wisdom teeth Options

[brooklyneast05]

this is a continuation of my last topic about my jaw hurting

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...p;#entry3069716

i was thinking it was teeth clinching, but now since it's only on my right side and it's far back in my mouth i'm starting to think maybe it's my actual teeth.


who's gotten their wisdom teeth out? how did it feel before you did? did your mouth hurt before?

[hi-C]

Hay, JC:
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=197403
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=207444

I hope for your sake it isn't your wisdom teeth. It hurts like a mo'fo.

[brooklyneast05]

[karmakiller]

If it is your wisdom teeth, it's going to hurt like a biatch. My brother has to get his removed sometime, but he keeps putting it off because he doesn't have time to take off work.

I'm lucky, I never got mine and none show up on x-rays.

[shanaynay]

It's not THAT bad. They give you vikatin to take, you'll be fine. I was good by the 5th day.

[karmakiller]

I like your spelling of "vicodin".

[shanaynay]

I like your spelling of "vicodin".

hehe, I'm no doctor. I don't know how it's spelled.

[brooklyneast05]

I HAVE A DENTIST APPOINTMENT FRIDAY, I'M SCARED

[shanaynay]

I HAVE A DENTIST APPOINTMENT FRIDAY, I'M SCARED

They just look at your teeth and tell you what they're going to do. they tell you pre op, and postop stuff that you should do. Whatever you do, after the surgery, dont somke of drink through straws, just dont do any sucking motions.

[misoshiru]

No. my wisdom teeth are still coming in.

[brooklyneast05]

No. my wisdom teeth are still coming in.

oh ok, brag some more why don't you



i have worked myself up a lot of this, even though i don't even know yet if they are the problem.

[so0o_contagious]

my friends wisdom teef.

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haha sorry.

[brooklyneast05]

yeah that makes me feel better about all this

[amish-hammer]

when i got mine out they were kinda caved it and it hurt a little but i had to get all 4 of them out and i was out of it for a week because of all the drugs they put me on lol.

[Gigi]

Mine are all shattered in pieces, but I do have them...

You've probably already seen me post about it already, but getting my wisdom teeth removed was the worst medical experience I've had in my life.

[brooklyneast05]

Mine are all shattered in pieces, but I do have them...

You've probably already seen me post about it already, but getting my wisdom teeth removed was the worst medical experience I've had in my life.

yeah that makes me nervous. i don't get it though, some people say it just hurt for a day and half or so and others like you say it was horrible.


i hope i'm one of those easy cases.

[Gigi]

The pain didn't really bother me (there really wasn't much of it...sharp pain that is). Your mouth would just feel really sore for most of the time. But it was really the sheer embarrassment of having to hole yourself up for a month (I literally did not walk outside the door for a month...other people heal in a week, good for them) and having to eat cold congee with a tiny spoon (because I could BARELY open my mouth), and having only ONE side of the face swollen with a hard lump the size of half a tennis ball, that really made it a horrible experience. I literally thought I would never get better. There's something so terribly depressing about lying on the sofa with a hot/cold pack on your face, watching reruns of every single possible show you can imagine on TV. All day. For a month.

How's that for a run-on?

[brooklyneast05]

yeah i hope that doesn't happen to me...

i remember in high school this one girl got hers taken out and her face was swollen and bruised and everyone thought she got hit by a car.

[Gigi]

Hit by a car LOL wow. Come to think of it, I wasn't that bruised at all. Just that weird hard cancerous-like lump on my face.

I hope it won't be like that for you either. It's really quite bad. Best of luck !

[ForgiveTheSinner]

Well mine are still growing and my mom isn't letting me pull them out until they grow because my sister got hers pulled out two years ago and my mom didn't want me to go through that.

Basically she got drugged, went to sleep and she came home and passed out on the floor for like 8 hours and when she got up she was still out of it.

Good look to you. Hopefully you only have four wisdom teeth. I heard some girl had 11.

[misoshiru]

oh ok, brag some more why don't you
i have worked myself up a lot of this, even though i don't even know yet if they are the problem.

keke. But like I said in your other thread, I thought my wisdom teeth were giving me problems because pain seemed to come from there. Instead, it was that I had a swollen jaw joints. The dentist gave me some neurological drugs to make the swelling go down. I had to take those for a month (and that meant a dry month), and he told me that if the pain didn't go away after a month, I would have had to see a bone doctor. Now THAT was scary. I'm sure your situation is much better than mine.

