I had my molar yanked out on Sunday. They sugar-coat it and say “oral surgery”, but really it’s just good ol’ yanking. With some really good anesthesia of course.
Oh how I love anesthesia.
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After we were done, the dentist asked me if I wanted to see my tooth. Sure, I said. What else are you supposed to say?
Lesson learned. Always say no.
Blood and gums. Massacre of the Tooth. Every time my cheek hurts, the image of my bloody tooth flashes before me.
“Would you like to take your tooth home, hun?” the dentist’s assistant said as she lifted up my tooth, gums and all. “You could get it encased in silver and wear it around your neck!” She waved the thing in my face and showed me her silver tooth necklace.
“Er, I’m not much of a jewelry person. Thanks.” I said (okay, tried to say with a cotton ball in my mouth). With my head all loopy, I remember briefly wondering if she was the tooth fairy. Now, I’m starting to wonder if it was really her tooth or if she just collects them for fun. You think mine is in a drawer somewhere in her house? Patient 225: Bottom left molar.
Nah. She probably made earrings.
I went to work yesterday looking like my face grew another face. The whole being an adult thing doesn’t let me stay at home on the grounds of “No way in hell am I stepping out looking like this!”. Sigh.
Miss Four Eyes 
I have my 2 wisdom teeth in a pot LOL, don’t ask me why, weird I know LOL.
Big Hugs xxxoxxx
Mollie and Alfie
Nah, that’s not so weird. One of my neighbors has her kidney stone in a jar on a shelf. Now THAT is weird. It just sort of stares at you when you walk around the room.
Ouch – sorry shouldn’t laugh but this was hysterical …yay for anaesthesia – I had my 4 taken out at once in Hospital, next few days resembled a character frog or the Godfather – but all ok – think I would have puked if I was offered them to take home. You did good girl 🙂
Ouch! That sounds painful. I would have spent the whole time quoting The Godfather (probably not very well).
My co-workers were sure that an alien was going to burst out of my cheek though, so there was that. 😀
Eww lol awkward
If you collect enough molars, you could make a nice silver belt. We’ll just call you ‘Gappy Mouth’
If I collected enough molars, I’d give them to the tooth fairy and become rich!
hee hee…
Yeah, I saw the kid’s wisdom teeth. Who knew tooth roots were so long? *shudder*
Hope you recover fully soon!
They’re so big. How do they even fit in there?!
It’s getting better, my cheek is a little less swollen today. Thanks, Sheena 🙂
After I had my appendix out my family told me that while I was in the recovery room the doctor asked if I wanted to see my appendix and my response was to throw up. I would probably have the same reaction to the tooth.
In your defense, eww! No thanks doc, I don’t want to see my blood-covered insides that are now outside.
Yes. I never look. It’s always gross. I hope you aren’t in too much pain and you recover quickly.
It is, they’re should be a warning or something.
“Warning: Graphic blood spatter ahead”
I’m surprisingly good, Steph, thanks 🙂 Must be the pain meds. I bet it’s going to hurt like crazy once I run out of them.
I’m laughing enough at your post so just as well you didn’t put up the dirty jokes haha.
haha, I’m glad! We could always come up with some now
I’m sorry to hear that you had to go through this experience, Miss Eleven Molars. 🙂
Also, I hope that if dental assistant got your tooth, she only wears it for special occasions.
Me too! And I hope people ask her about it. “This one? This one’s patient 225, isn’t it the prettiest?”
I had a fatty tumor on my hip taken out under local anesthesia. First off, don’t do local, it’s just not as fun. I said yes and he put this piece of yellow gooey stuff next to my head. I passed out. As it turns out fatty tumors look a lot like chicken fat. I am not big on mouth and teeth stuff. They always try to open my mouth further than it opens. I often wonder if I’ll ever get it shut again (and so do my friends!). Hope you’re feeling better and yes, being an adult is a bummer sometimes.
Local anesthesia is the party pooper of anesthesias.
Chicken fat, huh? I don’t think I would have been able to look at chicken the same way. But, ow, that sounds painful (and worse because of the party pooper)
The professor sends his condolences! The loss of a tooth is never an easy issue. The tray is too familiar red indeed! There is light at the end of the tunnel; hang in the dark as long as you need too! It helps that you have a Punchyish nature to cope don’t you think?
I’m not sure what a Punchyish nature is, but it sounds exciting!
And professorish, don’t you think?
Absolutely 🙂
I had a different molar yanked out not too long ago, as you know, but what I didn’t tell you was that the dentist was talking to his assistant about his upcoming assistant about his upcoming vacation. If I wasn’t already nervous enough (they numbed my mouth but didn’t actually give me anesthesia) THAT sure made me freak out more. Fortunately, he wasn’t already mentally on vacation… and no one offered to show me my tooth. Phew!
