{"id":77,"date":"2009-08-26T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T16:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/?p=77"},"modified":"2009-08-26T20:46:12","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T03:46:12","slug":"extraction-of-my-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/2009\/08\/26\/extraction-of-my-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraction of my Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Monday, I had to go through with the extraction of my wisdom teeth. My bottom two wisdom teeth were impacted (growing in sideways) and my top two wisdom teeth were rubbing against my jaw. Thus, the extraction of all four of my wisdom teeth. I went to a Dentist in Richmond, across from the Richmond General Hospital. To be honest, I don&#8217;t even remember the Dentist&#8217;s name. (Which probably isn&#8217;t a good thing) I was going to put to sleep for the extraction, but before I was given the Anesthetic, I was given a relaxation drug. This drug was the best feeling I&#8217;ve ever experienced in my life, I was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so<\/span> relaxed. About 5 minutes after that drug, I was put under. When I woke up, my mouth was completely frozen. The nurse that was taking care of me came in, and I felt a little nauseas. So she put a wet towel on my forehead and let me take a nap. I literally took a 10 minute nap on the surgery chair, but when I woke up, I was completely fine. They gave me my teeth to take home, and they are freakishly huge. No wonder they couldn&#8217;t fit inside my mouth, they were as big as my thumb nail. Prior to the Extraction, I did some research on what I had to do to help in the healing process. For those of you who haven&#8217;t got their wisdom teeth out and are going to, here are my tips to you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take the drugs they give you (Anti-inflammatory, Antibiotics, and T3s) with a glass of milk to aid in the digestive process<\/li>\n<li>Eat nothing but soft foods for the first couple of days (Yogurt, Milkshakes, Soup, Pudding, Mashed Potatoes) until you feel comfortable with attempting harder foods.<\/li>\n<li>Do not wash your mouth with any solution (including brushing your teeth) for the first 12 hours, after the first day make sure you wash your mouth with a Salt-Water Solution 5 &#8211; 6 times a day.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use a straw or spit, this may re-open the gum and cause Dry Socket (The exposure of your jaw bone)<\/li>\n<li>Elevate your head when sleeping for the first couple of days, to prevent excess bleeding.<\/li>\n<li>Stay away from your parents while they are cooking your sister\/brother food, you&#8217;ll hate life.<\/li>\n<li>Apply an Ice Pack every few hours to help with the Swelling (Thanks to Eastwood for the reminder!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those of you that have already gotten your wisdom teeth taken out, leave a comment with your experiences!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Monday, I had to go through with the extraction of my wisdom teeth. My bottom two wisdom teeth were impacted (growing in sideways) and my top two wisdom teeth were rubbing against my jaw. Thus, the extraction of all four of my wisdom teeth. I went to a Dentist in Richmond, across from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[187],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wellness","tag-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jordanmcgarry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}