Can you get just 1 wisdom tooth?

[KatyMac]

or do all 4 arrive at once?

Is 43 too late for them to turn up?

Maybe it's an enormous ulcer?

[CliffTumble]

No you can have just one. And they can come at any age.

[KatyMac]

My gum feels a bit flappy & horrendously sore

Oh poo

[CliffTumble]

Go to the dentists , it might be infected

[KatyMac]

I have an appointment on Thursday for the large hole in a back tooth on the opposite side

The only good side about back pain is that you don't notice toothache so much

[CliffTumble]

Use mouthwash, it can stop the infection, and bonjela is very effective.

[KatyMac]

Thanks

I will make it to Thursday fingers crossed

[fiodyl]

go and get it checked at dentist asap!

I went with possible wisdom tooth pain in april- got given antibiotics and booked in to have it removed in july.

Last week I was admitted to hospital for an emergency op to remove the wisdom tooth plus 2 others and drain the infection which had spread around my face and neck. Still in loads of pain.

I was probably just unlucky and this won't happen to you but please get it checked out and don't put up with the pain.

[KatyMac]

Ouch fiodyl - I hope everything's OK now

I promise I will show the dentist on Thursday (not that he could miss seeing the large mass of red on my gum )

[MegGriffin]

I have only got one and that is only partially erupted and i'm 41. X rays show the other 3 just did not develop. Good luck for Thursday!

[Meglet]

Wisdom teeth should be genetically bred out of future generations. Bastard things.

Are our mouths too small for them these days?

[drivingmisscrazy]

I'm 45 and only have 3...

[Spagbolagain]

I just have 1, was sore as came through but no problems since.
DH says I am a quarter as wise as him, who has 4.

[JenniL1977]

I only have 26 teeth - I just don't have two of my back teeth or any wisdom teeth. I like to think it's because I'm more highly evolved than most :)

[DownyEmerald]

I've had 5! They came through young - when I was 16/17, and then a few years ago another one came at the back. Dentist said normal

[KatyMac]

I think it must have been an ulcer - all the swelling has gone down

But I'm still seeing the dentist about the hole in my other tooth so I'll mention it

[throckenholt]

I am 44 - I had two top ones from about late 20s until last year or so when they were removed. In the last few years I have begun to feel one of the lower ones - but it is at jaw level and only half the surface.

So no - I don't think it is too late !

My brother got all 4 of his one night when he was 19 - he says that was the night he discovered whiskey !

Glad yours is better now.

[KatyMac]

Definitely no wisdom teeth; the dentist laughed & said no way

& a whacking great filling, ouch I hurt