tooth fairy twin tooth

the tooth fairy gave me another tooth. LITERALLY.

It has been about 1 weeek. And I felt something strange that came out from my gums. At first I thought it was an ulcer. My tongue kept rubbing against it, and feeling it. It seemed to be a small bubble.

But, on sunday, I couldn't take it anymore. It didn't go away. So I looked at it again, it looked like a white bubble on my gums. And then I stuck my index finger and tried to touch it. Hmmm, it seemed like quite a hard bubble. Then I tried using my finger nail.

That was when I was shocked to find out it was a bone in my gums....

And You know? It isn't my wisdom tooth.

So it was already a Sunday when I found out.
Oh man... it's coming out from behind the 5th Molar, 4teeth from the last teeth... bottom right of my jaw. It's basically close to the centre right of my lower jaw. HOW CAN IT BE A WISDOM TOOTH?

So i decided to ask my Medical officers... and You know what? They said, "could it be a fish bone stuck there?" And for a moment, I really thought, hmm, that's so strange. I kept trying to remember a time where I ate a fish bone and it poked into my gums... and maybe stayed there for many years before it decided to re-surface.


AND so, I really thank God for today.

You know, there was a Medical Seminar that was being held. And this time, there was more emphasis on dental care, and dental surgical procedures, and all that dental stuff like cosmetics, gum tissue regeneration. Different doctors and different dental surgeons were sharing about their own area of specialisation...

And You know, how coincidental can it be for this Seminar, this time, to focus on dental specialisations and, yah, where so many top dental surgeons gathered at one area, and when I really needed one. I thank God for sending me a dentist when I really needed one.

From sunday, till monday, till tuesday, I have been wondering why there's a small protruding bone from my gum out of no where. It was quite scary because I thought or sort of knew that I needed to take an X-Ray eventually, go through some operation and extract it.

I tried several times using my fingernail, to pull against the bone and it felt like a teeth... it was deep in my gums, and I could feel pressure as I tried to pull. CAN YOU IMAGINE, I thought the white thing was a ulcer, a small bubble on my gums... *you know it's a teeth in your gums when the feeling is the same as applying pressure on your other teeth.

Yah. But today during the Medical Seminar, I got an opportunity to consult a certain cosmetic dentist on it. He works in Orchard Road...sun tech city i think... quite a famous dental surgeon i suppose.

He was amazing. So professional.

I asked him if it was normal to have an extra tooth.
Cos I already counted, I HAVE 16 TEETH on my lower jaw. 16!!!!
I don't have wisdom teeth... that's an even number.
If that bone was a teeth, that'll be 17 teeth, oh man, it's so WIERD!

He took a look, immediately asking me how many teeth I had.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... I let him look into my mouth. He took off his glasses and begun to observe.
It was a first 3 sec glance, and he could tell how many teeth I had.
It was another a 3 sec glance, and he said, you've got a 5th Suprimolar, or Supernumerary , or SUpersomthing Twin teeth...something like that. at least it sounded like that.

"What?! That means I've got an extra teeth?"

"Yes", he said. "It's happens, It's not common, but not rare either."

"Then what do I do?"

"First You've got to take an x-ray to see if the roots are deep or not. If they're still shallow, you'll need to extract your current 5th Molar Teeth... and let the new one grow in place..."

"You mean, it'll just fit in nicely if it has shallow roots? How long will that take?" I asked, curious, yet amazed at how pro he was, and also shocked to find that I had a TWIN teeth.

"It'll probably take a year."

"Then what if I extract that extra teeth instead?" I asked, hoping that I wouldn't lose my current molar that has served me so faithfully for the past many many years...

"It'll be more complicated that way..." and he said a bit more things that I didn't really understand.


The conversation soon ended, and I got a free consultation from one top dentist. And so, we went back to the Auditorium, where his lecture was next. You know, the only part I played in the midst of this Medical Seminar in my camp was taking a Video of them lecturing. and WOW...! some specialist dentist who's been at it for the past 30 years.... who specialises in something about solving abnormal gums/teeth problems... gives me a free consultation!!!

This was an extremely Timely time to hold a medical conference, where for the first time, there was emphasis on dental stuff, and where many dentists gathered too.

Oh well.
I guess I'll have to get an X-ray done soon before the teeth grows out. The dental surgeon said that it'll lead to a lot more complications if I leave it to grow...

And sigh* I'm scared of being operated on... or even having my teeth extracted and my gums stitched together again...

and having a hole in my smile for at least a Year.

Where goes my full teeth smile when I extract that one molar?

it feels something like when I broke my 2 front teeth in Secondary 4...

oh man.
I try to find an opportunity in this problem. pray for me. I hate the thought of going through an operation, or even a tooth extraction. I've never done a tooth extraction before!

But...

So I thank GOD for giving me a nice set of teeth.
I thank GOD that I still have a whole set of teeth minus 2 halves of 2 teeth.
I thank GOD that the fillings of the 2 halves have not come out since I filled them.
I thank GOD that I got a free consultation by a dental surgeon.
I thank GOD that I came to know that I had an extra teeth early before it was too late.
I thank GOD that it's gonna be all fine... ... and again...

I still thank You and always will... =]


Guess what I learnt today?
Only 50 percent of the population have wisdom teeth. Of the 50 percent who have wisdom teeth, only 50 percent have 2 wisdom teeth. The rest have 4 wisdom teeth. The dentist said so. =D