OK, wisdom teeth. You go to dental and wait a few hours, and when you get seen you will take some pills (I don't remember what it was, It was like an aspirin or some other over the counter kind of thing) and they'll explain in detail what will happen then. You'll get numbed up real good with some strong stuff (no laughing gas like civilians use, but they get the job done). Once your numb (and they will make sure you are), they'll extract the teeth. You won't really feel a thing. You will hear the teeth cracking and you'll know they're drilling in and stuff, but it really is painless. The only bad part is if the tooth is still burried they gotta kinda dig it out of the gums to pull it (like if its not grown out enough, but in that case they may let you get it done in A School instead; they gave me the choice, i said screw it I'm already numb). The cracking of the tooth when they pull is a little nerve wracking but you don't feel it, it just feels like a little pressure and thats it its over. The numbness wears off after like 4 hours. Afterwards, you will get your meds for swelling and pain. The pain isn't bad at all after either, its more of a sore jaw. The annoying part is that your gums will bleed for the rest of the day and that it feels weird eating food for about a week after (i bit my tongue a lot afterwards). You will need to watch what you eat (the first day or 2 you will be on restricted galley food so they won't even let you eat anything you can't chew. I missed out on burger day and got mac and cheese instead cause of that!). I didn't even come close to using all my meds up, I didn't get the refill and still only used 1/2 the pain meds. The important one is the one that helps it heal faster, use them as they tell you and it will help, pain take as needed and I really didn't need much after the first day SIQ (Day of extraction). Those pills will put you right to sleep though so you know, drowsy is pretty much an understatement
The dentists and nurses who do the extraction are the best ones in the office, they are really really good at what they do, and very nice. I swear, the nicest people you meet in boot camp are the wisdom teeth folks at dental. They will take great care of you and you'll be fine. Going in, wisdom teeth is also one of the things I was most afraid of and in retrospect, it was cake. You also get to listen to music the whole time, pretty nice when its been a month since you heard music. You don't even care what kind of music its just amazing to hear it for a change!
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