Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Dreadful Visit to the Dentist

The wall of my mouth has been painful for three days. It appears to be ulcer like, but to be safe I went to the dentist for checkup, to see if the wisdom tooth is giving me trouble.

I woke up at 645am and reached the govt clinic at 720am, and I got number 23! Grr. Sigh, another long queue.

Surprisingly,I managed to enter the consultation room by slightly past 830am.

Unexpectedly, the dentist said that the wisdom tooth has to be extracted and can be done immediately! i was expecting a referral letter to the specialist and I can go home and wait for my appointment. I was very unprepared but did not want my waiting effort to go down the drain so I said ok. 2 needles/injection (i don't know how to call it) of anesthetic and I was asked to wait outside for 5 minutes.

My name was called and I entered the room again. I watched the dentist extract the guy's tooth in less than 1 minute and it was my turn next.

Me: Doctor, "DAp Dup Dap Dup" la...
Dentist: Don't worry...
Me: How if I have less wisdom?
Dentist: No such thing, my ex girlfriend professor now ba...
Me: Painful or not...
Dentist: A bit, very fast one.. if painful u can stop me..
Me: How to stop?
Dentist: Just raise your hands..
Me: Oh...
Dentist: ok.. Open your mouth..
Nurse: Relax.. relax..

Soon, my tooth was extracted.

Me: Doctor, any painkiller? the gargle thing?
Dentist: Need to buy on your own outside, no money already..no painkiller.
Me:oh..

One more tooth to go in December.

Biting the gauze, I drove my way home.

2 comments:

  1. erm..it sounds ok..so u hv no prob now dy right?
    mine has nt grow out any yet..and i hope not=)

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  2. i've one more to extract. just went to make appointment today but I'm on wait list. ya, sometimes it's better if it did not grow =P

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