"Getting it over with was a big relief."
How I did it: I went to the best place on the cape. Everyone my mum and I talked to said the two surgeons there are great. When I sat in the dentist chair they put some metal things on my wrists and ankles, I think it was like an ekg. Then they put an IV in my wrist (which I thought was a weird place). They put a cone thing over my nose which they told me was oxygen. The last thing I remember him doing was putting something cold in my IV. I was awake, but I don't remember anything. When I sort of woke up I was in the recovery room with a bunch of gauze in my mouth. My mom and boyfriend were there. I guess I kept asking the same question a bunch of times, and they were both laughing at that. Right now it's the day after, and I only have a little bit of swelling, and it doesn't hurt.
Lessons & tips:
Make sure you go to an oral surgeon not a dentist-- my mom made that mistake and it took him 4 hours just for one tooth. Then she went to the same guy I went to for the other three and it was no problem.
Before you get them out, just do everything the oral surgeon tells you. Also follow their instructions for afterwards.
Afterwards, you might not want to eat anything cold. Maybe it's just me, but I tried a popsicle and it made all my teeth hurt like fuck.
Resources: Well, the surgeon. Haha. Ummm, gauze, pudding, homemade banana muffins.
Jan 13, 2009, 07:06AM PST
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