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It comes down to a combination of your dentist's professional opinion and whether he/she feels capable and your own personal preference. I was told that mine could have been done with a surgeon and under general but it would be, in his words, "akin to using a bulldozer to crush an empty can of Coke". Not to mention the cost as well, surgeons are a lot more expensive. I think the harder the procedure, especially if it involves incisions, you're more likely to go to a surgeon.
 
Igloo said:
Im 20 and mine haven't come out yet. If they have, I didn't notice.
Just gotta sit and wait.
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Be careful. If your teeth are crooked and they haven't come out then it could be to poor tooth positioning problems. Mine never came out except for one bottom one at the back and on the xray they had positioned themselves sideways like my teeth that had come through. Thus they ahd to be removed and now I'm on stage two which is braces and followed by stage three of being cut open again by the surgeon and having the bottom part of the Jaw bone and the chin cut/shaved back and my top jaw pushed forward and repositioned with pins and screws. The braces also winll need to pull the treeth sideways and straight after they have come forward enough at the sides. Massive procedure and 4 or 6 weeks of the wisdom teeth diet and two weeks of swelling.

Caesar said:
How do they decide who does it? I had an oral/maxillofacial surgeon do mine. Some people just have it done by the dentist.
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Depends how well they have come out and whether they don't need to cut into get them out.
 

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Had an abscess in/on my bottom right wisdom tooth, was absolute agony for about 3 or 4 days until I got it removed. Went in to the local dentist and was given needles to numb my mouth and they removed the top right and bottom right. Pain was nothing bad at all just the numbness was annoying.

3 or 4 days later I was eating properly.
 
How does getting the wisdom teeth out compare to getting the other adult teeth pulled. I had to have 4 teeth pulled to make room for when I got braces.

I'd imagine having to actually slice into the gum would be a big difference, but are they 'cut' out or pulled out (the cracking noise when I got mine out was rather disturbing :p)
 
I had no problems with mine but went to dentist for root canals and got them pulled. I was put to sleep so felt nothing. It was brilliant.

Mrs got hers done over the last two weeks, first two were fine no problem, could have gone to work that same day. Next two were still attached to the bone though. Still in a lot of pain.
 
The surgery went very well. Didn't really feel sick/drowsy afterwards at all, in fact it felt like a good sleep. I felt no pain afterwards because they gave me a local anaesthetic, but then it washed over me when the numbness started to go so I took a combination of ibuprofen/paracetamol, but only once, several hours after the surgery. At the moment just some minor pain and swelling, eating baby food and soups atm. Was annoying when my tongue was numb though, I must have a high tolerance to pain or those painkillers are very, very good and last quite a while.
 
Caesar said:
Got all four of mine done under general. They were impacted but not badly - nipped it in the bud early.

All quite straightforward really. Took a week off work, but was relatively fine after a few days. The worst part was reading the literature beforehand that tells you about the possible worst-case complications from the surgery/anaesthesia.
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I never got any of that...They just took my money and did it :O
 
Thrawn said:
The surgery went very well. Didn't really feel sick/drowsy afterwards at all, in fact it felt like a good sleep. I felt no pain afterwards because they gave me a local anaesthetic, but then it washed over me when the numbness started to go so I took a combination of ibuprofen/paracetamol, but only once, several hours after the surgery. At the moment just some minor pain and swelling, eating baby food and soups atm. Was annoying when my tongue was numb though, I must have a high tolerance to pain or those painkillers are very, very good and last quite a while.
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Good stuff Thrawn.:) :thumbsu:

I liked ice cream too when I couldnt eat much. Tinned spaghetti is good too when you're ready for something more "solid".
 

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Thrawn said:
Hmm, I have some boysenberry icecream, might have some of that. Sounds like a good idea, not as solid but still a little mushy. Beats baby food.
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Lol, yeah why the hell you eating that crap for, I know I didnt when I had the WT out. :D:p

Hodge2Franklin said:
Peppermint choc chip ice cream is my favourite.
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+1 :thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu:
 
My bottom two wisdom teeth were the problem. They were pointing towards the front of my mouth. The bits of food left behind went between the gum and the tooth and stayed causing infection resulting in bad breath and nearly gum disease. I let this go on for several years. I used to get headaches and always felt that there was food in mouth. I got all four removed a couple of years ago in one hit. The bottom two had to be smashed to bits so the surgeon could get them out apparently. Now all good.:thumbsu:
 
Had some pain on one side so went to my dentist. Took some X-rays and booked me in the next day as one of my wisdom teeth was close to a nerve.

