My wisdom teeth on my right side have been giving me trouble for month nows and it was badly infected twice. I've been meaning to remove it but the thought of having to go through all the pain and the word 'surgery' just made me delay the process.
Finally decided to get it done last Monday, thought it'd be best I remove them before I head to Koh Tao for my dives.
Then began the process of scouting for a new dentist. My regular dentist quoted me RM900 to remove both of them (RM800 for the bottom as it required minor surgery and RM100 for normal extraction of the top). My dental entitlement per year is RM1k and this alone would take up 90% of it. So I asked around, and finally narrowed down to KL Dental Surgery in Hartamas and Menara Dental Surgery in PJ State. But since I've not known anyone who's visited the Hartamas clinic, I decided to head to the PJ State, since S and her mum frequent that dentist and had only good things to say about her.
S was right!
Removing both of it only cost me RM350!
Dr Carmel was this small petite lady who was really kind and friendly. Most importantly, she was gentle. I won't lie, the initial stages of injections were painful and mum said I almost broke her hand by squeezing it. Dr Carmel had to inject me twice on the bottom to numb the area as the first round didn't quite numb the area fully. After that I could only feel pressure and different sounds, and after a minute the bottom tooth was out. Immediately after that, she injected the top area and pulled out that tooth. That one hurt a little bit more than the bottom because I think the area was not completely numb yet, but it only took about 30 seconds so nothing I couldn't handle.
Recovery has been really good so far. Doc gave me 2 days medical leave and I've been at home resting lots. Gargling frequently and keeping the area clean. Hopefully it'll heal well and fast before my trip.
Now I've got all 4 of my wisdom tooth out - no more worries!
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