Impacted wisdom teeth - agony!

GlasweJen

I'm in pain with my wisdom teeth. Both of my bottom ones seem to take it in turns to swell up and land me on antibiotics. The one on the bottom right has already destroyed the tooth beside it which was extracted because of the damage.

At the moment the bottom right one is playing up, you can see white under the gum but it's agony and no amount of ibuprofen, paracetamol and dentinox gel (lidocaine is lidocaine no matter what the source lol) seems to be helping. I just have a compulsion to chew on that side.

The teeth haven't broken the gum at all but I really want to see a dentist about this asap for some pain relief. Surgery is closed tomorrow so what are my options?

I like in the NHS greater glasgow and clyde area and I am registered with a dentist.

Stargirl29

I often have problems with my wisdom teeth and find that co-codamol (paracetamol and codiene) helps with the pain. You can get it over the counter at any pharmacy. You can also take it with ibuprofen to take down any inflamation May be worth trying until you can get to see the dentist? Good luck, wisdom teeth are evil sometimes! Jen x

brook2jack

Ring the surgery , there should be details for emergency treatment on a ansaphone.

The wisdom tooth will not have destroyed the tooth in front, that would have been caused by decay which in turn is caused by food/plaque getting trapped between the good tooth and the impacted wisdom tooth.

Likewise the pain you are having now is not teething, it will have been caused by food or plaque getting lodged under the gum as the tooth is starting to come through gums only swell around wisdom teeth when there is a connection with the mouth food /plaque can get in so even though you can't see anything they have started to come through. Even though it is painful it is important to brush thoroughly with conviction around the wisdom tooth otherwise the pain just comes back again and again until the tooth is completely through. Rinsing with hot salty water can help flush hinge out but not as well as a toothbrush. Make sure you are using a brush with a small enough head to get back there.

westiedog

I had problems with all four of my wisdom teeth for about 5 years. The bottom two were not even through the gum. After much pleading with the dentist he eventually took all four out - a bit of discomfort afterwards but nothing like the original pain which used to flare up about every 6 months.

For me it was the right decision.

sofababe

All 4 of my wisdom teeth were impacted, taking it in turns to cause agony. In fact the surgeon who took them out said that because there wasn't room for them to erupt they were trying to grow along the gum which has caused my other teeth to crowd in

I refused a general anesthetic, and had them removed by a surgeon in my local dentists under a "twilight" anesthetic. They cut open the gums, broke each tooth into pieces with a chisel then extracted the bits :eek: Sounds gruesome but it really wasn't at all. I was a bit bruised and swollen for about a week but no more trouble with my teeth since (16 years).

See your dentist asap, it may be that your palette isn't big enough for the new teeth and thats why they are not erupting.

GlasweJen

brook2jack wrote: »

The wisdom tooth will not have destroyed the tooth in front, that would have been caused by decay which in turn is caused by food/plaque getting trapped between the good tooth and the impacted wisdom tooth.

The tooth was extracted because of the wisdom tooth, the wisdom tooth roots were growing where the other teeth were rooted (it's pointing towards the back of my mouth) destroyed the roots of my molar and it needed extracted because of something to do with the canal. The dentist couldn't take the wisdom tooth out at the time because he would have needed to knock me out and he can't do that at the surgery because i'm a cardiac patient.

The idea was to avoid a general we'd see if the wisdom tooth could re-angle in the gap left from my old tooth and take it from there.

I do brush my teeth, in all my years I've never had as much as a filling that wasn't related to the playground accident which caused 7 of my teeth to crack.

Please don't comment on the state of my teeth without looking at my mouth or notes.

juicygirl

If you are in an NHS practice the answer machinbe will direct you to NHS 24. An appointment will be arranged for you today at the dental hospital if they deem it an emergency. I'd phoned now though because they are only open for a few hours in the afternoon on a Sunday.

Good luck x

dandy-candy

All 4 of my wisdom teeth were impacted and tbh I couldn't put up with the soreness so had them all removed with local anesthetic (i was scared of having a general). They did it in 2 sessions and it felt like they were tugging forever - the roots were all crossed over themselves - but it was so worth it to have a trouble free mouth again!

pug_in_a_bed

I had all mine out under a general, it was great, in and out hospital in about 3 hours. I'd never had a general before but I wouldn't be scared of it again after that.

brook2jack

I am not saying you don't brush your teeth but wisdom teeth that have no connection to the mouth do not give pain. They give pain when there is a connection to the mouth and food or plaque get caught under the gum causing swelling. The reason people get repeated swelling is because food/plaque repeatedly gets caught under the gum. In most cases good cleaning will stop the problem. In a few cases the angulation of the wisdom tooth will stop good cleaning and it needs to come out.

The reason so many less wisdom teeth are taken out these days is the realisation that
1 wisdom teeth do not push teeth forward

2 even if the wisdom tooth cannot ever fully come through good cleaning should stop problems occuring for the majority of people.

Teeth do not "destroy the roots" of other teeth unless they have a cyst on them. The problem is food/ plaque getting caught down the back of the erupted tooth. Decay starts right down on the root underneath the gum close to the root canal and are virtually impossible to fill. You take the "bad tooth" out and hope the wisdom tooth will then come through.

Now the tooth in front is out it will be easier to get to the gum around the wisdom tooth to clean.

NEH

GlasweJen wrote: »

The tooth was extracted because of the wisdom tooth, the wisdom tooth roots were growing where the other teeth were rooted (it's pointing towards the back of my mouth) destroyed the roots of my molar and it needed extracted because of something to do with the canal. The dentist couldn't take the wisdom tooth out at the time because he would have needed to knock me out and he can't do that at the surgery because i'm a cardiac patient.

The idea was to avoid a general we'd see if the wisdom tooth could re-angle in the gap left from my old tooth and take it from there.

I do brush my teeth, in all my years I've never had as much as a filling that wasn't related to the playground accident which caused 7 of my teeth to crack.

Please don't comment on the state of my teeth without looking at my mouth or notes.

Brook2jack wasn't saying you didn't clean your teeth it just happens with wisdom teeth, you do get a lot of problems by food getting caught where the teeth should be coming through and if you have an infection you can't clean them properly and get in where there isn't swelling...

Your dentist should have emergency cover as well....Ring them and see what is on their answerphone...

As for anesthetics, they're not keen on doing generals now anyway, i had to request one as i couldn't face all the needles, the sounds and the pulling and tugging...The surgeon still tried to convince me otherwise not to have one with my long term health condition but there was no way i could face all that...