Ever since I was young, I've never been a fan of visiting the dentist. I remember that we had to have a dental check up every few months once in primary school and some of my friends would be called to stay back for refill of tooth or some other extraction thingy. Thank goodness I escaped all that.
My most recent visit to the dentist was maybe about two years ago for scaling of teeth. I remember the dentist asked me when was my last visit. I was a little embarassed to answer but told him that it was many years back. He obviously laughed and told me, "Girl, you should know that a dentist appointment should be made every 6 months once...not 6 years once, okay?" *shy grin*
Anyway, I made an appointment today with the dentist. A much reluctant one. I thought I had an ulser on Friday night, but apparently the pain was getting from bad to worse on Saturday and I even had a swell on my cheek. So its either a wisdom tooth growing or a very gross infection (which I refuse to believe it was).
After an X-ray and much poking around in my mouth, the dentist confirmed that it was infact a wisdom tooth and I had to extract it cause it was growing in a weird angle and might cause infection and just be a huge nuisance to me. So I had it remove. Super scary experience for me since I've not been through anything like that since primary school. I was trying so hard to act adult and not let that child in me out. And no...I didn't cry.
I'm home now bitting on gauze which is damn bloody gross, like literally. The numbness is wearing off and I can slowly feel the pain creeping in. Sigh~
Do you think I'm any wiser?
By the way, I get to keep my wisdom tooth. Anyone wanna see it?
