Comments on: Pulling Teeth

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:04:16 +0000

Sorry to hear about that. I wish you better luck next time.

By: Karen Smith

Karen Smith — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:15:55 +0000

We had a very bad expence at a new dental clinic in Jumairah beach road and had to leave back home with a broken wisdom teeth. One of the staff at the clinic was kind to advice us about Dr Afzal.

I was not happy to meet anybody for this reason, but the pain was catchingup. So we visited Dr Afzal after a week and it had the broken teeth out in less than five minutes. He was very caring and efficent at his work. Thank God the Odd deal is over.

However i am left with the four hours of trauma I had gone though at the first clinic.

By: E Morra

E Morra — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:14:02 +0000

Dr.Torsten is no longer working at the Modern Dental Clinic ! Oh my goodness! He was the best ! Where is he ? Does anyone know if he opened up his own place ?!

By: Firaz

Firaz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:01:01 +0000

The best dental surgeon in Dubai is Dr Afzal who is trained in Maxillofacial surgery in the UK. Any of his patient wouldn’t give you a different story. I was suppose to have my Wisdom teeth removed under GA and luckly heard about Dr Afzal through a friend. even though my teeth were in horizontaly impacted once, my post operative dicumfort was barely anything.
He is very fast and caring. His rates are very resonable. He is at the Dental Lounge Satwa.

By: Krish

Krish — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:10:23 +0000

I had my own wisdom tooth surgically extracted 5 days ago, it was the lower one – impacted, partially out of the gum and severely decayed due to its angled growth. It began causing me pain in the beginning of Dec 09 and during the last two months I consulted 8 dentists. This shows the struggle I faced in finding a competent one who was confident of doing the job. I was told by many of them that my case was very complicated. Others saw my apprehension and advised I get the same extracted under general at a hospital. Being the coward that I am, I finally made up my mind to go for mild general anesthesia (70%) with sedation and I had scheduled my operation at nmc hospital. I was told that the operation would take upto 2 hrs.

Then almost by chance, I met Dr. Afzal from the Dental Lounge Clinic. He was a God-send! He was professional and confident and ran me through the entire procedure – a small incision of only 3 mm, followed by cutting the wisdom tooth in half and then its removal. He told me that he would be done in 20 mins tops.

Now I am a coward, I hate needles and cannot tolerate blood/pain very well. There was no way I would have been able to go through with something like this under local anesthesia. However, the doctor had faith that I could – and this is what actually gave me the confidence to go ahead.

The anesthesia injection was the worst part. I had 3 of them. My apprehension was at the peak at the time and after the first injection I actually felt dizzy and almost started trembling. I requested to take a break and he kindly obliged. Thereafter it wasnt that bad at all – however I have to admit that I kept my eyes tightly shut throughout! The bleeding was minimal. I had no scarring. He was done in 30 mins (10 mins extra because of my frequent requests for breaks) and I got 4 stitches.

Post the operation too – bleeding, swelling, pain was very very minimal. I was on 400mg of brufen (which I stopped taking after 3 days) and I am finishing my 5-day antibiotic course today. I have not felt any discomfort and give all credit to my doctor – I highly recommend him. His follow-up has been incredible and he has called to check up on me almost every day since.

I am a big fan of my dentist!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:40:22 +0000

Hi Joe – really nice to hear from you and thank you for the comment. I wish I had them all removed years ago as healing is certainly harder as you get older. I am feeling a lot better now though my teeth are still a bit sore. A bit better everyday though.

By: Joe Lima

Joe Lima — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:22 +0000

Hi,
Long time reader, first time commenter (I think). Anyway, here in the States, it is very common now for people to have their wisdom teeth removed before they are 20 as a preventative measure (and because the healing process is faster when you are younger.

I was not so fortunate as I had three removed when I was 32. However, I had a general anesthetic and all three were out in less than 20 minutes. I can relate to the pain but there the doctor was a firm believer in pain management (smallest dose of oxycontin along with 800mg of motrin every 6 hours). There were lots of pretty colors every where if you know what I mean. I could not have done it the way you did it. Hope you feel better soon.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:50 +0000

@seabee – I was actually going to use the Knowledge Village branch but the location at the Marina was too good. Sorry for the detail!

@emma – If i have the other lower one extracted it will be a knock out job for sure

@ilka – sorry about that. I really it goes well with your extraction. The good news is that it has now been a week and I am feeling a lot better – still painful but the swelling has died down a lot.

@Robyn – I am feeling much better now thanks!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:47:54 +0000

Aaron what a painful experience you have had!
Sounds horrendous but hope you are feeling better now. I would need a general to have teeth out! I would need a general to have my ears pierced!

By: ilka

ilka — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:39 +0000

why oh why did i read this post? i have to have all four of my wisdom teeth taken out cause they are coming in crooked and are causing me pain. get well soon.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:28:05 +0000

If I ever have to have my impacted ones out, I am going to demand the following thing:

General Anesthetic.

I would have wimped out at the noise of the drill. I know it

By: Seabee

Seabee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:09 +0000

I had a broken tooth removed – dug out more accurately – at Modern Dental Clinic’s Knowledge Village surgery.

Dr Vladimir is the man. It was a difficult iob and hard work for him but he did it expertly.

I’d planned to post about it (without your graphic detail!) but never got around to it so this is a recommendation for Dr Vladimir.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:35:17 +0000

Hi Mat – thanks for sharing! I have to admit to clenching my hands together pretty tightly during the whole ordeal though doing a leg raise during the whole thing just sounds way too painful.

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:53:31 +0000

I had a wisdon tooth extracted 18 months ago and I understand the anxiety you experienced as you walked towards the dentist. My only concern had been finding a competent dentist and I struggled to find a dentist whom I felt confident in their ability. Fortunately the woman who operated removing the wisdom tooth is the best dentist I have ever met. While the operation passed without complications the problem I experienced afterwards were in my abs’. I had been that nervous during the operation I held my feet about 3 inches above the chair for approx. 30 mins, and for the following 5 days experienced horrendous and painful cramps and muscle ache in my abs’. I consider finding a dentist you have confidence in the most important aspect to consider before undergoing any type of dental treatment. Any lingering pain you are experiencing will subside in a few days and then you will feel much better for having your wisdom tooth removed. You will be back at the bar next week playing drinking games and socialising so at least you have something to look forward to.
Mat.