[mipadi]

I never had my wisdom teeth removed. About once every 8-12 months, another one comes in. It hurts like hell for a week or two. Sometimes I can't open my jaw. Then it pops through and everything's fine again.

I think I'm done now, though. Or maybe I have one left to come in.

[brooklyneast05]

^hmm maybe that's what mine are doing.

keke. But like I said in your other thread, I thought my wisdom teeth were giving me problems because pain seemed to come from there. Instead, it was that I had a swollen jaw joints. The dentist gave me some neurological drugs to make the swelling go down. I had to take those for a month (and that meant a dry month), and he told me that if the pain didn't go away after a month, I would have had to see a bone doctor. Now THAT was scary. I'm sure your situation is much better than mine.

so the dentist told you about your jaw right? i hope if it's not my wisdom teeth then he can give me some insight into what my problem might be.

[misoshiru]

yeah. My dentist told me that it was my jaw that was having problems, not my wisdom teeth.

[Castaway]

I had all four removed at once about two years ago. It wasn't so bad.. they put me to sleep. My mouth was numb and big for a couple of days.. there was a lot of drool and blood invovled.. i had to put napkins on my pillow. I think i got a fever from the antibiotics (they will probably prescribe you some). The bottom two annoyed me the most. The top two were no problem at all.

It took about a year for the hole to cover up. I had to squirt water into it with a plastic syringe in order to get the food out of the hole.


that's about it.. i think you should get all four taken out.

[brooklyneast05]

It took about a year for the hole to cover up. I had to squirt water into it with a plastic syringe in order to get the food out of the hole.
that's about it.. i think you should get all four taken out.

damn i have to pick food out of a gaping hole in my mouth?


THIS SHIT JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE SOUNDING.

[misoshiru]

don't get them taken out unless it's absolutely necessary. I mean, I had braces end of my freshman year of highschool. My dentist had the option of taking out my wisdom teeth, and she decided not to.

[hi-C]

I used a waterpic to get the food out of the holes in my gums.

And don't mess around and get dry socket. That shit is NOT fun.

[mipadi]

don't get them taken out unless it's absolutely necessary. I mean, I had braces end of my freshman year of highschool. My dentist had the option of taking out my wisdom teeth, and she decided not to.

Word. Several studies have suggested that at least 60% of wisdom teeth removals are unnecessary [1].

[Castaway]

i think you should get them removed while you're young.
It's going to cost a lot more if you're older.

I think my wisdom teeth were sideways... so that was bad. They could also mess up your teeth i think.. if it doesn't grow correctly.

[karmakiller]

I HAVE A DENTIST APPOINTMENT FRIDAY, I'M SCARED

JC, I'm on edge about this. Do you have to get them removed?

[brooklyneast05]

JC, I'm on edge about this. Do you have to get them removed?

DEE, IT'S WEDNESDAY, I WON'T KNOW FOR TWO MORE DAYS....ON FRIDAY. i'll keep you updated


i just know it's gonna be bad news. they'll say jc you have 8 wisdom teeth and we are going to chop them all out.

[Joss-eh-lime]

ok you need to go to a doctor who will without hesitation put you to sleep. its torture if you are awake through the procedure.

this is what happened to me
-got an IV in my right hand
-woke up and drifted into my moms car
-threw up some of the nasty anesthetic when i got home
-went to sleep for a few horus
-drank a smoothie that my mom went to get
-took different meds at different times.

went back to work two days later. that was about two months ago.

[Gigi]

^ Oh yeah, it was pretty weird for me too. I don't really know what they did to me, but I was aware that they were doing stuff to my teeth, just in and out of consciousness I would say. They told me I started hyperventilating and crying out of nowhere. wtf? I don't remember it though.

[brooklyneast05]

that makes me think of this one time i was getting a cavity filled and i was on that gas stuff they give you and i started thinking about how this could all be some plot to get me in there so they could kill me. it seemed reasonable at the time.

[Castaway]

when i was put asleep.. i think i felt pressure on chest. Then all of a sudden i wake up for like 2 secs during the procedure. After that i find myself awake with my mouth swollen and they were done.

Just get it over with

[Gigi]

that makes me think of this one time i was getting a cavity filled and i was on that gas stuff they give you and i started thinking about how this could all be some plot to get me in there so they could kill me. it seemed reasonable at the time.

LOL

It was probably the gas that clouded your judgment. Fitting...

[karmakiller]

Sorry JC, your worrying is wearing off on me.

I've never been gased at the dentist If I knew that was going to happen I'd MAKE someone else go back with me, just to make sure... you never know...

