Getting teeth pulled sucks

Well, I decided to give it a few days before I posted my thoughts on getting my 4 premolars pulled.

SUCKS!

Of course, I've been through this before. And even worse. When I had my wisdom teeth pulled 2 or 3 years ago, it put me out of commission for a good 5 days. Mainly because I was bleeding a ton due to my teeth having to be cut out on the bottom. That was definitely 10 time as bad as this extraction.

The total procedure took about 45 minutes. Since I was using local anesthetic, I was shot up a ton, as request by me. The first tooth came out with a little difficulty: a piece of root was stuck and the dentist decided to leave it in for fear of it entering into my sinus cavity if they tried to dig it out. The next 2 came out easier, with one coming out with so much force that the dentist's forceps smacked the top row of my other teeth. That kinda sucked.

But the last one. Man.

That took a good 15 minutes of wiggling and pulling to get. It must have been stuck on the root or something of the other teeth. It was a weird feeling, as I couldn't really feel anything except for the pressure in my jaw pushing and pulling. A little bit of cracking, too, but nothing bad. Finally it came out, and I was loaded up with some ice packs and gauze and sent home.

Overall, not as bad as I thought, but I'm glad that it will be (hopefully) the last teeth I ever need to have pulled.

I totally forgot all of the common things that happen whenever you get teeth pulled. Like the extreme discomfort from the needle points where you got shot up with novacaine, and the fact that you'll be eating nothing but soft food for a good few days. I tend to use the pelican approach. Awkward and potentially hazardous, but it gets the job done.

And then there's the bleeding. I didn't really stop bleeding from my one socket until late last night. Not cool. Also, I am under constant fear of dry socket; apparently it is pretty painful. So I am taking the next few days to lay low and not do anything strenuous.

At least I get to eat all the ice cream that I want :) Not to mention some goooood meds.