Have you had your wisdom teeth out yet?

[Klompy]

My mouth is large enough to keep them, or at least that's what my dentist told me. They've all grown in, and don't get me any trouble.

[XXXNoahXXX]

I got mine out when I was 17.

Opted for the gas, so I was completely out from start to finish.

Doctor sent me home with like 4 different drugs for swelling and pain. took some of the swelling ones, but didn't need any pain ones.

i had no visible swelling and went out the next day. the only hassle was when you get a little bit of food stuck in there it can be a pain to flush it out.

didn't have any complications.



a girl i knew on the other hand blew up like a chipmunk, couldn't eat or go out for two weeks, got infected and dry sockets and had to deal with it for a month.

[scpi10]

I still have mine too.

[En Passant]

I have put it off for over a year. I actually have a cavity on one, so I should either get them removed for fix the cavity.

Question: What is the worse case scenario of not having them removed?

[SoCalRugger]

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I got mine out when I was 17.

Opted for the gas, so I was completely out from start to finish.

Doctor sent me home with like 4 different drugs for swelling and pain. took some of the swelling ones, but didn't need any pain ones.

i had no visible swelling and went out the next day. the only hassle was when you get a little bit of food stuck in there it can be a pain to flush it out.

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This was my experience too. I had one dry socket, but they just stuffed some gauze soaked in clove oil into the area, and it ended up healing just fine. Just tasted horrible for a few days.

[PokerHatesMe]

Yeah some people if they need them out they can do a lot of pain to the flesh of your gums and stuff... can get infected and cause a heart attack believe it or not... mine r grown in quite a bit but im getting mine out because i've been getting headaches etc so theres a good chance they r infected and i gotta get them out before they get worse.

[DarrenX]

Got them out in '92, in high school. I believe (at least at the time) they knocked you out if they were impacted, just gave you gas if they weren't. Mine weren't so I just had the gas.

Had 2 done one appointment, 2 in another. The high feeling was great. I do remember at one point the doc put his foot up on the arm of the chair for leverage as he yanked on my tooth- it ended up shattering into a million pieces. I laughed. At least, this is what I remember while on the gas. Overall the pain during the procedure was nothing, just felt like pressure.

I agree with others, pain the next couple days, gross gums for a week or two. Never heard the sinus thing, though.

[Drew16]

I had all of mine removed a couple of years ago (was 24 at the time). It was really not bad at all. They knocked me out and even after I woke up I was pretty doped the rest of the day.

It was a good opportunity to take 3 days off work and lay on the couch and eat pain pills. I had a little bleeding and a little swelling but really no pain. Just keep your mouf clean until it heals.

[MissT74]

Had all 4 pulled out at the same time. Only used Nitrous (love that stuff!) was given wonderful liquid codeine for the weekend, was stoned the entire 3 days then back to work.

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EDIT: Um, what Drew said. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Dudd]

I had mine removed when I was 17, only novacaine, didn't really swell up much, traveled the day after surgery and didn't feel much pain, just a slight soreness. Man up, nancy.