[brooklyneast05]

my jaw doesn't really hurt that much anymore, but i bet he tells me they have to come out anyway $$$$

[brooklyneast05]

just a few hours left until my dentist appointment


i know you're counting down the minutes dee

[brooklyneast05]

they have to come out

[Blyat]

does it really hurt that much?
i have wisdome teeth, but they havent "come out" yet (you can only see it hrough x-rays) i have to get all four of them pulled out when they are fully in ;A;

[brooklyneast05]

he took xrays of mine and we looked at them. mine aren't even grown in a lot. he said from looking at how developed they are he would have guessed i was about 16 not 20, and that mine are really slow growing. whatever that means.

then he told him they needed to come out. i guess all four. i don't know, he wasn't that specific. he said some shit about my bone growing around my tooth and i was like

[karmakiller]

I was hoping that you wouldn't have to get them removed. But, I guess, on the bright side, since they aren't that developed hopefully it won't cause much discomfort or swelling.

[so0o_contagious]

aww man dont worry. ask them to put you to sleep! make sure you have soup and ice cream ready.

[firechild]

There's a nerve that runs by the wisdom teeth. Its going to be a bitch

[misoshiru]

awww. don't worry too much about it, it'll be fine. I've known so many people who've had to get their wisdom teeth taken out, and they were all eating solids in a week.

[amplifyy]

Ouch, just... Ouch.

[mipadi]

then he told him they needed to come out. i guess all four. i don't know, he wasn't that specific. he said some shit about my bone growing around my tooth and i was like

Of course he said that! His kids have to go to college, after all! $$$

[moorepocket]

i had all 4 come out. i swelled up like a chipmunk.

[hi-C]

I was hoping that you wouldn't have to get them removed. But, I guess, on the bright side, since they aren't that developed hopefully it won't cause much discomfort or swelling.

Yeah it will. They'll have to cut into his gums to remove them.

Sorry, JC.

[Gigi]

^ Yeah...

It's not as bad as it sounds, JC, I'm just a pussy. There there.

[IVIike]

I had all four of mine out, and they were all impacted. I just felt little pokes in the back of my mouth... the dentist told me i had to get them out before any real pain started.

[lilnatcat]

I had my oral surgery 2 weeks ago on 13 November & was perfectly fine 6 days later & was able to go to work.

I had 4 wisdom teeth & 2 extra teeth removed coz I'm getting braces.

My wisdom teeth have been slowly pushing these 2 teeth of mine out which made 1 like at a 45 degree angle...... the other 1 isn't that bad.... but yea..... hence the reason I needed braces & the need to pull an extra 2 teeth out coz my jaw was too small.

The top 2 wisdom teeth had already come out, so there was no problem removing them.
The bottom 2 impacted wisdom teeth were still under the gum so I was a bit swollen at the bottom jaw. I wasn't swollen to the extent that ppls knew I was swollen. I looked pretty normal, just a bit chubby. Hehe!

[Joanne]

I'm getting two of my wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow morning. I'm scared.

[hi-C]

^ Don't be scurred. It's nothing to really be scared about since you're going to be out of it for the whole thing.

[RCKstarh]

stupid question:
but why do so many ppl hav to remove their wisdom teeth?
i got mine when i was about 11 or 12. never gave me any problems.

[hi-C]

Because wisdom teeth are vestiges from earlier times if/when they grow in they tend to grow in so that they mess up the alignment of your other teeth (called impaction). Messed up alignment = bad, so wisdom teeth = removed.

Edit: Also, apparently, if wisdom teeth fail to completely erupt from the jaw (stay partially impacted), over time this can cause pericoronitis, an infection.

[RCKstarh]

^thx. i sooo get it now

this whole topic is starting to make my wisdom teeth hurt....

[Joanne]

^ Don't be scurred. It's nothing to really be scared about since you're going to be out of it for the whole thing.

I'm not going to be sedated... I'll hear/see everything.

[hi-C]

^ At least you won't feel anything! =D *tries to be helpful*

[Joanne]

Haha, thanks Carrie

[Gigi]

When I got my wisdom teeth removed, it just felt so weird. I felt like I was in and out of consciousness, only half aware that I was being operated on...halfway throughout the thing I began to hyperventilate and starting crying. WTF?! Yeah but definitely felt no pain.

GOOD LUCK JOANNE! It'll be fine.

