After 9 years of delay, I finally had two wisdom teeth removed, driven by a toothache.
After the tooth extraction, under the action of anesthesia, the feeling of half of the face numbness and half of the face is quite wonderful, especially when eating, the tongue is "ice and fire double heaven", let me call out for fun.
Delayed for 9 years
My wisdom teeth "cracked" off
I grew three wisdom teeth, the next two of which grew laterally. The horizontal wisdom tooth crown does not fully expose the gums, and there is a groove between the teeth next to it, which is difficult to brush, and the food debris accumulates there, providing a good "culture medium" for bacteria. So unsurprisingly, I had a caries.
When I was a junior in college, because of the courage of a classmate who had a tooth extraction together, I made up my mind to go to the hospital and pulled out the transverse wisdom tooth in the lower left that already had a carious hole.
At that time, the upper and lower wisdom teeth on my right side also had bad black spots, but they had not yet had a toothache, and the doctor suggested that I remove them together after a while. But because I was troublesome and of course afraid of pain, I kept procrastinating.
This drag is 9 years. During this period, the two teeth have been obedient and have not been uncomfortable.
About a month ago, my wisdom teeth on my right side suddenly hurt. The pain was not particularly intense, but the discharge-like neuralgia had always existed and was very uncomfortable.
I put my finger in my mouth, trying to touch the tooth. I was shocked to touch it, and on the side that came into contact with the oral mucosa, it actually "cracked"!
It is not very accurate to say that it is cracked, that is, there is a gap on the tooth surface that should be smooth to the touch, and the edges on both sides of the gap are very sharp, and it feels a little difficult to touch. I squeezed hard, and even cut off a piece of my tooth, and my hand probed through the gap, and there was a big hole in it!
Mom, I didn't even notice it before.
It was night, and I silently vowed after taking painkillers that I would go to the hospital tomorrow to have this tooth removed.
By the next day, it didn't hurt again, procrastination went up again, and I didn't go to the hospital. Later, due to the epidemic, isolation, going to work and other reasons, I never went to the hospital. My teeth were also a bit of a fight, only occasionally a slight pain, and I felt luckily that it should be okay to delay for a while.
It was as if there was an impact drill in the mouth
I also have headaches
It turns out that when you come out of the mix, you always have to pay it back.
Last Thursday afternoon, the familiar slight pain resurfaced, and I still didn't care. But then the pain became more and more severe, and gradually developed to the feeling of being drilled in by the impact, and even the pain with the head made me sit restless.
It was late at night, and I quickly took a painkiller. My husband, who has never had a toothache, saw me frowning, the pain was severe, and he tried to tell jokes to make me laugh, but I only thought he was noisy, and he was fierce, and in hindsight he was also quite aggrieved, haha.
This time I couldn't delay any longer, so I immediately went to hang up the number of the dentistry early the next morning.
However, after opening the registration software, the system prompted me that if there is a history of travel in a certain city on the itinerary code, I must take a negative nucleic acid test report within 48 hours to enter the hospital.
Where do I go to do nucleic acid in the middle of the night? At a loss, I thought I could only do nucleic acid the next morning, and then go to the hospital when the results came out in the afternoon (I later learned that there was a 24-hour testing point).
At about one o'clock in the morning, the painkillers slowly came into play, the level of pain dropped to a tolerable level, and I fell asleep in a daze.
The next morning, I didn't hurt so badly, but I went to the nucleic acid test as planned, and then went home to work remotely while waiting for the results. Seeing that the report has not yet come out at four o'clock in the afternoon, the doctor should leave work at the end of the night! I was afraid that it would worsen in the evening, so I decided to go to the hospital first and ask about the situation.
When I went to the clinic and asked, it turned out that people like me had been to that city, but had not been to the county where there was an epidemic, and there was no need for a nucleic acid negative report. Well, I should call and ask about the outpatient guidance desk first.
Doctor in "Construction"
I was thinking about the memes in Journey to the West
After meeting the oral surgeon, he looked at me and thought he could pull out both of my wisdom teeth together, and then asked me to take X-rays first.
I couldn't wear metal jewelry when I took the dental tablets, so I took off the necklace and put it in the small bag that held the card.
X-ray results 丨 Courtesy of the author
The tooth extraction process is quite ordinary, that is, the first anesthetic (the needle is particularly thin, not painful at all), after the anesthesia took effect, the two doctors began to "work" in my mouth, and it was drilled, and it was pryed, and it was screwed, and it took about half an hour, and finally the two wisdom teeth came out.
The tooth below is not in a good position, and it takes a long time to pull it out; the top one is particularly fast, and in a minute or two it will say goodbye to me.
Because of the effect of anesthesia, I didn't feel any pain at all when I extracted my teeth, and I was even a little bored. Looking at the two doctors overhead, my thoughts began to drift wildly, remembering the meme that surrounded him with four masters and apprentices after the king of the Wuji Kingdom woke up in "Journey to the West".
In the extraction of teeth, I have in my mind the four masters and apprentices surrounding the emoji of the king of the Wuji Kingdom 丨 Author provided the picture
After the tooth extraction, I asked, "Can I take both of my teeth away as a souvenir?" The doctor said: "No, these are medical wastes and should be treated uniformly." "Then can I take pictures?" "This one can!"
