Wisdom teeth

NukeTheSiteFromOrbit · Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 59 Location: Sydney, Australia

Who has had their wisdom teeth taken out?

I've been procrastinating and it now aches a few times a day. I think I need that operation.

mentallyillhil · Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 27

I had mine taken out in August.

Are yours impacted or are they up like regular teeth?

Mine were weird. They were like hollow and the one just started to break up and halfway disappeared. Since the other three were going to end up that way, I had to get them all pulled out.

The guy shot me up with loads of novicane cuz I'm a baby with pain and what scared beyond believe. Didn't feel anything until they did the tooth that was half gone. Apparently it was the bad tooth.

Didn't need any vicodin afterwards even though they gave me a prescrip cuz there was no pain. The novicane wore off, I bled a little and that was it. Everyone is always Shocked

with that.

If they are impacted, I would say that you would need the drugage afterwards. You'll also probably be put under. I was suppose to but then the legal stuff I had to read for it scared me more than the fact I had to get my teeth pulled out of my jaw.

I still have lil dimples where they used to be. In a weird way, I sorta miss them.

desert_drum · Gender: Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 462

You'll get horror stories, lots of them, so here's some balance. I don't know if it was sheer luck, a good dentist, or a combination of the two, but mine were no worse than getting a filling - he did them both at once because it turned out to be so simple. And I'm a baby at the dentist; I have to be gassed for anything more serious than a cleaning.

So long as they're not impacted, it's really not such a thing, in spite of endless comedy bits to the contrary. If they are, it's more surgery than extraction, and you're going to have more pain after. Find a dentist who isn't afraid of prescribing pain meds, and you should be fine. Better still, if you have serious work to do, find an oral surgeon rather than a dentist . Ment there should have been sent to one and put under for that kind of work.

Edit: I should really read in LARGE type before I post.
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tesla32 · Gender: Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Buffalo

I've had my 4 taken out a few years ago. They had to put me under with an IV and gas. Make sure you stock up on jello and milkshakes and ice cream, because you wont be eating solid food for a good week if you're lucky.
Make sure you bring something to listen to if you can, because listening to the drilling and cracking of your own teeth is just scary. Lucky for me I was too drugged up at the time to realize what the noises were.
Don't forget the ice packs! They will become your new best friend.
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Dahaka · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject: Teeth

Arggh, i need mine taken out to.
First I need a car to get to the dentist.
Money to pay...
Well anyway, thanks for bringing me back to reality on the teeth situation...
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Krazie Sj · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 9 Location: LV-426 [Archeron]

Weird, I got mine breaking through and they are perfectly fine. Only thing is that they are a bitch to brush cause they are so far back.

Remember getting in new teeth is always a little hurtful. Its going to buck up against the other teeth for a bit and it'll ache, but if you dont need them pulled then dont. My dentist told me I needed to get mine pulled but I didnt have the cash or the coverage so I was like...Hmmm not so much.

You have to remember, they get paid for every tooth they fill pull and replace. Kinda like a mechanic.

"You need your headlight fluid replaced"

'Dear God! I had no clue!' Shocked

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Krazie Sj · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 9 Location: LV-426 [Archeron]

Oh I got me little kids TB dont you worry! But Yes if they do get cavities then you are more or less hooped. But If possible I'd rather not have to shell out $500 per tooth if possible. *Enter Sobs*
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Bounty · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

This is the funny thing with me: the top left one thats growing in seems to have enough room: I don't think it needs to be pulled. Same with the bottom left, but... the right ones arn't coming in o.O
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Switch · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Sydney, Australia

Got a mover from the back lower left. Thinking about tossing his hide out on the street. Doesn't yet feel like a trouble maker. And the inside/outside wall of the place is still looking like it did before it came along. Just have to time the pain and the suffering to come before it's movement through totally wrecks the joint.
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Scar · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Mars

leech · Gender: Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

I'm lucky, mine I growing in fine. My bottom right one was only erupting some more a week or two ago, and I was having difficulty chewing with that side of the mouth. Gyah.

But I have had normal teeth out. Sure, it's not as horrible as having wisdom teeth out, but it was pretty horrible. I had a baby tooth out in Taiwan, just because the adult tooth had grown in, and it wouldn't come out. I felt a slight prick, but nothing after that. Then I had about four other teeth out here. The anaesthetic they used was crap. It was enough to make my mouth feel all whoozy, but the whole pulling thing was still painful.

Then.

My mother took me to a restaurant straight after. So I was slobbering everywhere and... ew.

Scar · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Mars

Just.......... rotfl. Slobbering. That's something I didn't miss. I didn't do that too much though, honestly. I had more trouble with the whole "sockets bleeding you to death" thing. My mouth bled for over 24 hours straight. I mean, yeesh, I like the taste of blood, but that was overkilling it.
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NukeTheSiteFromOrbit · Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 59 Location: Sydney, Australia

I thought I'd give a quick update.

I still haven't had them pulled. The pain has stopped and has only been back once or twice in the last 2 months. I'm even eating icecream again without being in complete agony.

Bounty · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

The Great Me · Gender: Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 6

Haven't had mine taken out yet, and from the looks of them, won't have to, says my dentist.
But I've heard from a few friends who've had them removed. Basically, from what I've heard, this is what you can expect:
If you are male: Slight pain, befuddlement over what the hell the big deal is.
If you are female: LIKE OH MY GOD, the worst pain of your entire life!!! Complete with alleged swelling, flu symptoms, and the inability to eat anything (even Jell-o) for up to three days.

Forgive what may seem like extreme sexism. I am not sexist, (well, maybe just a little bit...) but I have heard wisdom tooth stories from four or five different friends (of both sexes, obviously) and this seems to be the way it turned out.
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20xx · Gender: Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 40

If I ever have to have mine taken out, They better shoot me up with morphine, novocaine, cocaine, crack, and be put under with the laughing gas.

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