During the extraction in the chair - due to the urgency of the situation - it was found that one of the roots was growing at 90 degrees which caused the problems. The worst thing I remember is the 3 local anesthetics to get the real needle which they insert into the jaw bone. Never seen anything that big or sharp go into my mouth before. Good thing was is that whilst I could feel the needle go in, it wasn't painful, that was to come later. So 1 1/2 hours later had both on the right side removed. From the X-rays he recommended booking in 2 weeks later for the other side. Sounded good at the time. Then the pain set in over the next 2 days due to having your jaw extended too far for too long (that was the pain I remember - not necessarily the tooth).

Anyway, next appointment 2 weeks later, and complications extracting the bottom left occurred. It was impacted and had to be drilled in half so that it could be taken out. Not only that, but the dentist nicked my lip with the scalpel which did hurt later as well.

Anyway, am left with remnant in the bottom left and 2 incisor type teeth in the upper level. I moved states through work, and at a check up the dentist asked if I'd had my wisdom teeth removed which I confirmed. He replied "Are you sure, because there are 2 extra teeth in the upper level?"
To which I replied "I think I'd remember having my f*****g wisdom teeth removed". To which he agreed.

Anyway, can be painful for a short time, but that is over lived.
 
crazyman27 said:
How does getting the wisdom teeth out compare to getting the other adult teeth pulled. I had to have 4 teeth pulled to make room for when I got braces.
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sometimes easier... often harder. depends on the shape of the roots and what angle they're on. upper ones are usually easier than lowers.

crazyman27 said:
I'd imagine having to actually slice into the gum would be a big difference, but are they 'cut' out or pulled out (the cracking noise when I got mine out was rather disturbing :p)
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slicing gum or not makes no difference to pain afterwards.
uppers usually pop out by wedging it.
lowers are sometimes wedged out, sometimes pulled out, sometimes cut out in 2 or 3 fragments. depends again on their roots and which way they're leaning.

the cracking noise when taking out your other teeth sounds worse than it is.. it's just the forceps slipping a little before the tooth comes out, nothing was actually cracking.
 
When extracting my 4 in the RAN (Royal Aus Navy) they damaged the nerve and I had a numb tongue for about 12 months. Was embarassing as I was doing a radio operators coarse at the time and spoke with a lisp caused by the operation
 
As previously posted in another dentist and tooth related thread, i had baby teeth pulled out so my adult one's could come through properly when i was around 14 years old. Early on in the process it was determined that some of the teeth i had in me were the "only" set i had (mostly the ones at the back), thus they didn't get pulled out. It was mentioned that i wouldn't have any wisdom teeth coming through as a result.

Jump forward 15 years (minimal dentist visits in between), on my most recent visit a few months ago i was told to be wary of them as they now might be coming through :eek:. Not sure if it will be better or worse having them taken out at a later stage in life i know my sister had hers out at 17 or so.
 

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I woke up one morning with the worst pain I've ever felt due to the fact that one of my wisdom teeth was infected. Just opening my mouth felt incredibly painful. So I had one taken out that day and then had the other three taken out later on.

When I had the three taken out I had the injections and it was all done in 15 minutes. Most surreal feeling having a fat, rubbery lip. I was laughing the whole time they were being taken out despite hearing the teeth snap.
 
SugarShane said:
Apparently i have to get all of mine out. They aren't causing any pain at all, but the Doc says they're growing in at a 45deg angle, and will damage my other chompers if they keep on keeping on like that.
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Ditto. I will book in for either Friday 11th, or Monday 14th of November; straight after exams.

Not looking forward to it, never had surgery of any kind (worst injuries: fractured wrist + AC joint) but yeah should be interesting.
 

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