WOAH! Apparently I need caffeine. Omit “about his upcoming assistant” from the above 😛
Don’t worry about it 😉
That’s good. For a minute there, I thought you were going to tell me a horror story about a the wrong molar being pulled out. Phew! And yay for not having to see your tooth!
Wearing your own tooth as jewelry seems weird, but wearing someone else’s tooth as jewelry could mean she’s crazy in my opinion. Or maybe its just a fashion trend that I don’t know about …..
Hope you recover soon. You can eat all the ice-cream you want now so that’s great I believe! 🙂
Crazy, Keerthi, always crazy.
Thanks! You know what, I haven’t had any ice cream at all. The one time you can all the ice cream you want and I don’t seize the opportunity. I feel so silly now.
Awh man! That’s bad. Hey, you know what? I don’t think its too late. I’d say go and grab some ice cream now. Better late than never right? 😉
Right! Double chocolate chip, here I come!
Wait a second, is double chocolate chip your favourite flavour?
Yes, and as it just occurs to me, probably not a good idea. Chocolate chips + hole in mouth where molar used to be = bad idea.
It’s my favourite as well! *Hi-five*
Oh yes it is. In this case I guess plain chocolate will be just fine.
*chocolate ice cream high five*
Feel better! At least that’s one problem down. I don’t think I’d want anything to do with a tooth that would cause me such aggravation — aaaghhhh!
Exactly! What are you supposed to do? Keep it in a jar on the mantel and say “See this, this is the tooth that hurt like a bitch.” when company is over?
Now I have an image of her drawers at home filled with teeth. Hope you feel better soon!
I wonder, are they hidden away in socks or encased in glass and labeled?
Thanks, I’m doing pretty well. It could be the pain meds talking, but it doesn’t hurt a lot.
Yikes, this made me feel a bit woozy.
Sorry, man. Anesthesia to make it better?
Set me up.
Bahahahahaha
😀
I remember getting my wisdom teeth getting yanked when I was 14 and haven’t been smart since. They didn’t even offer to let me keep my teeth. So bitter…
Come to think of it, I’m starting to notice exactly a quarter of my brain functioning a little off. Me too, so bitter
I guess wisdom leaves with the wisdom teeth.
Bless you girl! I have had that done…no fun! I had to have a root canal once and they gave me gas instead of trying to numb it up (that had not worked on previous visits). I asked if I would feel anything and he said..”You might, but you won’t care!” ha ha ha! You know what?? That man was right!!!! 🙂
Haha! I like that, that makes root canals so much better 🙂
Why do they always ask you if you want to keep the thing they removed? And they ask like it’s a normal question.
“No thanks, this isn’t Silence of the Lambs. I don’t collect body parts.”
Haha! Maybe it’s a patient weeding process?
If you reply with a “yes” they make a note to add you to a shortlist of serial killer suspects.
There are probably trackers in the teeth you take home.
“Always say no”
Who would want to make jewellery out of their teeth???!!!!
Right? Her question makes me wonder how many people say yes to it.
“You could get it encased in silver and wear it around your neck!”
“Yeah! That’s a great idea, and not weird at all!”
Dang I love your writing and images! I only read your posts on bad days, then I can honestly say, YES something good did happen today, someone made me smile!
Thank you !
YOU made me smile, Wild E! Completely made my day 🙂
Thank you and keep up the funny good work. I do not always respond or comment here, but… I always read, smile and laugh!
Yup, anesthesia is great but not the after effect. Keep the tooth for future use. Apparently your DNA in the middle might be handy or you can sell it for scientific use.
Aw man, I wish I’d known that before. I guess it’s not so funny to keep a jar of your teeth then.
I had a tooth yanked a few years ago. I took it home as a reminder not to eat sugar anymore. It didn’t work. I just finished an oober decadant slice of chocolate cake with whipped cream…..
Yummmm. Did it inspire you instead? I feel like that’s the effect it would have on me.
Reminds me I need to get some toothwork done sometime. I have to stop postponing my call to the dentist. Come on, Self, be brave and get a hold of yourself!
You can do this. Ask for the good anesthesia, and everything will be okay. Heck, it’ll be fantastic!
I want the anesthesia that makes you see pink elephants ice-skating on the ceiling!
Anything for pink elephants
I’m one of the lucky humans to now have problems with the wisdom teeth.
I went to the dentist 2 years ago when I turned 17 (play along), and asked him, concerned, why I’m wasn’t experiencing any pains or discomfort, everybody around was complaining about a molar.
Am I normal doctor?
Well, you have a big jaw, all your teeth are out, wisdom included.
