*This may be a long & detailed blog post, you can also watch my vlog for my experience if you're too lazy to read. Feel free to check it out*
π -> Part 1 vlog: Wisdom Teeth Extraction & Recovery Week <- π
π -> Part 2 vlog: Wisdom Teeth Extraction Stitches Removal <- π
π -> Vlog Week: Braces Journey + What I Eat in A Week for My Braces <- π
πBlog post about "Things I've learned from my wisdom teeth extraction & post-wisdom teeth removal recovery" -> here <- π
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❗Gentle reminder: There may be some graphic content which might be uncomfortable for some of you. Kindly read at your own risk. Thank you ππ ❗
HERE WE GO.
I never knew I had wisdom teeth until I went for X-Ray & teeth molding prior my braces journey.
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| Left side = right side of my teeth; vice-versa |
Both the bottom wisdom teeth are grown horizontally under the gums & pushing my molars (big teeth at the back of mouth). If they're not extracted, it might affect my future molar teeth's health (a.k.a. cavities & have to extract them off if badly affected!) as the food debris are gonna stuck at the gaps between the wisdom tooth & the molar.
My dentist, Dr. Chee (a very gentle, nice & experienced dentist, who's always fully booked and you have to book her appointment at least a month earlier) from White Perfect Dental Clinic (Yu Lek branch) referred me to a specialist for surgery due to the condition of the wisdom teeth. The specialist clinic - Wong Dental Specialist Clinic (Dr. Wong Foot Meow) is located at the KL CBD.
After my scaling & fillings appointment with Dr. Chee , I called the dental clinic & asked for the price. The reception asked how many teeth I wanted to extract & told me the price for it. My appointment was straight away made at 2pm on the next day of my call ❗You are required to have someone to accompany/fetch u to the clinic because the sedation will make you drowsy & unable to care for yourself after the surgery ❗ The price was RM3500 for 4 teeth (2 upper & 2 lower) including all the medicines, sedation, post-surgery X-ray and post-surgery consultation fees.
I've did all the research the whole night to prepare for my big day (my 1st & biggest surgery in my life). All I can find on Google & dental forums searches was the terrifying side effects (temporary/permanent numbness, loss of taste/touch caused by nerve damage, bone destruction, dry socket, jaw pain, DEATH caused by heavy bleeding) and the pain + swollenness you have to suffer a week after the surgery. There's only 2 blog posts about this dental specialist clinic & they were already 10 years ago (common comment: bad service from the reception & impatient Dr.).
THE DAY
The traffic flow was super smooth (maybe cos of the pandemic, employees are only allowed to work from home & no dine-ins are allowed), which is very unusual because KL CBD is always congested with vehicles & pedestrians. I arrived 5 minutes earlier, but the clinic was not even open yet & no one was answering the call, nor the doorbell, because they're having a lunch break from 12pm-2pm. I called them at 2.05pm & they apologized as they were having lunch at the back & couldn't heard anything.
The reception (an elderly woman, looks like Dr. Wong's wife) gave me a leaflet for post-surgery advices & explained some of them to me. Dr. Wong looks like he's in his 50s, English speaking & patiently answering my questions and concerns about the surgery. After consulting the doctor & understanding how the procedure works (usually lasts less than 45 minutes), Dr. Wong gave me IV sedation through my right hand's back's vein, which I couldn't feel any pain at all from the thin needle poking (not a GA, general anesthesia that'll make me fully asleep, but the partial one which I can still feel everything happening in my mouth & able to give responses). There's 3 nurses (1 Malay kakak, 2 Chinese & 1 of them looks like Doctor's daughter) helping the dentist out. I don't really remember the exact details of the whole surgery procedure, but all I can feel was the tools plucking out my upper teeth easily, then Dr. Wong telling me he'll separate my bottom teeth (cos they're too huge to even get it whole out from my gums), then the next second, I can feel the sickle probe (hook tool) opening my mouth wider & elevator/luxators (machine sound) cutting and breaking my teeth into smaller parts. I couldn't relax & try to sleep during the whole procedure, but when I wanted to do so, the surgery is completed (I can't even feel them doing any stitches to my gums or I actually felt it but I've totally forgotten about it after that). For a few times while resting, I was touching my chins & lips cos they're itchy. It feels like a silicone balloon & I thought they laid something on my mouth, but turns out it's the numbness after surgery made myself can't even feel my own tongue, lips, jaw & chin LOL. The whole procedure lasts 15-20 minutes.
