All 4 of mine were impacted. The upper two 3rd molars never fully developed, but one was in my sinus and the other was at the edge of my sinus. The lower two 3rds were lying in the jaw bone facing any which way but up. I assisted on a lot of tooth and wisdom tooth extractions both in the office and surgeons office. I knew what was involved. All I can say is, I should have not looked at my x-ray. I worked with my surgeon and knew him well. I also knew that as skilled as a surgeon as he is, my lower left 3rd was going to be a bitch to remove.
Before that surgery, I had never had anesthesia before. I had this remote fear that I was going to feel something during the surgery. Where I got this idea from, I have no idea, but it was there. I remember waking up from surgery, walking out to the recovery room with a mouth full of gauze. As soon as I saw my mom, I said , "I didn't feel a thing!", as tears rolled down my face and bloody gauze started to fall out of my mouth. Of course, I had no idea I was drooling because I couldn't feel a single thing. Freaked my mom out a bit though. lol! I just remember being so relieved because I feared I would feel something. lol!
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