Impacted Molars
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Wisdom Teeth...
Asked by C.H. from Buffalo
on March 30, 2012
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When do wisdom teeth come out? Do you have to get them out, and by what age should you know if they do?
What happens when they are taken, does it hurt? Do you get pu...
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- i dont have wisdom teeth.. i know with my neighbor though his didnt start coming in until like rightt after highschool.. by this point in time he had had his braces ta...
- They come out when they need to come out. My SS still has his. I got mine out in my 20s (one in right and three impacted). My sister was in her 20s also. My niece was ...
- I am 44 and still have all 4 of mine. I wish I had had them pulled when I was younger. My mouth is quite crowded and they are difficult to keep clean and cavity free. ...
Wisdom Teeth
Asked by K.B. from Fresno
on June 15, 2009
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I went to the dentist yesterday and found out that my wisdom teeth have to be taken out. I knew this was going to happen they have been bugging me for years. I am stil...
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- I had my wisdom teeth out with only local anesthetic and it was fine. I was sore enough for medicine for two days, but after that, it was just inconvenient achyness, n...
- If you have just local anesthesia, you should not have to pump and dump at all. Local is injected directly into the nerve and will not enter your bloodstream or your b...
- Hi K., I think the difficulty of the extraction (and therefore your pain level during and after the procedure) is determined by how far the wisdom teeth have grown in...
Wisdom Teeth
Asked by R.T. from Dover
on March 4, 2009
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My dentist has informed me that I have to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth have to come out. He has me scheduled to have them all pulled next thursday. I have not had a t...
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- All four of mine were impacted and I had them all pulled. I just stayed on top of the pain medicine they gave and put ice on my face for 24 hours. I never really had t...
- I had all 4 of my (non-impacted) wisdom teeth removed last summer and I had heard all kinds of stories about how it was horrible for some and cake for others. I was p...
- You don't want to have your wisdom teeth pulled like I did--since I have had 2 heart valve replacements they couldn't use anything to put me out, but those numbness dr...
Wisdom Teeth:(
Asked by N.F. from Grand Rapids
on September 24, 2009
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So I looked in all of the other questions asked just to see what people had to say and no one has asked about getting wisdom teeth pulled. Next thursday I am having m...
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- I went on my lunch break and had 2 wisdom teeth pulled. A good dentist will make this a painless procedure. I had no problem. He pulled the tooth and I didn't reali...
- Good luck! I didn't find it that bad, and I did have all four done at once. As for eating, be very careful. My favorites were actually cold, refrigerated baby foo...
- Hi N., Obviously everyones reaction to having wisdom teeth pulled is going to be different. Just like no two prognancies are alike, no two dentist visits are either...
Wisdom Teeth
Asked by D.J. from Portland
on April 23, 2008
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I still have my wisdom teeth and various dentists throughout the years have tried to get me to get them pulled and I have resisted, but now I'm thinking of giving in s...
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- I am 38 and just had the upper two pulled exactly three weeks ago. I am new to the area and my ND recommended Abe Dental. Dr. Abe was wonderful during the proced...
- I too was in your saaem situation :(. I waited to have mine pulled and ended up having to have my two 12 year molars on top pulled as well. As for my experience it...
- Go ahead and get them pulled! Get it over with. But don't be frugal with the pain meds. A good first "loading" dose (twice the normal dose) then take one every four h...
Wisdom Teeth!!!
Asked by J.C. from Dallas
on May 30, 2012
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Hello, im wondering how many of yall have ur wisdom teeth?? and when they came did u keep them are get them pulled?? i have my left back one trying to cut in but my go...
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- Mine were coming in crooked and were going to mess up my entire mouth so I had all four removed at once, which is what I would recommend because going in twice would b...
- Nothing worked for pain for me aside from a cocktail of percocet and Vicodin. This includes with them coming in or the pain after removal. I did one surgery with the a...
- I had to get mine out. I was an adult and had my daughter. I remember it so well. The doc scared me, he would rub my breasts with his forearm while he was examining me...
Wisdom Teeth
Asked by L.H. from Seattle
on December 28, 2009
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Hi
My daughter is 18 and can take pain pretty good(tom-boy).Anyway i think iam more nervous than her.
She is going to have all four out because 2 years ago she had ...
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- I had my wisdom teeth taken out when I was about 17. I remember living off different flavored instant mashed potatoes!! haha Dry sockets is the main thing you want...
- You've already gotten good advice... just wanted to say I had 3 of my wisdom teeth pulled when I was 17 with no Novocain, pain killers, or anti-inflammatory meds (don'...
- From my experience from when I was a teenager, make sure she doesn't use a straw before she gets the all-clear from the surgeon. I didn't follow instructions and disl...
Wisdom Teeth
Asked by M.A. from Detroit
on January 5, 2011
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My youngest (18) will have all his impacted wisdom teeth removed tomorrow morning. He is a nervous wreck. Dr. prescribed Xanax for his nervousness, Motrin 600 and V...
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- I had mine removed about 4 years ago. They were all impacted and one was really hard to get out--the nerve was wrapped around my jaw. The first day is pretty painf...
- I had all mine out at the same time when I was 16. I was eating pizza 2 days later. Healing time varies depending on the patient. When I had mine out (this was year...
- I had 3 wisdom teeth removed and it was a piece of cake! The actual extraction took like 5 minutes, they just pulled right out. I definitely suggest he take earphones ...
Wisdom Teeth
Asked by K.S. from College Station
on April 24, 2008
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Okay ladies hopefully someone can give me some insight here. I am scheduled to have all four wisdon teeth pulled (two are impacted and will require bone grafts) next m...
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- Hi K.: Are you going to sedated for the procedure? I had all four of my Wisdom Teeth taken out a year ago, and the doctor gave these pills I was to take an hour be...
- Good luck on finding help. I had 2 impacted molars removed about 20 years ago. I do not remember them as being too terribly painful, but something does come to mind....
- Talk to your FRG (family readiness group), you should get help from them in this situation. Also sign them up with your bases daycare. There should be special privel...
Off Topic: Wisdom Teeth Poll
Asked by A.S. from Iowa City
on July 26, 2012
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I read an article about wisdom teeth. It indicated that 80-95% of the population have wisdom teeth (apparently there isn't a lot of wisdom tooth research/statistics) ...
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- Hi yar- I had all four of mine removed when I was 15. Three were impacted, and the one that was coming through threatened to shift ALL my newly 'un braced' teeth. ...
- I had three of them taken out. My mouth was too small for them and I ended up getting an abscess a week before they were scheduled to be pulled.
- I didn't have any wisdom teeth until I started at a new dentist about 2 years ago and they 'found' one wisdom tooth. Not that my first dentist never did x-rays, it jus...
