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Wisdom teeth drama
cj iwakura
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I was positive I had to go to the dentist over this, but now I'm not so sure, since the biggest problem has since died off.
The upper right of my jaw was stinging like crazy, whether I bit down or opened too far. The last dental checkup I had, I was told all four wisdom teeth had to go. I figured that was the only possible reason(my upper right tooth has bothered me for a while).
I'm trying to put it off, because
A. It sounds fairly painful
And B. It's quite expensive
The pain abruptly died off today. It's still vaguely there, but nothing nearly as severe as it was the past few days. Should I still be concerned, or let it go unless it comes back up? And how long can this kind of thing be safely put off?
The upper right of my jaw was stinging like crazy, whether I bit down or opened too far. The last dental checkup I had, I was told all four wisdom teeth had to go. I figured that was the only possible reason(my upper right tooth has bothered me for a while).
I'm trying to put it off, because
A. It sounds fairly painful
And B. It's quite expensive
The pain abruptly died off today. It's still vaguely there, but nothing nearly as severe as it was the past few days. Should I still be concerned, or let it go unless it comes back up? And how long can this kind of thing be safely put off?
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The short answer? You can put this off for quite awhile if you don't mind the pain. Just be mindful of the psychological side effects of having random pains weekly for short periods! It can be worse than you anticipate.
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That's good to know, though. I was fearing it meant the worst.
Dentists take out only ones that need to come out. Teeth that come in at an angle cause pain (as you can probably tell) and can cause cavaties in the surrounding teeth costing more money.
Lock down your cash flow and really try to save up to get the bastards out. Depending on where your nerves are you may not need to go to a dental surgeon but can get it done at your local dentist which is cheaper.
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For comparison, I had all four wisdom teeth out 3 months ago and my recovery was fairly swift. I didn't use nearly all my prescribed pain meds since the pain was so nominal and was (carefully) eating normal foods after 3 days. As for the surgery itself and immediately after you'll be so stuffed to the gills with drugs you won't feel a thing.
Get it looked at! Teeth just get more expensive the longer they are left.
I'm in the same boat as you - I recently found out the hard way that apparently the filling came out of my back left tooth, as I was eating something and broke off the side of it. Saving up as much as I can to get it reconstructed or pulled out.. it feels a lot better than it did before though, since it's easy to keep clean.
If cost is a big issue ask about possible payment plans. Few people can pay for the whole thing out of pocket so they'll probably have options.
Yes, it sounds painful, but it will only get worse and much more expensive as you leave it.
It's like when your brakes start grinding... Yeah, you don't HAVE to fix it now, but if you did, it'd be cheap and easy, but the longer you wait, the more dangerous it becomes and the more expensive, until you finally HAVE to fix it, and you need all new rotars and pads and everything else.
Just fix it. The pain won't be that bad, you'll be medicated.
QFT. I had mine all yanked out at 27, and I regret it a bit. The younger you are, the more malleable the teeth are, and they're easier to pull. My oral surgeon gave me a dirty look when I woke up from anathesia, apparently he had to get mine out with the jaws of life. And I was sore as hell for a good bit longer than average.
Various complications can arise, even after the teeth have erupted. In my case, I had some gum covering each back tooth, which I couldn't clean, and got various infections. It was seriously not fun.
Just get'em yanked out. If you've got decent dental coverage, the suregery should run around $2k or so, but you'll be responisble for anywhere from $400, to $600 depending on your insurance. If you're concerned about cash, do what I did. Have your surgeon submit the cost of the anathesia to your medical insruance provider, to see if they'll eat some of the cost (since you know, it is surgery after all). The worst they can say is 'no', but in my case, I actually got $160 bucks back. Fancy that.
I knew I wouldn't be able to handle the feeling of them being removed so I got them to knock me out for it. I literally got the injection, asked "How long does this ta-" and was out like a light. I woke up a while later giggling like a madman for no apparent reason. It was good shit.
Mine were apparently pretty easy. I didn't even need stitches. I just avoided really hard/crunchy foods for a few weeks and kept the sockets clean.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
I had a friend who got knocked out for surgery and he has no recollection of getting knocked out or waking up, because his head (oddly) never moved from when he actually went out to when he woke up, so to him, it just seemed like time had magically disappeared.
They were all in, and all straight, but they were simply too far back against the gums to effectively clean behind.
Minor infections started bothering me, and the frequency started increasing.
Finally, I had them all out.
The procedure and recovery went well, but things would have healed much faster if I was younger.
The longer you wait, the deeper the roots, and the longer the recovery.
Yeah you don't dream on that stuff, so it's like blinking. Eyes closed, suddenly it's an hour later. (or longer, if your's takes longer than mine did).
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
The dentist took about an hour to remove all four of my wisdom teeth. Roughly 25-30 minutes each for the impacted ones, and less then a minute for the other two; quite a time difference as you can see. For the impacted teeth, there was a little cutting involved as the were not totally visible from the gum and both teeth had to be cracked in half to remove. Your results may vary of course, depending on many factors.
In terms of recovery, I did have stitches in there so I had to go easy on the chewing and was more or less on a liquid diet for about a week. There was some heavy bruising of the lower jaw as well, though I only had to take Tylenol 3's for the first two days or so. After that, just the antibiotics that they prescribed me.
The last thing I'll mention is that there is a chance that your lower jaw will sit slightly differently afterwards, same with chewing. I bit my tongue and cheeks many times before I fully adjusted to it.
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I'm not PARANOID about it, but wherever I possible, I do the same thing. Anesthesia, while very very good, is still not perfect, and people do have unfortunate circumstances very rarely (but still non-zero) happen, like being conscious but unable to move, or slipping into a coma.
Same here, i remember some drilling pressure/noise and responding to a few directions from the dentist and his assistant (such as "breathe through your nose please").
I don't recall any pain after the initial injections and IV insertion though.
If I had to guess, i'd say I remember 25-35% of the procedure.
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The teeth are still an issue, but he said if they're not bothering me, then it's no real hurry.