… in Singapore, at least.
I got my upper right wisdom tooth out today. Well technically, an hour ago, in a spacious white room, on a comfy big white dentist chair, looking up into a huge iMac monitor (with iTunes on), and very nice, soothing classical music in the background.
The dental clinic that I went to is ToofDoctor. I’ve been to a fair number of dental clinics in Singapore, and I must say I’m most impressed with this one. They have a couple of outlets around, and the one I went to is at Tanjong Pagar.
It was first recommended to me by Reko, who used to work around there. Initially, I was quite worried that it’s another dental clinic who will charge “caucasian prices” when they see Reko, but no, that’s not the case. He had his wisdom tooth extraction there too, and when he still felt pain for the next few days, he went back and the dentist re-examined him for free. Now, that’s what I call “after-sales customer service”. They can easily charge him the standard consultation fee or something, but no they did not. This gave me a very good impression of them.
After my horrendous wisdom tooth surgery experience with NTUC Denticare (Marine Parade branch), I decided to switch to ToofDoctor, since my company had increased our dental claim amount to S$250.00 per year. And I’m glad I made the change. The receptionists are always very friendly and they are never once without a smile on their face when you walk into the clinic. My dentist, Dr Choy, is also a very nice and gentle guy, who gave me a lot of reassurance about this extraction after he heard my ordeal with the previous dental clinic.
He promised a painless extraction, and painless it is. Well, at least during the process. I’m feeling quite a bit of the pain now that the anesthetic is wearing off. Well, there’s the painkillers, but Reko advised me not to take them unless it’s really too painful to bear.
My wisdom tooth was extraordinarily big, and even the dentist commented so. It had a 3-root canal, which gave him a bit of trouble when he was trying to get it out. XD Anyway, it’s out now, and here I am enjoying a 1 day MC, typing this entry with an empty stomach while biting on a blood-soaked gauze.
Hur hur. Envious? :D
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