After the surgery when I got down from the surgical bed, I couldn't stand properly cause of the drowsiness & my sights are very blurred, almost like you're drunk and almost gonna K.O.. The Malay nurse kakak held my arms & brought me to the waiting area. Guess what? I was high af & keep talking about random shits (my bf told me how high I was after my anesthesia was all gone). My cheeks are kind of swollen & wounds were still bleeding so they gave me cotton gauze to bite on to stop the bleed. My bottom left cheek has a slight pain. I was prescribed with antibiotics & anti-swelling pills that have to be completed full course, sleeping pill just in case I wasn't able to sleep, Ponstan (Mefenamic acid) to treat pain, some mouth wash to rinse gently start from 2nd day ❗not GARGLE❗ & extra cotton gauze for replacements throughout the day. I didn't sleep at all for the whole car ride when returning home & was constantly taking pictures of my teeth LOL.
*1st & 2nd pic: post-surgery heavy bleed on cotton gauze, lips were dry & red
*3rd pic: changed to new gauze immediately in car
*4th pic: still can see jaw line & no swollen cheeks
POST-SURGERY
I took 2 hours nap ❗Required to sleep on an elevated pillow for the wound, so I placed another pillow below the one that I usually slept on❗ & couldn't sleep back anymore after that, but my whole body was still very tired & there's no signs of serious swelling on my cheeks. I've changed the cotton gauze twice before I took my nap & twice again after I woke up from my nap before my dinner.
*3rd pic: last cotton gauze I use (left: right teeth bleeding condition, right: left teeth bleeding condition)
I can't eat anything other than warm watery food ❗NOT HOT❗, like porridge and some cold desserts, like ice cream (recommended by doctor to soothe the pain and swell). My right gums are not constantly bleeding anymore (can be seen from the brown color blood clot on the gauze), but my bottom left one is still bleeding (dark to bright red blood on gauze). I WhatsApp the clinic at 6pm (30 minutes after they closed, but I've totally forgotten it's over their operating hours) & asked about my concern but they never replied, but after my dinner time, Dr. Wong himself called back to me around 10pm and told me it's all normal to bleed but should stop bleeding after changing a few times of the gauze. My gums never bleed anymore after I ate my porridge & I can taste the food already (tongue not numb anymore). I couldn't bite anything at all cause my gums are swollen (didn't happen to my cheeks yet).
10pm, 6 hours post-surgery: Right part upper lips not numb anymore, slowly in 30minutes, whole right lips, cheeks, jaw & chin back to normal. I can feel the slight pain only if touched the cheeks near the wounds.
2am, 10 hours post-surgery: Left part upper lips not numb anymore, but side cheeks & lower chin are still numb.
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POST-SURGERY X-RAY & CHECKUP (next day)
RECOVERY WEEK (2nd-6th day)
I made tiramisu cake a day before the extraction which is a great timing to eat my cake for this whole recovery week. Cold food, especially ice cream, cake & milk tea makes me and my gums happy. My 3 times of meal a day is only porridge & 1 dessert time with TIRAMISU CAKE π€π€/ milk tea.
π -> Watch Part 1 vlog: Wisdom Teeth Extraction & Recovery Week on YouTube <- π
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POST-SURGERY STITCHES REMOVAL
(7 days after surgery/8th day of surgery)
I've heard all sorts of stitches removal experience from friends and family around me & again, all I can get in return was that the stiches removal is much more painful than the surgery itself: 9/10 vs. 5/10
πGOOD NEWS. Weights lifted off my mind.
All I can feel was that they used the dental college tweezers to hold my gums, then the fine-pointed scissors to go through my swollen gums to remove the suture. I closed my eyes tightly cause I'm anxious & trying to distract myself by listening to Dr. and kakak nurse conversation about the stitches & wound condition of the previous patient vs. mine (they said mine healed so much more faster than the patient..?). Without me realizing, they've done the procedure in 5 minutes. I can feel some blood taste in my mouth & after rinsing it off, I feel nothing anymore. My gums feels much more lighter & no more pulling sensation at all (or accidentally pulled the suture when my tongue glides through my teeth). Dr. Wong prescribed me another 20 days of the Neurobion again, just in case. I'll have to go back for the last checkup of the overall surgery & nerve damage healing next month.
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| Last pic with my teeth before transferring to container. (Left) Full upper teeth; (Right) Bottom teeth that are all separated :( (don't worry it's clean & already soaked in water overnight twice) |
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| Contact details sent by my dental clinic |
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