WARNING! Please do not read on if you have a weak heart or you're
planning to visit your dentist in the near future. The author will not
be responsible of any side effect after you have digested any elements
in this article.
Time : 9:00 am
Date : 24-1-1998
Venue : Kinara Dentist Center
Dentist : Dr Heng, BDS(Malaya), IKDM(Ireland),
Mission : Wisdom Tooth Annihilation 1998
The dentist gave me a brief description pertaining the
surgery I will be going through. It seems that my
right wisdom tooth is lying horizontally and he need
to need to slice off some flesh because the tooth is quite
deep inside. He also shown me x-ray and told me that I
might experience numbness in my lower right jaw for quite
sometime if he accidentally injured one of teeny whiny
nerve that ran right under that tooth. After illustrating to me about the details, it�s time to
mouth some pills. There is eight tablets which vary in various
shape and colour. Two big round white one, two yellow
medium oval shape and four small pink square ones.
This is supposed to be pain killer I presumed. Next, it�s
time for the dreaded injection. Suddenly, out of nowhere
came a lengthy shiny silver syringe headed straight into my
mouth right above the gum where the wisdom tooth is lying.
Then come the second one penetrating into the inner side
of the gum. After reloading the cartridge came the final one
for the outer side of the gum. That was three injection in a
row in less than six seconds! Gradually, I felt that half of lips starting to get numb.
Now it�s time for the bloody segment, first he made an incision
on the gum above the wisdom tooth using his sabre sharp sparkling
scalpel. I can taste the blood oozing out as he
try to clear off the flesh that is obstructing the wisdom
tooth from its journey to freedom. After the tooth was visible, it�s time for dissecting
the tooth into half. This is the most bloody part as
the drill does it job. My whole cranium starts vibrating to
the rhythm of the drill whilst droplet of blood starts
splatter out to the dentist�s mask. Suddenly, the drilling
ceased and I thought it was over finally, but it turn out
that the darn Siemens drill malfunction. I anxiously
waited and pray that the drill works whilst the dentist
tries to rectify the drill with the help of his two
assistant. They changed the drill head and
it�s back to splitting the tooth into two. Finally, after drilling for about ten minutes,
with the help of a pair of pliers, CRACK!!!
the top segment of the wisdom tooth parted with
bottom segment. The whole tooth was distillate without
encumbrance or hindrance After the tooth was extracted, it time to patch up
the crater caused by the annihilation of the wisdom tooth.
With a �C-shape� needle, he meticulously stitches the
cavity like a tailor completing his masterpiece.
Hip! Hip! Hooray !!! The ordeal is over but I can�t be
too happy because Chinese New Year is just less than a week
away and this means I won�t be able to enjoy some of the
sumptuous feast awaiting me this year.
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last edited : 6-2-98
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