I felt left out, like misfit.
You should have kept the tooth, get a second one and it’d be the perfect Christmas gift.
I bet it was really hard growing up with all those molar-less kids, what with they’re all-you-can-eat ice cream and everything.
The perfect Christmas gift, like a matching set of earrings right?!
I hope you are feeling better! Meds are about the only good thing that comes out of situations like these.
Sometimes, meds are the BEST! Sometimes.
I’ll be “in the chair”, as they say, this Friday, partner, so believe me when I say: I feel your pain.
Get well soon.
I hope they give you the good stuff, partner.
Good luck!
Sorry about your tooth! I had a deep crack in one of my molars, and the dentist said there was no saving it. I had drugs to dull the pain, but was awake the whole time. It was TERRIBLE. When I saw my tooth on the tray afterwards I suddenly had some weird attachment to it, and started crying.
Hope your mouth is feeling okay! It can be really sore afterwards.
Was your reaction kind of like “My baby! I can’t believe you were inside me.”? ‘Cause I vaguely remember thinking something along those lines.
I really felt it the other day when my pain meds ran out. Ohhhh the pain! It’s much better now though 🙂
RIP Molar! I too was fine until I glimpsed at the “tray of blood & instruments” I was just glad I was in a dentist office and not in some abandoned warehouse with a crazy person. Oh yea because that’s where this head goes! Feel better soon : )
Haha! I love where your head goes.
Being in an abandoned warehouse with a crazy person would be terrifying with or without the blood and instruments though. If he was a clown, all the worse.
Thanks, Lisa, I’m much better 🙂
Why did you have to say “clown”…why…?
Glad you’re better!
Oh, so sorry! Anything to do with the dentist is no fun, but a tooth yanking. Ouch! I’ll remember to not look…it’s not worth the risk of a haunting, mental flash of it!
No, it’s really not. I may get nightmares about that now.
I have a lot of bad memories of getting teeth pulled when I was younger. It’s a terrible feeling, feeling it get yanked back and forth. What type of anesthetic did you get? I’ve only had the Novocaine which usually but sometimes not enough.
It is a terrible feeling. Especially when you open your eyes in the middle and watch the dentist pull our some giant equipment.
I wish I could remember, but have no idea what I got. I know I loved it though. Hardly felt a thing until later that night.
Hehee – so great! Hope your mouth is feeling better. The emotional trauma will, of course, take longer to fade, along with that macabre image of the tooth/gum necklace proposal. And you soooo know it wasn’t the first time that assistant had made the joke. Or was it a joke? I hear Ke$ha is totally into making toothsome accessories – but I’m not sure we should be taking fashion advice from someone who literally wore a garbage bag to the VMAs!
When I had my wisdom teeth torn out (one was growing in sideways, go figure – I must be related to Picasso somewhere up the family tree lol), the left side of my jaw turned mustard yellow and brown from the bruising. There I was, working as a cashier at Home Depot, the new poster child for domestic violence and career aspirations. Sigh – because you’re right, we just can’t days off for dignity anymore~
Mine was pulled out for growing in sideways too. What’s with our crazy teeth? Don’t they know which way they should be growing?
But ouch! I hope you told the customers giving you weird looks a funny story. Mine was a fist fight that I clearly won/an alien’s going to pop out of my cheek at any moment.
Yours was growing in sideways too?! Maybe, just maybe, if you and I hadn’t had them pulled a darling little alien really would have burst out. Can’t be a genetic fluke to have such a convenient, laterally aimed escape pod for hitching a ride in a homosapien. Hmmm the latter sort of weirdness is exactly why I didn’t try any non-dentistry related stories with my customers! lolz
Haha, I think you should try it, your customers might end up loving it 🙂
But, aw man! I really wanted to meet an alien. My only chance got yanked out…..the other three molars are still there. Fingers crossed!
When I got my wisdom teeth out, my drugs were arranged by a travel agent. I had all four out at one time, and to this day, I don’t remember roughly twelve hours of that day.
I hope you’re feeling better.
Haha! Gotta love travel agents.
I am much better, thanks Steven 🙂
Hilarious! Had all 4 wisdom teeth surgically excised last year for my 45th birthday. My wife had to drive me home. Upon exiting my truck, I proceeded to puke up the pint of blood I swallowed in my driveway, to which my wife replied “oh my god! The neighbors are going to think you’re drunk or high!”.
To which I replied (loudly), “f*** tha neighbors! I just hurled a pint of blood! Get me in the house already!” However, the percocets made it a big more bearable! Again, luv tha flow of thought in the beginning doodle! Am enjoying the hell out of your work. Glad we met!
Ouch! One hell of a birthday present.
I’m glad we met too!