While taking a picture, I said that I would keep a good picture, and then write an article to vote for the public account and earn back the operation fee.
The doctor said, "Is it the patient with the fruit shell?" ”
Me: "Yeah, yeah, you know it!" ”
Doctor: "Well, I'm paying attention to it too!" ”
Unexpectedly, I didn't expect to pull out a tooth, and I actually met the old fan of the fruit shell patient, happy.
Two teeth were pulled out, one of which had a big hole 丨 Author courtesy of the author
The "Two Heavens of Ice and Fire" on the tip of the tongue
Before leaving, the doctor gave me a list of precautions after tooth extraction and explained it to me one by one.
The doctor gave a list full of notes 丨 Author courtesy of the author
It was my husband's birthday, and we had planned to go out for a big meal before, as a determined snack, how could I give up because of tooth extraction? I saw that the precautions said "you can eat soft, thin, and cold food on the day", and thought about what kind of meal can meet the conditions for half a day.
When I arrived at the restaurant, it was exactly 2 hours after the tooth extraction, and I was able to eat. But the effect of anesthesia had not disappeared at this point, and the lower part of my right half of my face, my right half of my tongue and my right half of my lips were numb, and my movements were not affected.
Eating in this state of hemp, I feel particularly novel. First of all, the mouth is not open, open to a certain extent there will be a feeling of sourness, I can only be like stuffing cotton into the doll, use chopsticks to put food into the mouth a little bit, and then slowly use the left tooth to chew, which is really a health care general chewing slow swallowing.
Fragrant fried foie gras, because the mouth can not be opened, can not be stuffed in one bite 丨 author provided the picture
Another novelty is that the warm touch of the tongue has changed. I picked up a slice of sashimi dipped in soy sauce and placed it in the middle of my tongue, the left half of the tongue is completely normal, can feel cool, soft, the right half can not feel the presence of food, no touch, no temperature change, but savor it again, the right side also has the "salty" taste.
As I ate, the feeling changed again. The effect of the anesthetic gradually faded, and the right tongue could feel the food, but the ability to feel the temperature appeared.
I scooped up a spoonful of ice cream and put it in my mouth, my left half tongue told me it was cold, and the right half told me it was hot! On a small tongue, the feeling of the double heaven of ice and fire appeared!
I experimented with a variety of foods: ice drinks, sashimi, red wine foie gras, cold sushi and other cold foods are like this, but slightly hotter ones are normal, such as silver cod Xijing roast, fragrant fried foie gras, crab treasure, etc., the temperature felt by the tongue on both sides is the same.
It seems that when the anesthetic effect fades, the first thing that is restored in the temperature perception is the heat sensation!
While experimenting, I exclaimed that "it's so funny", and my husband looked at me like a fool, very speechless.
It didn't take long for this magical experience to disappear and my tongue and face were completely back to normal.
After the anesthesia passed, a little dull pain began to appear, and I was afraid of the pain, so I took a painkiller that night. Later, the pain has always been tolerable, and as long as I divert my attention to do something else, I will forget that it exists and will not affect sleep.
Many people have facial swelling after the wisdom teeth are extracted, such as the brother who has been swollen like a nest melon after this number.
In fact, I still kind of want to see what my face will look like when it is swollen (anyway, I can wear a mask to cover it, I will not die), but I don't know if I am "gifted", from beginning to end, my face has no sign of swelling, and I am even a little disappointed.
Jewelry taken off when patting teeth
Be sure to put it away!
Some people feel very afraid of the wisdom tooth extraction, but in most cases it is not so terrible. Although the reaction after the tooth extraction varies from person to person, I did not suffer too much myself, but found it a very interesting experience.
Moreover, long pain is not as good as short pain, if there is a problem with wisdom teeth, you still have to follow the doctor's advice, deal with what needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, and don't delay like me.
However, there is one thing that must be paid attention to, that is, the metal jewelry taken off when shooting the tooth pieces must be put away!
I was so careless that I didn't think of the poor necklace until the third day after I had pulled my teeth out, and I was ready to take it out and put it on, but I couldn't find it, and I thought that I might have accidentally dropped it while getting my medicare card. This is also the most sad thing for me during this tooth extraction process.
I cried a lot about it. It was my husband's first gift to me when he was still my boyfriend, and it was particularly memorable. I've been wearing it for 5 years, I've never left my body, and I didn't expect to lose it because of a tooth extraction.
My husband comforted me: "If you lose it, buy another one, which shows that it has exhausted its relationship with you, and tells you that it is time to change to a new one." What commemoration is not commemorated, your husband and I are still fine, the necklace can be had if you want to have it. ”
Well, there was comfort in the fact that I was already looking forward to picking out a new necklace for the weekend.
Sharing personal experience does not constitute a diagnosis and treatment recommendation, can not replace the doctor's individual judgment of a specific patient, if you need to go to a regular hospital.
Author: Doudou loves to eat ginger
Editors: Xiao Ai, Dai Tian Doctor