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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 25 2010 15:52 SCC-Faust wrote: I was told I needed mine out but I didn't listen and so far so no problems. ![[image loading]](http://www.riversideonline.com/source/images/image_popup/de7_wisdomteeth.jpg) If they were like the impacted one on the picture there's a high chance they're slowly pushing all of your teeth together or something. I'm sure some dentists are dishonest about it though seeing how the procedure seems to give them revenue in the thousands of dollars in some places. | ||
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RisingTide
Australia769 Posts
 Did you see the Xrays? If your teeth look like they're at 45 degree angles to the rest (like mine did), it's probably going to need to happen. But look on the bright side, it's an excuse to eat nothing but ice cream for a week! Edit: On the side of caution, my sister didn't get hers out early (she got them out at ~29) and they messed with the rest of her teeth, which was fixable, but braces aren't fun. | ||
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
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stalife
Canada1222 Posts
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Surrealz
United States449 Posts
Only 4% of the population actually NEEDS their wisdom teeth out. Every oral surgeon tells the patient that "Your wisdom teeth could impact your other teeth and cause serious damage". Basically it is a whole crapload of preventative medicine (err..dentistry). Look up some graphs/statistics regarding wisdom tooth removal, its shocking how few of us actually need it. Its the dumbest thing ever, its going to be like correctional glasses/lenses soon, everyone is going to need it. Its basically yet another money sink for all of us that will bolster the pockets of oral surgeons and the like. | ||
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mcneebs
Canada391 Posts
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Flyingsnow
Japan208 Posts
They took all 4 out and I was none the wiser. Your face is pretty swollen though and stopping the initial bleeding is kinda annoying. For myself I was also unable to feel my chin area for a good half a day. I would also suggest not messing around too much with the gauze they give you. I did and it lasted longer than it should've. After the operation they give you antibiotics and painkillers. I forgot what antibiotic I got but I also got giant sized ibuprofen and a prescription for vicodin if it got too much. DON'T TAKE BOTH AT ONCE! It made me want to throw up for a good hour. Then for the next 3-5 days sleep, take pills, drink stuff/apple sauce. No straws though you can burst the stitches. If you stay thorough on the antibiotic regimen you should come out with few complications. I got unlucky and they bottom set didn't heal properly so they had to make another incision to give me more antibiotics. Doing this honesty sucked hardcore so do everything you're told to the line. Everything about signing a contract knowing the complications is true. Hitting a nerve, top set being close to nasal cavaties so just make sure they guy is good. In all down time is probably around 2 weeks tops. No sc for a good week though : T you won't be up to it even if you want to haha. GL! PM me if you have more questions | ||
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Cygnus
United States845 Posts
On June 25 2010 15:13 matjlav wrote: I've always been pretty skeptical about the whole wisdom teeth removal thing. It's always sort of struck me as a scam, considering that dentists pretty much tell every single person that they need to get their wisdom teeth out. I have a cautious skepticism myself, I am absolutely certain there are situations where removal is necessary but I feel they fail to tell many people just allowing them to grow in and treating them like any other teeth wouldn't lead to problems. (I'll assume they have that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" logic) As far as fucking up your other teeth I'm sure it depends on how bad they are out of alignment. I've had braces and now sport nice straight teeth that I don't want to fuck up. Dentist told me to get my wisdom teeth removed 6 years ago (one is impacted), I never did, they grew in, my teeth are the same. Keep in mind I have never felt discomfort from my wisdom teeth, I am no dentist and everyone's genetics and jaw bones are different so do your research and weigh what's at risk. If you feel intense pain then by all means get them removed, it might lead to more serious problems later, especially when the roots continue growing and essentially merge with your jaw bone. Wisdom teeth extraction is a pretty minimal surgery with no real detriments even if you don't need it. (Which I'd be pretty convinced this is the main reason they suggest it for almost everyone) I still have all 4 of mine, with no real intention of removing them at this point. If they randomly started bothering me one day I would reassess my decision and seek removal, but for now they are just teeth, alas with a bit of evolutionary unnecessity.  | ||
Hyde
Australia14568 Posts