[Joanne]

So it's done. It took 1.5 hours to take those two teeth out (about an hour longer than it took to get my sister's four out) because apparently there was a lot of bone under the tooth and they had to dig it out, and now my jaw is puffed up and I look like I have a square head. I can't wait till this pain wears off.

[hi-C]

^ OMG, picture when you're feeling a little better. I have some that I can post from when I was swollen if it makes you feel better.

[Joanne]

Haha, nah it's okay. Thank you though. =]


There is a plus side to this pain... I asked my mom to buy me ice cream, and she said yes! She always either says no right away, or asks me if I want to be fat. Soo yayyyyyy

[Rachel]

^Wow thats nice of her. Hot damn parents denying their children some ice cream?! WTF.


Anyway, getting your wisdom teeth out isn't that terrible, sure it hurts but not as much as other major surgeries. Plus, you get some sweet drugs for a few weeks. I had to get all mine out at once because of how they were growing in. I was terrified of going under and remember crying when they put the IV in me, waking up near the end of my procedure, then being at home eating an ice pop. I went to Disneyland the next day. My puffiness was down after a week and the pain went away completely after like 2-3 weeks. I never had to deal with getting food out of my holes, I just stayed away from solids for a while, good diet ehh ;)

[LittleMissSunshi...]

when is the age you start growing your wisdom teeth? i'm just curious..

[hi-C]

^ Late teens, early twenties, hence the name "wisdom teeth."

[nishikigoi]

When I got my wisdom teeth removed, it just felt so weird. I felt like I was in and out of consciousness, only half aware that I was being operated on...halfway throughout the thing I began to hyperventilate and starting crying. WTF?! Yeah but definitely felt no pain.

GOOD LUCK JOANNE! It'll be fine.

o.o I was put completely under for when my wisdom teeth were removed. Some of the first (clearer) recollections I have afterwards are of my dry wretching in the car. >.> Yeah, it's not cool, especially when people outside are staring at you like o.0 The ortho-surgeon who operated on me kind of talked to me in a voice like I was a little child. I was 19 or so at the time.

[Teesa]

Word. Several studies have suggested that at least 60% of wisdom teeth removals are unnecessary [1].

WHAT.

I'm not going to be sedated... I'll hear/see everything.

i had that too, but i kept imagining other things and kept my eyes shut really tight most of the time.

just had mine removed this morning and right afterward, i was really fine. but now the pain is so bad, but the painkiller is kicking in so it's a lot better. this sucks so bad though :/

[brooklyneast05]

damn guys i still need these things out. they have grown in way more. they don't usually hurt that much, but now i feel like there isn't enough room. if i bite down, half the time i bite the inside of my cheek. i have to physically move my skin inside my mouth so i can bite down all the way. i'm thinking that isn't the best thing. but i'm still putting this off.

any of you guys got your wisdom teeth out in the time since i made this

[batman]

^ dude, same here. my dentist tells me to get them taken out every single time i see him, but i've kept putting it off. now they're starting to grow in. you can see a little white corner of a tooth peeking out of the gum. when i get bored, i like to touch it.

[Joanne]

So it's done. It took 1.5 hours to take those two teeth out (about an hour longer than it took to get my sister's four out) because apparently there was a lot of bone under the tooth and they had to dig it out, and now my jaw is puffed up and I look like I have a square head. I can't wait till this pain wears off.

I forgot to mention that, despite my mouth being numbed, I could still feel things. It was even hurting at point, so they had to inject me with more of that numbing stuff. =\

[brooklyneast05]

oh you're trying to make it even worse huh. teesa's didn't even go right and she had to go back for them to fix nerves or something. I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

[Joanne]

Haha sorry JC! But in all honesty, it's not that scary.

[none345678]

My friend compared his wisdom teeth coming in to giving birth and admitted he'd cry at night. Which made me laugh because I didn't think he had the ability to cry let alone feel pain. His were comming in really f*cked up though


Good luck J-Cizzle

[brooklyneast05]

what
the
f*ck

[Joanne]

WHY WOULD YOU POST THAT UP AND SCARED JC EVEN MORE????

[none345678]

omg my bad

HERE'S A BUNNY

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[brooklyneast05]

thank god

[karmakiller]

damn guys i still need these things out. they have grown in way more. they don't usually hurt that much, but now i feel like there isn't enough room. if i bite down, half the time i bite the inside of my cheek. i have to physically move my skin inside my mouth so i can bite down all the way. i'm thinking that isn't the best thing. but i'm still putting this off.

any of you guys got your wisdom teeth out in the time since i made this

When my 12 year molars came in they didn't grow in alignment with the rest of my teeth, so I understand having that issue. I haven't been able to get my teeth fixed because I can't afford it... I have some other problems, too, mainly with my jaw, but hopefully someday I'll get dental insurance that will cover the cost.

