Worried about losing my wisdom!

pug_in_a_bed

Not a problem, hijack away - its been very useful so far!

The guy I saw did tell me I would need a work off work i'll be having 3 out), it seems my teeth are also impacted.

I've been in pain this week so am becoming resigned to them coming out, although if the pain stops I'll probably go back into denial lol! I think the consequences would probably be more pain and upset to your other pegs but I'm sure Toothsmith or Pester will fill you in very soon.

When you go the hospital for a consultation ask loads of questions! I never had a chance and my consultant is a total nincompoop.

Teerah

The consequences are the same as the reasons for having them out! IE, infection, pain, possible damage to adjacent teeth.

Toothsmith

Not to mention the infection causing swelling around your throat which can put pressure on your airway and lead to death :eek: (That doesn't happen very often though.)

Having wisdom teeth out can't be described as nice. It's not the sort of thing you'd want done every day

It is, however, a once only job. Unlike the infections and pain and swelling and bad taste etc from keeping them in place when impacted.

bluesnice

Toothsmith wrote:

Not to mention the infection causing swelling around your throat which can put pressure on your airway and lead to death :eek: (That doesn't happen very often though.)

Having wisdom teeth out can't be described as nice. It's not the sort of thing you'd want done every day

It is, however, a once only job. Unlike the infections and pain and swelling and bad taste etc from keeping them in place when impacted.

but I don't get infections or pain.. just a bit of tenderness and a bit of a bad taste. Everyone on here whos had them out seems to have a really bad time with them. I'm not. Feel a fraud! Do i still need them out.. maybe I can wait a while??!

thanks everyone for your replies.

Toothsmith

bluesnice wrote:

but I don't get infections or pain.. just a bit of tenderness and a bit of a bad taste. Everyone on here whos had them out seems to have a really bad time with them. I'm not. Feel a fraud! Do i still need them out.. maybe I can wait a while??!

thanks everyone for your replies.

The tenderness and bad taste are most likely caused by infection - just a minor one. Believe me, if you get a medium / bad flare up, you'll wish you'd had them out beforehand.

Bear in mind waiting lists for routine wisdom tooth extraction are often quite long.

You're better off on the list with a bit of minor discomfort than only being put on the list when things really hot up, and praying you get to the top before it happens again.

pester

if you’ve been having discomfort from the areas then most likely this will recur and toothsmith is correct that next time it may be even more painful.

If its only been minor discomfort and only once then u may want to leave it a while, if its not settling then yup u need something done.

Once again remember if you want you should have the option of getting one tooth removed at a time without a GA, maybe with some sedation. But if that’s not for you then get it done with GA.

Funnily enough I just done a GA wisdom tooth list this morning, and I still advise my patients that if they can take some discomfort then have one done at a time awake, that’s only if I feel the patient can cope and the surgery is ok for me to do awake.

Its a very very common procedure and ull be fine. If you have any other worries just let us know.....

best of luck


oh yeah the bit about removing bone

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there’s not enough space to wobble out the tooth, so we make a little space around tooth by taking some bone away, that’s it.

elisebutt65

Waiting lists!! - hahahahaha - "hysterical laughter!!"

My dentist referred me last August for a removal under GA. I got my consultaton in March and that's it!!! I rang up in case I'd had a letter lost in the post and they were quite snotty with me - Apparently I'm looking at November by the earliest!!

That's 15 months so far!!! My poor mouth - I'd be begging the dentist to just get the thin out were it not for my phobia of things in my mouth - I cry everytime he does a scale and polish and fillings???? Ha - I have to have them without injections if possible and with valium as i just freak - the injections really do my head in - sorry Toothsmith et al, I know you're probably great guys but after a nightmare removal when I was 18 (involving an emergency dentist in London, major infection, stitches falling out and anaesthetic wearing off) I just freak in that chair now.

Have to pretend to be calm and collected in front of the kids and then send them downstairs to wait while i'm getting done so I don't get them freaked as well.

Just wish the waiting list wasn't so long

Toothsmith

elisebutt65 wrote:

Just wish the waiting list wasn't so long

Have you seen my post #17 on this thread?

Daisy

Can any of the dentists on here please advise me about my gum? I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed when I was 13. (I'm now 32) Where they should be is a gap which I can feel with my tongue. On the bottom row though on one side, part of the gum seems to be at the same level as the tooth next to it and once in a while it (the gum) gets sore and feels like it's overlapping the tooth. I looked in the mirror and it looks like a soft lump. It's now not sore anymore and is going down a bit. This happens only once in a while (like once every 2 years) so it doesn't concern me but I just wondered what it could be?

The worst thing for me when I had my wisdom teeth out was feeling ill due to the GA and having a swollen mouth so I couldn't eat anything for 3 days. I didn't really find it painful, but I remember it took a while for them to stop bleeding. I also remember being told they had to break my jaw which surely cant be right?! because my mouth was so small. I do know though that my jaw 'clicked' for about 2 years afterwards!

jezza1O1

interesting thread to read, nice 1 dentists! Got a couple of wisdom through that seem ok but there is talk of removal due to overlapping gum (had 2 infections in 9 years) - cant that be just sliced off?! Actually its getting much smaller in time...

Thing that scares me most in the thought of GA - sounds horrible to me so reassuring to hear you can have it done awake. Fortunately never been too bothered by people rooting around my mouth!!