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AIBU?

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to ask you about wisdom teeth?

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PlumpingUpPartridge · 27/02/2015 14:11

We are discussing these on another thread and I blithely stated that most people need medical intervention for them. Others have disputed my opinion how very dare they

So, how did your wisdom teeth get dealt with, if at all?

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DuchessofBuffonia · 27/02/2015 18:34

I have all 4 of mine. They came through point by point over about 10 years (and bloody painful each point was as it broke through) and they're fine now. No bother or intervention needed.

Timetoask · 27/02/2015 18:35

All 4 removed with local anesthetic by an excellent surgeon (not nhs, abroad). One day of swelling and that was it, no trouble.
They were starting to push my other teeth forward so decided to exterminate!

holls2000 · 27/02/2015 20:56

I had all four out. they were agony.

vienna1981 · 27/02/2015 21:19

I had mine taken out at the age of 24, nearly 20 years ago. One was impacted and kept causing gum infections so it and the one above it had to go. My dentist suggested the two on the other side should be taken out as well. I had two weekly trips to the university Dental Hospital, one side one week, the other side next week. Local anaesthetic. Totally painless. Job done by two lovely newly-qualified dentists. First class NHS care .

sqibble · 27/02/2015 21:22

I had all 4 out because they half came out and I kept getting gum infections.

TheNoodlesIncident · 27/02/2015 21:23

I think mine are still in my jaws somewhere. I do have tooth oddities though, got three baby teeth still and I'm 44... adult canines are lying at odd angles and don't want to come down. I have a baby molar that just didn't have an adult tooth underneath it, so it's still there, and no trace of decay

FuzzyHeaded · 27/02/2015 21:43

I was intrigued to have a dental xray for the first time a few weeks ago and learn that I do have all four wisdom teeth waiting in the wings. I'd always figured I just didn't have them.

What PPs have said about under-gum teeth causing periodic pain sounds familiar, too. I hope they don't come through though as my mouth is pretty crammed full already.

wowfudge · 27/02/2015 21:58

My upper ones came through okay but are so close to the next molar I've had issues with the wisdom teeth getting cavities. They have been extremely painful on occasion and both have fillings when none of other teeth do. The lower ones are half through.

I've heard that you have to suffer three painful episodes with wisdom teeth that require treatment with painkillers and antibiotics before dentists will refer you to have the tooth removed.

BerniceBroadside · 27/02/2015 22:11

Wow fudge, it's two episodes in my area.

Mine have all been extracted. Thank fuck! I have never felt so ill as I did when they were infected. The post op discomfort was preferable to the hideousness of an infection.

slightlyconfused85 · 27/02/2015 22:13

Bottom two were impacted and were removed after endless infections. Top two came through fine. DP has also had all 4 of his out for same reasons, although we both have several siblings who have had no problems.

Topseyt · 27/02/2015 22:18

Top two are through and fine. Bottom two are partially through and twisted sideways. They seem settled though and are not currently causing any bother so they can stay for now.

DramaAlpaca · 27/02/2015 22:25

I have all four of mine & they have never caused me any trouble except when they were coming through.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 27/02/2015 22:26

I don't have any. Hooray!

HcachumBabow · 27/02/2015 22:27

All four of mine are through and still in place.

I did have space made for them though when I had braces as a teenager though. Before my braces went on they took out four premolars and pulled all my molars forward to avoid needing to have my wisdoms out as an adult. It's still a little crowded in there but not so much so that is causes problems.

It took forever for the fuckers to fully come through though. It's only been a couple of years since they did and I'm 31.

amothersplaceisinthewrong · 27/02/2015 22:28

All three out 25 years ago under general anaesthetic as a day case in hospital.

HcachumBabow · 27/02/2015 22:28

Too many uses of the word "though" in my previous post

LovelyBranches · 27/02/2015 22:31

I have all four, but the top ones came through first and I would bit down on the broken gum covering the emerging bottom teeth.

It was exceptionally painful and led to me having a very inflamed jaw. My dentist tried filing my teeth so that the top teeth couldn't reach the bottom gums so easily and that worked.

OuchLegoHurts · 27/02/2015 22:32

I got all four of mine at the same time one summer when I was 16! Agony! I remember sitting on a bus with my friends biting on a pen with throbbing cheeks. But they came up fine, apart from one which kept growing a tiny bit more every year until about 5 years ago (I'm 35 now) They're weird, why do we get them?

daughterofliz · 27/02/2015 23:02

I am in my late 40s and until about 2 years ago I believed I hadn't got any. Then I started noticing what felt like one corner of the edge of a tooth sticking out of my gum beyond my last back tooth. It doesn't seem to have grown any more since then and has never hurt or cause any problems. The dentist hasn't mentioned it, so if he's noticed it at all I assume he thinks it isn't a problem. I always make sure I brush that bit well now though, just in case a whole tooth emerges one day!

Oldraver · 27/02/2015 23:09

I've got three, the upper two are no problem and in a normal position. One bottom one is still hiding somewhere, the other came through sideways with the cusp touching the side of the last molar. This meant crap used to get caught in it and eventually I had to have a small filling in it when the tooth next to it broke and was taken out. I was told it would move down into the position the molar was in but it hasnt

30 years ago the dentist was chomping at the bit to take all four wisdom out, despite there being no trouble with them. It put me off and I never went to a dentist for 13 years...when I went back I was told they dont take them out unless causing problems

SpringTimeIsComing · 27/02/2015 23:30

I have none. Mine never came through properly but were pushing my other teeth out of place so I had to have them removed when I was 22. It was bloody awful as my gums were cut to remove them and I could only drink soup for a fortnight. I also had a face like a boxer afterwards. Having them removed let my other 34 teeth have more space as my mouth was overcrowded.

PeachyParisian · 28/02/2015 00:48

Had 4 by 21. Still waiting for my referral to come through for the one that's persistently causing me problems.

LackOfAdhesiveDucks · 28/02/2015 03:12

I had mine out at 21. All four were impacted (although not bothering me) and since my teeth are very straight it made sense to have them out before they caused problems. Had a general anaesthetic, face was bruised and swollen for a few days but overall not terrible.

goodasitgets · 28/02/2015 03:49

All 4 through. Some pain very occasionally I think when they try to push through a bit more
Dentist mutters there isn't much room and any more pain and he will extract them. Hence when he asks if any wisdom tooth problems I smile and say "no, absolutely fine"

SmillasSenseOfSnow · 28/02/2015 04:10

At least one of my bottom two was impacted and I routinely got infections in both, but not at a rate that was enough to qualify me to have them out on the NHS (I found out, after at least the second occasion of having antibiotics - at least one time I got an infection which cleared itself up, stupid me for not getting the antibiotics to enable more NHS action - and having been referred to the surgeon at the hospital). Not only was it something like three loads of antibiotics that needed to have been prescribed, but they also had to occur within a certain time period, I think.

Either way, I emigrated before my follow-up appointment with the surgeon to check whether I needed them out yet, and surprise surprise, a regular dentist practice in my new country said they could take them out no problem, impaction or no impaction (after checking with an X-ray). No GE for me. Though I wish I had been under GE, it was awful. The dentist had such a hard time cracking one of them off my jaw that he started to look worried, and then it flew out of my mouth in bits. My other half was accompanying me for moral support and language issues, and he picked them up off the floor to be helpful...

I had no dry socket issues, though. Just ate yoghurt and soup with bits of very, very soggy bread for a few days. I don't like liquid food at the best of times, so I got very impatient in the end. I learned that I can swallow incredibly large chunks of soggy bread without letting them touch the sides of my mouth if I'm starved of solids for long enough.

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