I've had a few friends who have had theirs out and did just fine, but I've also heard some bad stories. Just make sure that you find a good dentist to take them out, and try not to cause more anxiety for yourself by putting it off. If you've ever had any kind of surgery in the past and didn't have any problems healing, then chances are getting your wisdom teeth out will go just fine.

[creole]

what age did you guys get ur wisdom teeth?

[sixfive]

mine grew in perfectly fine :D

[karmakiller]

Never got 'em.

[Tomates]

omfg i hope to god my sister doesn't see that.
Anyways i'm safe for a year.

[sixfive]

approve all my posts ^_~

[Blyat]

omfg i hope to god my sister doesn't see that.
Anyways i'm safe for a year.

Too late ; A;

mer I have to get my teeth pulled and I have teeth-getting-ripped-out phobis

[brooklyneast05]

damn guys i still need these things out. they have grown in way more. they don't usually hurt that much, but now i feel like there isn't enough room. if i bite down, half the time i bite the inside of my cheek. i have to physically move my skin inside my mouth so i can bite down all the way. i'm thinking that isn't the best thing. but i'm still putting this off.

man this has only gotten worse over the last few days. i have a sore place on the inside of my cheek that's swollen where the skin has been pinched over and over by my teeth. it f*cking sucks. i figured out the best way to eat this way is to stick the back end of a fork in my mouth to hold my cheek out while i chew. this makes me look really f*cking stupid, but it's better to me than biting myself over and over.

it's pretty intense. i'm trying to get in for a consultation thingy with a dentist.

[sixfive]

My teeth have grown in perfectly and I don't need anything removed, go me.

[tokyo-rose]

Haha, I noticed when I looked at this topic title that "wisdom" was misspelled; humorous irony there. I fixed it for you, though; can't have anyone thinking is unwise.

[Blyat]

F******************ck
apparently mine is the day after my graduation party D:

[tokyo-rose]

F******************ck
apparently mine is the day after my graduation party D:

You're in for one of heck of a summer, but it's better to get it over with before you start college and can't talk or eat normally because you're in so much pain.

[smash]

mine were buggin' a little last week. i always wanna get a toothpick and poke at my gums when i feel my wisdom teeth coming in. it's that kind of pain that feels kinda good when i put pressure on it. weird right?

[tokyo-rose]

mine were buggin' a little last week. i always wanna get a toothpick and poke at my gums when i feel my wisdom teeth coming in. it's that kind of pain that feels kinda good when i put pressure on it. weird right?

No, I understand how you feel. It's sort of how your muscles ache after working out, but it feels good at the same time.

[smash]

^ exactly!

[tokyo-rose]

^ exactly!

Oooh, Ashley's a closet masochist!

[smash]

only in those two cases.

[Matsumoto]

One day last fall I started feeling this terrible terrible terrible pain in the roof of my mouth (sort of near where my wisdom teeth would grow in) and within hours I couldn't open my mouth at all. It was horrible to eat/drink, talk, breathe, swallow.. etc.

I called my dentist about it and he prescribed antibiotics in case of any infection. The antibiotics helped a little bit, but the pain/inability to open my mouth was still pretty bad. So I then went to see my dentist, he took some xrays and it turned out it wasn't anything to do with wisdom teeth. Two weeks before I had this pain, I was sick with a viral infection. Apparently, some bacteria from the infection can get absorbed in the mouth and create these ulcers. So the pain, sore throat and inability to open my mouth all stemmed from this ulcer. He prescribed steroid ointment and within a few days/week it was feeling better.

With the xrays we also learned that I only have one wisdom tooth and it hasn't given me any hassle yet. Hopefully it will stay like that and I won't have to get it taken out.

[tokyo-rose]

One day last fall I started feeling this terrible terrible terrible pain in the roof of my mouth (sort of near where my wisdom teeth would grow in) and within hours I couldn't open my mouth at all. It was horrible to eat/drink, talk, breathe, swallow.. etc.

With the xrays we also learned that I only have one wisdom tooth and it hasn't given me any hassle yet. Hopefully it will stay like that and I won't have to get it taken out.

I think I remember when you posted about that on CB and people asked if you had recovered yet. Do you know what would have happened if you hadn't discovered the cause of the pain? I've never heard of this kind of illness with anyone I know personally.