They took it out yesterday. The surgeon decided he wanted to try pulling it just to get a feel for it and as he said “if it fractures the operating room is right next door. If it doesn’t and I get it out here it’s cheaper for you.” I’m never one to turn up a deal! So he gave me the Novocaine which was the worst part. It felt like a golf ball was slowly growing on the roof of my mouth. He was trying to make small talk with me but images of swallowing my own tounge were flying threw my head. I started gaging. If I had eaten anything, (which I didn’t because I know myself so well) I would have thrown up all over the pretty little white porcelain spitting sink. He started tugging and I could feel that it was loosening. He kept tugging and yanking and within 5 minuets it was out in one piece. No muss no fuss. He asked if I wanted to keep the tooth to which I said “YEAH!!”
The recovery sucks! I’m living in constant fear of dislodging the blood clot and getting what is called “dry socket.” Today I ate and although I chewed on the other side, something I can’t do without tilting my head(?), and then washed it out with mouth wash and water, I’m still a little nervous. I mean if I had an open wound on my leg I wouldn’t rub soup and Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream all over it would I?
I’m taking Ipren and Alvadone for the pain. Which is Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen. I took them just as the Novocaine was wearing off, so I got a good 15 minuets of pure “this is what it feels like when someone ripes a tooth from your head” pain. This morning around 7 I woke up and the drugs had worn off, that was also bad. It was so stiff. I couldn’t open my jaw enough to say the word hand.
But I can feel it’s getting better and then I’m going to eat nothing but hard scratchy food for weeks! Oh and snus!! My God! I got the patch and used that yesterday and today, but it hurts! I’ve tried it on both arms and every few hours I get like an aching in my arm for 10 minuets or so. It’s gross to think that’s from the nicotine seeping into my skin. So skip that. I’ll take 1 or 2 snuns tomorrow. I will live.
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Sounds like you got off pretty lucky! I had to have three teeth removed and the third one; one of the roots broke off and was stuck in my jaw (of course, I neglected to tell you that before your extraction
It took like an extra 20 minutes to remove. The dry socket thing is kinda worrisome but I doubt you’ll get it. -
Bah, you’re both newbies! I had to pull four of the suckers at once before putting in my braces, one of them a root-breaker just like you jks. They had to call in a specialist to dig it out of there with some narrow tongs from hell. Dry socket – bah! My gum looked like a hamster-gone-through-a-blender after that, and frankly still does if you look close enough.
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Seems like everyone neglected to tell me their horror stories before I had mine pulled. Well except for you Mr. Cool. Yeah I think I was lucky… this time. I still have 3 more in there. Who knows what will happen with them.
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Spontaneous combustion I guess.
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