Aibu wishing dentist had pulled my wisdom tooth this am

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Went for NHS appt, £28 later I had two x-rays and dentist counted my teeth and told me they wouldn't refer for extraction despite two infections and ongoing problems.
It's an upper tooth, aibu in thinking she could have pulled it out there and then?

Often you don't need a referral for an upper, but every tooth is different OP. No one on MN can tell you how easy or not your tooth will be to remove.

It depends what the cause of the infection is, but generally if its an upper its normally more decay/abscess and therefore you treat is as any other tooth and remove it. Pericoronitis guidelines only apply to sound teeth, however its generally considered to be infection requiring antibiotics, so if you didn't see the dentist you obviously didn't need antibiotics.

You still haven't said what the dentist plans for the tooth?

I had nine removed there and then at a private dentist . It cost £200 and I couldn't hand over the money any faster cos the pain was excruciating. I had been wailing at the top of my voice for hours before I relented and called the private dentist who had an appointment within the hour on a Sunday morning.

Mine

I went for appt for Upper wisdom when I pregnant and the dentist said yep let's get it out here and now. I was . He did and it wasn't that bad.

But then again he was the best dentist I ever had, want to hunt him down and keep him in the attic. I'm very dentisty atm, dc apparently needs a tooth removed whilst having no dentists taking patients and its all such a trauma..

It's probably an NHS protocol rationing thing. You likely have to have 3 bad infections before they'll refer you. It helps manage the demand. I would suggest seeing a private dentist if you can afford it. This rationing of care despite the pain and inconvenience it causes people is one of the reasons the NHS might not be quite the 'envy of the world' we are led to believe.

Think it was only gum infected X2 so didn't need abx. Had a massive painful swelling that popped and released very grim stuff so assumed abscess.
The wisdom tooth and adjacent molar are both ok. Just gun infections I guess.
Dentist plan was that she couldn't refer unless I'd had two infections. Despite telling me she believed I'd had problems twice, she would not refer me unless I attended again with an infection via emergency dentist appt (only one on the record thus far). I.e would be on the record. Told me to use a specil brush which is already explained I was using

I assume my only option is private or honking teeth forever

Wouldn’t have expected to get tooth removed then and there. I’m having my lower wisdom tooth removed on Tuesday following weeks of headaches and facial nerves throbbing (no infection though). After Two emergency trips to dentist, one for diagnosis (where dentist could see from X-ray I needed a oral surgeon referral for removal), 2nd for temporary dressing. Was told NHS appointment would be AT LEAST 8 months in current COVID times. Can’t face waiting that long with headaches so gone private and got an appointment within a week! Good luck with yours x

Sometimes they're easy and sometimes they aren't. One of mine came out easily within 15 minutes. The other I was in the chair for over an hour while she tried to dig out the end of a root that apparently curved back on itself.

Well it might be easy but it might be difficult and horrible.

I persuaded my dentist against his better judgement to take mine out because I couldn't stand to wait in pain.

I started to regret it at the point where he was yanking my whole head around and swearing. He did get it out but it was 'a traumatic extraction'

Later that day I suffered a 'dry socket' and I have honestly never known pain like it. I recall lying with my face pressed to the fridge trying to make the throbbing pain stop. Had to find an emergency dentist to pack it because it was a bank holiday. It got infected and took ages to heal.

I really wished I'd let him just put me on the waiting list for the hospital extraction after all as he'd first suggested.

Mine was done 'there and then' as emergency appt squeezed in between other appts.

Dentist saw me, we decided on extraction, gave me painkiller

Dentist had quick check up with someone else

Dentist brought me back in, pulled it out almost instantly

All done. Dentist had someone else in right away...

That said, otherwise I have tried hard to keep all my other wisdom teeth. I don't understand not fighting to keep them.

Oh sorry I see they won't refer you at all rather than they just won't take it out then and there. I guess in that case private is probably the only option (they still might not do it but at least you'll know it's not due to rationing)

Not taking out an infected tooth is due to risk of septicaemia and endocarditis. It's a notorious cause and definitely not worth risking.

I can't believe there's a thread of positive experiences with wisdom teeth! My problematic one was an upper but it had got impacted and eroded the next tooth which then separately required a root canal. It had occasionally been painful over a long time but I was busy and took a few painkillers and ignored it. Boy did I regret that later. Now I am anal about brushing, flossing and check ups for myself and the kids because I just never want to go through that pain again.

They wouldn't have done it there and then due to covid anyway. I had an appointment the other day for a tooth that has to come out and the dentist told me that for extraction and other work involving drills etc, they need to be separate appointments as they need to have plenty of time between other patients because when they use that equipment there's too much risk of spreading covid in the air.

A few years ago I had a tooth pulled out there and then so was expecting that to happen again but now I have to wait another 4 weeks.

I had an upper wisdom tooth removed two weeks ago at the dentist as the tooth had a large cavity (hadn't been to the dentist for years).

Before it was removed though I'd had a previous appointment and XRay.

This was done as a private patient. The removal was straightforward by my dentist (I was charged more for additional PPE) albeit a little unpleasant in sensation.