On June 25 2010 16:16 Cygnus wrote: I have a cautious skepticism myself, I am absolutely certain there are situations where removal is necessary but I feel they fail to tell many people just allowing them to grow in and treating them like any other teeth wouldn't lead to problems. (I'll assume they have that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" logic) As far as fucking up your other teeth I'm sure it depends on how bad they are out of alignment. I've had braces and now sport nice straight teeth that I don't want to fuck up. Dentist told me to get my wisdom teeth removed 6 years ago (one is impacted), I never did, they grew in, my teeth are the same. Keep in mind I have never felt discomfort from my wisdom teeth, I am no dentist and everyone's genetics and jaw bones are different so do your research and weigh what's at risk. If you feel intense pain then by all means get them removed, it might lead to more serious problems later, especially when the roots continue growing and essentially merge with your jaw bone. Wisdom teeth extraction is a pretty minimal surgery with no real detriments even if you don't need it. (Which I'd be pretty convinced this is the main reason they suggest it for almost everyone) I still have all 4 of mine, with no real intention of removing them at this point. If they randomly started bothering me one day I would reassess my decision and seek removal, but for now they are just teeth, alas with a bit of evolutionary unnecessity. I'm in the same situation, all four are there but they aren't causing any problems and there is no discomfort what so ever. I recently went to a new dentist and he looked concerned, I told him that it's not causing any discomfort and he nodded, but his advice was to get them removed asap. I have no intentions to just yet, they are very expensive to remove. I too had braces, but before had braces put in I had four teeth (two top, two botto) removed. Maybe that gave just enough space for my wisdom teeth to not impact my other teeth? | ||
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Cygnus
United States845 Posts
On June 25 2010 16:22 Hyde wrote: I'm in the same situation, all four are there but they aren't causing any problems and there is no discomfort what so ever. I recently went to a new dentist and he looked concerned, I told him that it's not causing any discomfort and he nodded, but his advice was to get them removed asap. I have no intentions to just yet, they are very expensive to remove. I too had braces, but before had braces put in I had four teeth (two top, two botto) removed. Maybe that gave just enough space for my wisdom teeth to not impact my other teeth? So you got both sets of your second molars removed? I would assume that would give you quite a bit of room, have they sprouted yet and do you know the angles? It would be very interesting to know if it was possible for them to be impacted. Did you look at the X-Rays? | ||
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
god damn it | ||
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GrayArea
United States872 Posts
edit: Oh ya, I remember during the procedure, I got so nauseated at one point that I just put the suction down and got out of the room. I felt like I was going to throw up. It was stuffy in there and I had been standing there for over 40 minutes staring into this person's mouth sucking up all the blood and spit. It was intense. | ||
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Surrealz
United States449 Posts
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RisingTide
Australia769 Posts
You guys got cool drugs after you got them out? I was told, "Buy some ibuprofen, you'll be right". It was really quite painful for a few hours after the anesthetic wore off but it's now a pretty gentle throb. The main part that's affecting me is my jaw feels bruised to hell, and I frankly don't feel like doing anything that doesn't involve sitting. | ||
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URfavHO
United States514 Posts
From what I'm aware, the operation can be done with local anesthesia where your doc will make the jaw/face numb while remaining conscience to a certain extent. I think that would save you about 200-400 dollars if I recall correctly. I watched your stream one time, cool stuff man. And gl with the teeth. | ||
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7thCircle
Netherlands6 Posts
Turns out part of the tooth was exposed and died. So ill have to get it removed now anyway. Altough im not jumping to get it pulled 2 weeks from now, i do want to get rid of it. Broken molar just feels wrong and dangerous. | ||
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Shatter
United States1401 Posts
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Evilmonkey.
United States1628 Posts
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apm66
Canada943 Posts
Got mine removed 4 years ago, and a few days after I got TMJ ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001227.htm ) if anyone in here had TMJ, you know how hard it is to deal with, and extremely annoying Sometimes I couldn't even brush my teeth or eat before going to school, because my jaw was locked lol...i had TMJ for a year Q_QNow, for some reason, my teeth are all crooked :\ | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
I wonder how serious is all this fuss and how much of it just to generate customers for the dentists? (in Croatia, insurance covers the dentist costs so you don't have to pay) | ||
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