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If you ever go to China you may notice that generally they are not the best for dental hygiene. You will likely see a lot of people with pretty bad teeth. I took pride in my teeth and even went to the dentist pretty regularly. That is NOT common for most Chinese! So when I moved to America and made my first dentist appointment, I was pretty confident. This would be yet another time where my idea and reality didn’t quite see eye to eye! So my husband set it up so he and I would go to his dentist office for our cleaning. As soon as I was in the chair and the hygienist had me open my mouth it went downhill. She scraped and dug and poked and gouged. When she squirted water into my mouth and had me spit it back out the color was a bright stylish red! This went on for almost an hour. I had never met this person before but it sure seemed she was getting back at me for something! Then they took X-rays of my teeth and found a cavity that would have to be drilled and filled at a follow up appointment. This actually had been repaired once in China. But, unfortunately like a lot of things made in my native country that work didn’t last either! My friend had her teeth cleaned by Dentist New York City and luckily she didn’t have the same issue. She said they were great with her, and her teeth look amazing now too!!
But the biggest surprise for them was that I still had my wisdom teeth. In America most people have these rearmost teeth pulled out when they are teenagers but not so in China; and not so for me. I asked when we could schedule that but our dentist didn’t do that kind of operation in his office. It was a pretty involved procedure so I had to get an appointment with a doctor whose specialty was Oral Surgery. Great, so I had to go back to our regular dentist to get my one tooth filled and then to this other doctor to get the wisdom teeth pulled. Everyone has 4 of these teeth but they don’t always have to pull them all. Of course I wasn’t part of that lucky minority. My dentist showed me the X-ray pictures showing how my wisdom teeth were tipped over and actually pushing on the other teeth in my mouth. Over the years this moved and crowded my teeth so that a couple in the front were actually twisted a bit to make room. They also explained that after all the dental work was finished I could even get braces on my teeth to straighten that out. They said it would only take several years and a LOT of money! I decided I like my teeth just the way they are thank you.
So I went to the oral surgeon for a checkup appointment and they told me what they would be doing and gave me a list of rules for the night before and day of the operation. No eating or drinking after midnight the day before so we had a pretty good dinner to make sure I wouldn’t starve! My husband drove me to the doctor’s office that morning and we went in and waited. Pretty quickly they took us back into the operating room and showed me the chair I’d be sitting in. This is pretty big surgery so they even had to put me to sleep for a while. All I remember is my husband was holding my hand as they had me count backwards from 100. Before I started counting I did tell them to make sure they didn’t kill me! You can never be too sure about these things so I thought I’d better mention it. OK, 100, 99, 98, 97…I’m not sure if I even got to 90 before I started falling asleep. That was some pretty good stuff they used! Everything had gone OK and after about an hour I was being woken up and the good news was I woke up alive! My husband was brought back in to get me and told some instructions and we were sent home. Well after we stopped by the drug store and I got some pills to help with the pain I would have once the good stuff wore off. The pain did come but it turned out that the pills were pretty good stuff too! I couldn’t eat any food for about a week and had to go back to get some stitches taken out but there were no problems. We still go to the dentist twice a year but it’s a LOT less traumatic than that first time. Oh, and those teeth are still a little twisted but I like to think they add character to my smile!
SHOP MY LOOK:
Hat @Charming Charlies
White vest @Nordstrom Rack
White graphic tee @Banana Republic
White ripped jeans @Guess
LOL bag @Betsey Johnson @DSW
Bow bracelet @Macy’s @Bar II
Pearl bracelet @Express
Sandals @DSW @Nine West
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Grace
20 Comments
Tara
Your all white outfit is so chic, I especially am loving your jeans!
gliang
That is one of my favorite as well! I wore them to vacation and usually that means they are my favorites! 😉
Lindsey P.
Very glad that you woke up alive! Haha. You are too funny! And you are not alone in waiting to have your wisdom teeth removed. I never had them taken out when I was a teenager, and just recently had them removed. Mine actually became in infected – I am so glad that’s all over. Haha.
I love this all white outfit! So classy and fun looking!
Hope you are having a great week!
-Lindsey
Have Clothes, Will Travel
gliang
I was pretty lucky that I didn’t have too much trouble with it. 😉 Thank you very much Lindsey!
Maria | Looking Glass
I love this all white look, you look so chic! Getting my wisdom teeth out was the most painful surgery I’ve ever had to recover from. The dentist didn’t give me the right painkillers at first so I was stuck in bed for about 2 weeks with swollen cheeks, and I couldn’t eat solid foods for about a month!
gliang
Wow! That sounds a very painful experience! I am so glad it is over for you! 🙂
Toyas Tales
Getting wisdom teeth pulled can be a pretty painful experience. My Mom had to get all four of hers pulled at the same time. She was not a pleasant person to be around all week. Lol. On a different note I am loving your LOL clutch. It is too cute!
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gliang
Lol! I guess I wasn’t that pleasant person either after the pain pill wore out. 😉
milex
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Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
I had my wisdom teeth taken out at 18, this is pretty common in my city… you turn that age and you get them out! It wasn’t too bad and I really don’t remember being in a lot of pain… I do remember my parents getting my a milk shake on the way home. I love this all white with a little black look!
Carrie
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gliang
Lol! My memory is to tell them don’t kill me. 😉
Rachel
I enjoyed reading this, ahh the wisdom teeth pulling days, been there and done that and found out I was allergic to the pain meds after that. Not fun! Looking chic and lovely in this white outfit Grace!
Thanks for linking up to “Bloggers Who Have Inspired Me” the other day.
Rachel xo
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gliang
Allergic to the pain meds? That was horrible! Then keep yourself very healthy so you will not need them anymore! 🙂
Kelsey @ Runaway In LA
All-white is the perfect way to go this summer. Absolutely loving how you styled this outfit! Chic, clean, and simple.
And oh my, your throwback story reminds me of my own wisdom teeth journey! I got all mine out removed about two summers ago, and surprisingly, it wasn’t that painful afterwards! And I didn’t wake super drugged or anything (thankfully haha) I did suffer through about three years of braces, but it’s definitely worth it in the end. Very inspiring how you’ve learned to embrace your smile/teeth too! 🙂 I refused to get some of my teeth pulled out because I liked the “imperfect” look to it as well… much to the horror of my orthodonist who wanted a “perfect” smile hehe.
Kelsey
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gliang
Lol! I didn’t want to suffer too much! I have never been a beautiful girl so it didn’t bug me too much! 😉
Janneke
You have such beautiful hair.
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gliang
Thank you dear! 🙂
Jill
They had to surgically remove my wisdom teeth and I remember it being so painful afterwards. You look so chic in this all white look!
Jill
Doused In Pink
gliang
It is certainly not a fun time! 😉