How many of you have had to have your wisdom teeth removed? I had to have all 4 of mine out about a week and a half ago, but everything is going fine now. Practically everybody that I know has had problems with pain etc. Just wanted to see what your experiences are.

 

I have this last summer...not to bad except the dry socket

 

The dentist wants to take mine out because "they might cause problems later". Since I've never had so much as a cavity, I think I'll wait.

 

Mine are coming in.. and I need to see the dentist but my stepmom lost her job last month, so I am no longer insured! When I went in for my last cleaning my Dentist said that I would probably have room for them.. but I need to get that checked out so my teeth don't get all crooked if I don't have enough room..

 

I had only one in the top left part of my mouth. It was bleeding for a while and then swelled a few days later. Overall there was little or no pain.

 

had mine out 2 years ago. I opted to be put under rather then just local anesthetic. No pain at all with the teeth, but recovering from the gas was awful. The day after the surgery I felt as if id been run over, every inch of my body ached. Too painful to move, just stayed in bed all day.

Funny thing, I only had 2 wisdom teeth. Just the one on top, x-rays show theres nothing at all on the bottom. Guess im just dentally retarded.

 

They probably will give you problems later. I have always heard that the older you are when you have it done, the worse it is, I guess because you don't recover as quickly. It is just the cost that kills you, at least for me since we don't have dental insurance.

 

Haha I was put unde, my roomate was saying I was sayin some stuff unti I came to, apparantly while still under I was giving him direction back to teh house as he had no idea where we wher, I woke up somewehre in that time

 

Had all four of mine out when I was 16. Just local anesthetic for me, seems like dentists down here don't like to use the gas. No pain the next day, I was just careful to eat soft foods for the first day. No problems at all from what I can remember. The upper right was a bugger to get out though. Doc spend a good 20 minutes working on that one tooth. The sutures drove me CRAZY!! I couldn't stop messing with them with my tongue, like an itch you quite can't scratch.

 

Wisdom Teeth.............Lost mine been dumb ever since

 

Yes this is what I also heard from my orthodonist. I had braces and he told me if I was to leave it in, it would eventually cause my teeth to shift out of their proper location.

 

I have all four of mine in. Dentist said its been along time since he's seen a a complete set of teeth without problem. Then he tells me he wants to take them out so I don't get any cavities back there!

 

Had all 4 yanked 2 days before a major ice storm where we lost power for 11 days. That wasn't cool.

 

I had only one problem when all 4 of mine were removed in college. No problem with pain from the teeth being pulled, and no problem with the anestesia (sp). In fact, I kind of enjoyed that. I was in and out of sleep for about 18 hours....longest rest I'd had in years! Anyway, the only issue I had was that my jaw was sore from having my mough held open VERY wide for an hour. Other than that, I was eating a pulled pork sandwhich the next day....Oh, almost forgot, when the surgeon removed the stitches, he cleaned out the socket with a water (I think) spray, and he hit dead square on the nerve. That hurt. I thought that I was going to pull the arms off the chair! All he said was "sorry".

 

Never had mine removed and I suspect now that it's a scam to make extra income for the dentist.

Remember when tonsils where removed almost every time?