I is Back! :D

hellers!
i'm back! x3
i find that having these blogs really clear my mind out, so why stop? hhaha.
it's just been a crazy time for me, but it'll all work out. (:

but i wanted to do a "Tooth Extraction Progress" chart thingy. xD
where i got my tooth pulled out is doing pretty awesomes! it's healing really well, but i do get some pain when i grind my teeth. and yea, i grind my teeth a lot. =.="
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Day 1 : my tooth extraction on July 21st. had to wait for a LONG time to go into a room. and then i had to wait about another hour for my dentist. after finding that the decay touched a nerve, i had to pull it out. :O so had to wait another half an hour. FINALLY after getting it pulled out, i had gotten a paper about taking care of my extraction (which didn't help at all, SO! i did online research. ^_^ i also got prescribed a pain killer, generic to Motrin. right after getting home, i took a pill. i'm suppose to eat something before taking the medicine but i wasn't hungry. but was told to eat. i tried congee with meat, failed. jello, failed. so i just drank a whole buncha water! ^_^ 

after a few hours, the bleeding subsided! but then around 5pm, it started bleeding again! and i panicked, but found out it was normal. xD so six hours later (when i first took the pill) i took another and attempted to eat bland congee. =.=" it was easier to eat with out the gauze in the way, but i was VERY cautious. too cautious i might add when i think about it. xD

but then, around 11 pm, it started to bleed again. i remembered reading about bitting on a moistened tea bag with stop the bleeding due to the tannic acid; and boy did i work! after half an hour, i took it out, and went to sleep. no more bleeding the next day. ^_^

Day 2 : there wasn't anymore bleeding, but there was pain. i went to the Oral Surgeon on Day 2 and did all kinds of stuff, which i will talk about in my next post. (: but after going to the Surgeon, my mom took us to Pizza Street. xD she told me to eat some, but chew on my left side, since the tooth was pulled on my upper right side. ^_^ i ate about two slices since it was so hard, and i didn't want anything to poke it.


after getting home from the buffet, i went to rinse my mouth with salt water (one cup of water & 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt) since it removes anything stuck to the extraction area. after that, i took more medicine, ate congee, and just went on with the day. (:


Day 3 : everyday's practically the same, unless something exciting happens. xD so in the evening i check where the tooth was pulled out and saw white spots. i panicked like crazy and went to ask my mom. she didn't help out by saying don't worry about it. she's now dentist btw. so i went to the internet! *insert superhero dun dun dun sounds* and i found out that it just meant the area is healing. i did a cross and blessed the Lord. xD


Day 4 : i stopped eating congee and ate more softer foods. rice, jello, milk, oatmeal, and other soft foods. still continued taking my medicine still.


Day 5 : i checked the area after eating pho, a Vietnamese noodle dish. it's VERY yummy. and i noticed that the swelling was reduced and that there was less dark red parts, and more pinker areas; which means that those pink areas are almost healed. ^_^ also! forgot to mention that i iced my face for twenty minutes, every two hours on the first day! it helped a lot with swelling. the swelling isn't noticeable on the outside but in the inside. :O but after finding that out, i was UBER happy! ^_^


Day 6 : just a normal ol' day. still taking my medicine every six hours. i also accidently bit a piece of Ritz cracker on my right side and got scared. but i flushed it down with water. and also! i keep (and still do) rinse my mouth with salt water after a meal. it's important to drink a lot of water because it keeps you hydrated! i drink about 5 to 8 bottles of water everyday. :D


Day 7 & 8 : another normal day. well, i do get pain if i grind my teeth together. but i try to ignore it after taking my medicine. so far, so good. i brush my teeth normally, but more cautious around the gums and teeth around the extraction site. ^_^


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i forgot to add some stuff, so i'll just add it here. ^_^

you can't rinse your mouth or spit or anything like that on day 1. and when i mean rinse, i mean with mouthwash.
i brushed my teeth on my left side in Day 2. and also the bottom right ones. left the ones near the site alone.
i started to brush my upper right teeth around day 4. i think. not sure. but i fully brushed my teeth on day 7. (:
also floss! i floss VERY gently where the extraction site is, so yea. good hygiene is important in healing.

there's also a thing called 'dry socket.' it's rare but does happen. 5% of the time, this is when a patient gets it. its when the blood clot, the thing that stops the bleeding and helps the area heal, is fallen off or removed, or spit out. that's why you have to be careful if rinsing your mouth the next day. you drool it out, instead of spitting. dry socket happens 3-5 days after the tooth extraction, so it's crucial being careful!

and no poking the site! i keep poking it on accident, but nothing bad happens. well, not that i know of. but be careful!
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i think i'm quite lucky to have a premolar removed, rather than a wisdom tooth, because i think it heals slower and harder to manage. i mean a tooth ALLL the way back there is heard to handle. but i have to manage, since i'm getting all four pulled out in December. =.="

but it's ok! i'm keeping positive, because any stress or mistreatment to yourself will you hurt even more. (:
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and that's it!
if you read this whole post, leave a comment and bless your heart. :D
<3 - stacy. (: