The Joys of Wisdom Teeth...
Discussion
Hi All,
So I'm approaching 27 soon and the good old wisdom teeth have started to make an appearance, I have one at the top that has half come through (Half been at the front, back still in the gum it seems) and after such painful gums all week, the wife has noticed my bottom one is peeping through!
Anyone else suffer from really bad tooth ache during this time? Or have you had them removed?
Seem pointless getting them as sooo many people have issues!
So I'm approaching 27 soon and the good old wisdom teeth have started to make an appearance, I have one at the top that has half come through (Half been at the front, back still in the gum it seems) and after such painful gums all week, the wife has noticed my bottom one is peeping through!
Anyone else suffer from really bad tooth ache during this time? Or have you had them removed?
Seem pointless getting them as sooo many people have issues!
You'll probably find the pain will come & go in waves over days/week.
I've had both out on right side, the top one never caused any pain but I took the opportunity to have it out while they were dealing with that side anyway. The bottom one would go from 0 to 100mph in the pain stakes within a couple of days then back to nothing just as quick after its movement spurt. I got referred while in agony from the lower right in the Aug after several periods of pain in the previous couple of months & eventually had it extracted in the Nov when it had hardly hurt since but was subsequently found to have some infection under it.
I'm currently waiting for a consultation to have the lower left removed (we are now 3 years on from having the other side removed) & its not been anywhere near as problematic just the occasional niggles but is at 90 degrees to the other teeth so would rather have it out before it escalates. So no you don't have to gave them out but if you are getting regular pain it may be worth looking into, your dentist should do xrays every few years so should be able to see what they are up to.
Actually while we're discussing them
Driller.... Or any of the other resident dentists, would you say I'd be OK with local anaesthetic for this one at 90 degrees as I really don't like the idea of sedation & got the impression the consultation is going to be a session of telling me why I must have sedation
I've had both out on right side, the top one never caused any pain but I took the opportunity to have it out while they were dealing with that side anyway. The bottom one would go from 0 to 100mph in the pain stakes within a couple of days then back to nothing just as quick after its movement spurt. I got referred while in agony from the lower right in the Aug after several periods of pain in the previous couple of months & eventually had it extracted in the Nov when it had hardly hurt since but was subsequently found to have some infection under it.
I'm currently waiting for a consultation to have the lower left removed (we are now 3 years on from having the other side removed) & its not been anywhere near as problematic just the occasional niggles but is at 90 degrees to the other teeth so would rather have it out before it escalates. So no you don't have to gave them out but if you are getting regular pain it may be worth looking into, your dentist should do xrays every few years so should be able to see what they are up to.
Actually while we're discussing them
Driller.... Or any of the other resident dentists, would you say I'd be OK with local anaesthetic for this one at 90 degrees as I really don't like the idea of sedation & got the impression the consultation is going to be a session of telling me why I must have sedationLukeFR said:
Hi All,
So I'm approaching 27 soon and the good old wisdom teeth have started to make an appearance, I have one at the top that has half come through (Half been at the front, back still in the gum it seems) and after such painful gums all week, the wife has noticed my bottom one is peeping through!
Anyone else suffer from really bad tooth ache during this time? Or have you had them removed?
Seem pointless getting them as sooo many people have issues!
Yup. Mine came through in my late 20s. Didn't come through all the way. Had lots of infections and...when it was really bad smelt like I'd used dogsSo I'm approaching 27 soon and the good old wisdom teeth have started to make an appearance, I have one at the top that has half come through (Half been at the front, back still in the gum it seems) and after such painful gums all week, the wife has noticed my bottom one is peeping through!
Anyone else suffer from really bad tooth ache during this time? Or have you had them removed?
Seem pointless getting them as sooo many people have issues!
t for toothpaste. The pain to have them out was horriffic but 5 years later I'd do it again. No smelly dogst breath for me!I had 4 come through in the end. My upper ones didn't cause a problem as I'd had my 2 back teeth out due to shattering them. My lower ones have messed up my teeth a bit (left the fronts slightly squished / crooked) but other than that no real issues.
They do hurt like fk for ages though and eventually they just stop and you forget all about it. It's complete tossbks until then though unfortunately!
They do hurt like f
k for ages though and eventually they just stop and you forget all about it. It's complete tossbks until then though unfortunately!I had mine extracted - the top ones weren't too bad, I had a minor case of 'dry socket'. The bottom ones were awful, I had serious 'dry socket' and the swelling was so great that it looked like I didn't have a neck anymore. I believe some people have a bit of a predisposition to that happening, I guess I'm one of them (or just unlucky/unable to follow instructions...).
I had my wisdom teeth come in years ago and I had the same symptoms that you had (ie the cutting into the gum). It was uncomfortable but not terrible so I left it alone.
Recently I had to get four teeth removed in preparation for jaw surgery (two of which were the wisdom teeth). It was an absolute doddle, I had a lot of local anesthetic applied so I did not feel a thing. Just make sure that when the dentist asks if you can feel anything you *really* can't. I spent the next few days rinsing out religiously with salt water and I did not had any problems with dry socket.
I was so used to the very slight gum pain when eating that I forgot what it was like not to have it. Once I got over the initial pain of having my teeth pulled out the relief was great.
Recently I had to get four teeth removed in preparation for jaw surgery (two of which were the wisdom teeth). It was an absolute doddle, I had a lot of local anesthetic applied so I did not feel a thing. Just make sure that when the dentist asks if you can feel anything you *really* can't. I spent the next few days rinsing out religiously with salt water and I did not had any problems with dry socket.
I was so used to the very slight gum pain when eating that I forgot what it was like not to have it. Once I got over the initial pain of having my teeth pulled out the relief was great.
Get them removed, get them to knock you out and do the business.
Then if upper ones removed don't sneeze!
Leaving partially erupted wisdoms in place is a recipe for infections and really bad dog breath.
And if you are nervous patient don't go to the dental school at Guys Hospital in London. Still it was funny when the very attractive lady surgeon commented my blood pressure was a little on the high side..
Then if upper ones removed don't sneeze!
Leaving partially erupted wisdoms in place is a recipe for infections and really bad dog breath.
And if you are nervous patient don't go to the dental school at Guys Hospital in London. Still it was funny when the very attractive lady surgeon commented my blood pressure was a little on the high side..
Taita said:
How on earth did we evolve to have these? Surely without dentistry (maybe even a few decades ago) a significant portion of the population would be crippled with pain?
Indeed.The human race has many defects which would cause our deaths or a life of pain if we hadn't worked out how to solve them.
It's really quite odd.
I'm as blind as a bat without my contact lenses. I wouldn't last a few months 'in the wild' without them.
Taita said:
How on earth did we evolve to have these? Surely without dentistry (maybe even a few decades ago) a significant portion of the population would be crippled with pain?
Because we didn't eat things that were acidic and had been artificially sweetened with sugar in large quantities.Taita said:
How on earth did we evolve to have these? Surely without dentistry (maybe even a few decades ago) a significant portion of the population would be crippled with pain?
It's only very recently that our diet has changed from being very hard and abrasive. With this diet the other teeth would wear away which created space into which the wisdom teeth erupted. This gave the individuals concerned an advantage and hence they had more offspring and it continued.Evolution doesn't move fast enough for wisdoms to have disappeared in the relatively short time that our diet has become processed and soft. And anyway, since we have dentists now who remove them thus preventing the individuals concerned from dying from them, they will continue to have children and so wisdom teeth will continue to exist
I'm in my 50's now, but as a kid I'd already had a couple of bad experiences at the dentist. The first I recall was when needing a filling the dentist asked if I'd like gas or injection. I told him I didn't know as I'd never had a filling before. He said he'd try me without anything as it was only a small one. The pain!!!
Fast forward a few years .....
..... in my 20's it came to light that my wisdom teeth were impacted following an infection under one of them.
Once the infection had gone the dentist had a go at pulling them.
He had a knee on my chest, pliers in my mouth and pulled so hard I thought my head was going to come off!
20 mins of pulling and pushing later he gave up, sewed me up and I was referred to hospital.
Whilst waiting for an appointment to come through I got an abscess under one of them.
