For the very very FIRST time in my life, i'm having a tooth pain!! And it's killing me.
Three mornings ago, i woke up with a slight pain in the lower gum but i didn't thought much about it. Thought it was just simply because i traumatized my lower gum by brushing too hard the night before or something. But the pain just amplified as time passes and it's so killing me now that i have to take painkillers for it. Urgghh.
I am 99% sure that the pain was caused by my about-to-erupt lower left wisdom tooth and i am 100% sure not because of caries. Just had an x-ray a few weeks back and my third molar was shown to be kinda impacted. Still, i didn't expect it to give me trouble so soon - was expecting for a few more months before that happen. But here i am, having a seriously painful lower jaw and complaining about it here. I know most people will tell me to see the dentist but...... i just couldn't muster enough courage to drag myself out the door and up the hill to the dental hospital even though it's literally opposite the house.
I know, i know, i'm a dental student BUT i am actually scared of going to have this checked because... because... the only solution for this i think is to have the wisdom tooth removed, which is exactly the VERY THING which i had been dreading for yearrrrrrrsss - ever since my very first attachment to a dentist. You see, removal of the wisdom tooth is the very very first surgery that i had witnessed with my very own eyes and it was not a very nice experience. Ever since that time, i had been praying really hard that mine will not be impacted or better still, don't grow at all. But seems like my wish is not granted after all. *sigh*
Ok, i know being afraid and avoiding it is not a good solution for it, which is why i am spending this two days trying to hypnotise myself that i am actually brave enough for this. Don't want to spent the rest of my second year college life with tooth pain. But until the day i'm ready both mind and soul, paracetamol will be my best friend for the time being.
=P