rest up, glad you're not in a lot of pain either ~
I am feeling great today though yay! My jaw is realllly tired and a bit sore but otherwise I'm feeling pretty chipper.
ahhh im happy you're doing good !!
and god thank you tho ;u; i was just trying to not think about it, im kinda used to being around scary procedures i guess, since im disabled and always around doctors and hospitals haha (tho that doesn't make it less scary haha)