Talk about pain! I was almost crying! It got so bad that one day I got a slightly larger than pencil sized piece of wood - jammed it in at the back of my jaw and bit down as hard as I could.
The pain was so unbearable I almost passed out!
Then the abscess burst and the relief was instant.
Eventually I got the hospital appointment (in those days it was a three day job) anyway I got knocked out, taken to theatre and they got them out.
Back on the ward of about 20 people I was the first wake up. Don't ask me why but I didn't sleep the anaesthetic off properly.
Then I couldn't breath properly because of the amount of blood in my mouth.
Again don't ask me why, but my gums wouldn't stop bleeding.
Hours later when everybody else who had gone through the same thing, who had slept off their anaesthetic properly and were up and about and enjoying a bowl of soup - I was still in bed!
I kept drifting off to sleep and waking up (still trying to sleep off the anaesthetic I guess)
Because I was still bleeding every time I woke up I would start gaging from the amount of blood in my mouth and I had so much blood on my pillow and face I looked like I'd been in a RTA.
Eventually nurses had to suck all the congealed blood from my mouth, throat and nose and whilst they were doing that a Doctor give me loads of adrenalin jabs into my gums (to stem the flow) - whilst I held torch above my head so they could all see what they were doing.
I was allowed to go home the next day.
My gums were so sore that for about 2 weeks all I could eat was soup and the stitches kept rubbing on my tongue causing gagging impulses.
All in all not one of favourite experiences!
30 odd years on and the mere thought of anybody doing anything to my teeth makes me hot and sweaty.
Going to the dentist is an absolute last resort!
But don't let any of this put off OP
Fast forward a few years .....
..... in my 20's it came to light that my wisdom teeth were impacted following an infection under one of them.
Once the infection had gone the dentist had a go at pulling them.
He had a knee on my chest, pliers in my mouth and pulled so hard I thought my head was going to come off!
20 mins of pulling and pushing later he gave up, sewed me up and I was referred to hospital.
Whilst waiting for an appointment to come through I got an abscess under one of them.
Talk about pain! I was almost crying! It got so bad that one day I got a slightly larger than pencil sized piece of wood - jammed it in at the back of my jaw and bit down as hard as I could.
The pain was so unbearable I almost passed out!
Then the abscess burst and the relief was instant.
Eventually I got the hospital appointment (in those days it was a three day job) anyway I got knocked out, taken to theatre and they got them out.
Back on the ward of about 20 people I was the first wake up. Don't ask me why but I didn't sleep the anaesthetic off properly.
Then I couldn't breath properly because of the amount of blood in my mouth.
Again don't ask me why, but my gums wouldn't stop bleeding.
Hours later when everybody else who had gone through the same thing, who had slept off their anaesthetic properly and were up and about and enjoying a bowl of soup - I was still in bed!
I kept drifting off to sleep and waking up (still trying to sleep off the anaesthetic I guess)
Because I was still bleeding every time I woke up I would start gaging from the amount of blood in my mouth and I had so much blood on my pillow and face I looked like I'd been in a RTA.
Eventually nurses had to suck all the congealed blood from my mouth, throat and nose and whilst they were doing that a Doctor give me loads of adrenalin jabs into my gums (to stem the flow) - whilst I held torch above my head so they could all see what they were doing.
I was allowed to go home the next day.
My gums were so sore that for about 2 weeks all I could eat was soup and the stitches kept rubbing on my tongue causing gagging impulses.
All in all not one of favourite experiences!
30 odd years on and the mere thought of anybody doing anything to my teeth makes me hot and sweaty.
Going to the dentist is an absolute last resort!
But don't let any of this put off OP
Edited by Squiggs on Friday 26th September 14:47
Driller said:
I routinely place my knee on the chest of my patients (male and female) and so do most of my colleagues. They teach this technique at all the dental schools.
I hardly ever use anaesthetic either because, well, fk'em.
I detect some sarcasm .....I hardly ever use anaesthetic either because, well, f
k'em.As I'm a bit dyslexic it took me about an hour to type my experience and then spell check it!
Admittedly what happened occurred years ago .... but that's what happened!
Dentists - f
k'em (Or have I got grounds for compensation?)
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