Drs Hawkins, Gingrass, Miller & Triggs, LTD

In an attempt to extract every last bit of wisdom out of my third molars (see what I did there?), I kept all 4 of mine for waaaaaay longer than just about everyone else I surveyed. My wisdom teeth had a good run, but it became very, very clear they needed to go. All these other people stood there telling me they had had there’s removed, and clearly, they were still alive lol. I would be just fine. Repeat to self: you will be just fine.
Now all my loved ones had to do was live through the month between when I scheduled the appointment and when I had it done. The month where I talked about it NONSTOP lol.
Fast forward a month (lucky for you, Unilocal reader lol):
The horror stories I’ve spent my adult life hearing about with wisdom teeth removal I’m guessing were due to the fact that most people have there’s pulled when they’re very young and haven’t experienced much of life. Seriously, there were about ten slightly uncomfortable minutes during the procedure but otherwise I was back to my self in about an hour overall. I didn’t have general anesthesia and didn’t bother filling the painkiller prescription because I seemed fine with a little Advil and Tylenol (not taken at the same time, kids.) I had nitrous oxide but I feel like I might have managed fine without it. They stayed in the room with me and made sure it was not too much and not too little. A little was more than enough for me, lol. (No, really lol.)
Even though me and the teeth had spent several decades together, they all came out in one piece. The staff was very nice, answering all my questions about the procedure, billing, scheduling, and giving thorough instructions on followup care.
I’m sure everyone’s experience with a procedure like this is going to be slightly different (we’re all unique little snowflakes). But if you’re worried about having this done (like I was), for what its worth, things turned out way better than expected and I am now ready to start the summer!