to my utter surprise during my visit to the dentist 2 days ago, ALL four of my wisdom teeth have already fully erupted. am i that blur or plain ignorant? *hits forehead
have been thinking for the blissful past 3 years that none of them have erupted yet. not that it matters.
i have been left with absolutely no choice but to undergo a surgery to remove that ulcer-inducing-culprit as soon as possible after finishing the dose of antibiotics that will magically kill the bugs of highest evil that have caused me to suffer from pain drg swallowing, tender lymph nodes, chewing on one side of my mouth, drinking water like thr's no tomorrow and not being able to talk properly, hence silencing me to a 200 word per day quota for the past 3 days.
either the surgery, or to suffer from recurrent ulcers and the above in days to come.
in conjunction with my future wisdom tooth removal, i've set up a survey on wisdom tooth removal lol. do participate. :D
and on wondering WHY the tooth deserved such name, i googled and this is what i found:
the tooth erupts around 18-21 years of age, the age whr we are deemed 'mature', given the badge to walk into adulthood. hence earning all the priviledges that come together w it.
it differs slightly in other places:
Turkish refers directly to the age at which wisdom teeth appear and calls it 20 yaş dişi (20th year tooth).
In Korean, its name is Sa-rang-nee (사랑니, love teeth) referring to the young age and the pain of the first love.
In Japanese, its name is Oyashirazu (親知らず), literally meaning "unknown to the parents," from the idea that they erupt after a child has moved away.
The Indonesian term gigi bungsu for the last teeth a person cuts refers to bungsu, meaning "youngest child", because the teeth erupt so much later than the others, implying that the teeth are "younger" than the rest.
In Thailand, the wisdom tooth is described fan-khut (ฟันคุด) "huddling tooth" due to its shortage of space.
painfully interesting indeed.
8 comments:
whoa.. hey, i'm 21 how come i havent got mine yet. *feels teeth*
uh oh.
thanks for the enlightening post! :D
are you still at the KL campus? feel like visiting :)
me 2! I havent got mine either. Maybe it's just me being unwise. :P
you are wiser now, vin.. haha XD
mj-u sure u havent got urs? :D nope not at kl campus anymore. moved to cheras last june. good news is, hukm is a lot A LOT nearer to imu! :D just i tink.. 5 lrt stops away. bdr tun razak to sri petaling. we can visit each other some time. Whee :D
YM- u havent? wow. dats prob a good thing. enjoy ur pain free moment while u can :D maybe it also means u can get even wiser still. :P
wen- thx haha, bt i wan the pain to go away :S
wah really?? cool!! kay, when ure free i'll prollie go for a visit :)
i noe it's pretty random, but i miss u xu vin!!
very interesting on the different names of wisdom tooth. hahaha, how did you manage to think about googling for names of wisdom tooth? :D
mj-yay! :D
christine - yeah its bn ages since the last cny! i miss u too!
alicia - haha i js googled for how the wisdom tooth got its name actually n that came up along.
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