Oooooh I hate seeing the dentist!
But it’s a necessary evil.
I’ve been going to the same dentist in NYC since 1994-until today. She’s great but I had to see a dental surgeon to have an abscess drained. I love my regular dentist, even though I have to sometimes deal with the pain she inflicts upon my gums.
This new guy? He was like the dentist in Little Shop Of Horrors.
First, the office manager came to me in my chair to tell me the amount I owed for the procedure they were about to do. Thankfully, I just enrolled into a Delta Dental insurance plan to cut the price down a little.
The dentist gave me a mild sedative (to supposedly make me comfy). Thirty seconds later, he puts the cotton swab with the numbing agent near my wisdom tooth. Five seconds later came the five-foot needle with Novocain! Ouch.
Eighteen seconds elapsed, then in goes the medieval tool from the 13th century to dig out the infected area.
One minute later, I’m stumbling out of the chair, trying to figure out where I was to sit to regain my full consciousness.
He said it would take 30 minutes, but it seemed like 3.
It all worked out because I got the whole thing done during my lunch hour. I’m glad I don’t sing or play an instrument with my mouth. It would be a little problematic.
There is still a slight problem…my regular dentist told me I would need all my wisdom teeth extracted sooner than later.
Have you had wisdom teeth taken out recently and what was it like?
Clayton Craddock is a father, independent thinker, and the founder and publisher of the social and political commentary newsletter Think Things Through and host of the Think Things Through Podcast.
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