Wisdom Teeth: Child
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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 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 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...
Wisdom Teeth Removal for Moms
Asked by S.S. from Chicago
on August 13, 2010
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I've never had a tooth removed, but now the dentists says it's in my best interest to have my wisdom teeth removed since I am in my early 30's and eventually they will...
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- I don't know about the issue of having them removed to prevent anything or not but I had mine removed in my early 20's. I was having issues with my jaws locking, p...
- I am also in my 30's and just recently had mine removed. They were not causing me any trouble, but they were very far back in my mouth - it was hard for me to brush a...
- It is best to get them out now because you don't have any infections or pain Once the pain and infection start its harder to heal and you won't be able to get around...
Wisdom Teeth Extraction
Asked by A.B. from Dallas
on September 19, 2007
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Okay all you moms out there...I need some reassurance. I made an appointment yesterday to get all four of my wisdom teeth extracted in a couple weeks. For some reaso...
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- I was also fully sedated to have all four of mine extracted at once, and my husband did his the same way two weeks later. The Dr. placed a numbing spray on my arm befo...
- A couple of quick tips from my own personal experience...1. Make sure that you have someone there with you that can literally "carry" you out! I woke up from sedation...
- I have had to deal with similar fears! Childbirth freaked me out but not as much as the epideral (which i refused and later wished i'd had) I've had to have two wisd...
5-Year-old Said Something Hurtful
Asked by A.G. from Bangor
on April 30, 2008
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This is such a long and complicated story...I'll try to keep it short. Tonight I was helping my oldest daughter to bed, brushing her teeth, etc. Now, she is 5, but s...
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- Hi A. I suspect that your daughter was just testing to see what would happen if she said something like that and didn't really know the strength of her words. She may...
- This IS complicated, but I have a very strong intuition that this "out of the blue" wish for your demise was not intended to hurt you, and that your 5-year-old is tryi...
- Hi A., I know what you are going through and how hurtful it has been for you hearing something harshful from your baby. Please don't take it seriously. I am confident...
Getting Wisdom Teeth Out
Asked by G.P. from Chicago
on December 17, 2008
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Hi Everyone,
My wisdom tooth has been giving me pain, so I went to dentist and he said I should get them (all 4) removed. My question is how painful is it and how lo...
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- I had my 4 wisdom teeth removed this past January. I was lucky that none of them was impacted as this makes more complicated the process of removal and recovery (that'...
- It depends on your age~teenage bones are more pliable and if the teeth are impacted. It is surgery so you will most likely want to take advantage of pain meds. The m...
- Let me preface my post with stating the fact that I am a big wuss when it comes to pain. Seriously, I'm a big baby! When I got my wisdom teeth out, I was fearing t...
5 Year Old Putting Things in Her Mouth
Asked by P.P. from Chicago
on April 19, 2009
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I'm not sure if this is something to be expected but it is driving me crazy. My 5 year old daughter has started to put things in her mouth. For the past four months ...
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- Like the Previous poster, I'm just here to tell you that you are not alone. My daughter will be 6 soon and has been doing this for months! It started out just as fin...
- Ditto here! My 5 year old has been putting his fingers in his mouth for a couple months now and will chew on the sleeve of his shirt too. I'm not sure what's going o...
- My kids are 10. I never had to run after them when they were little to pull something out of their mouths. Now, constantly tell them to get the pencil, penny, Lego, ...
My Teen Is Getting Her Wisdom Teeth Cut Out
Asked by J.T. from Dallas
on December 10, 2008
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My daughter will be coming home for the holidays. She is scheduled to have all 4 wisdom teeth cut out on December 22nd. I'm just wondering if she's going to feel real...
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- My daughter had all four sugically removed 2 days before her 17th b-day. I think for the first three days she just laid around and wasn't up to doing too much. Though ...
- I had mine out at 18 with the IV. It was a pretty good experience, but I had no complications. Good luck!
- I had an infection afterward - I was good the first couple of days, then my jaw swelled up like a grapefruit and it took another 2 or 3 weeks to achieve 'normal'.
Dry Socket After Wisdom Teeth Removal?
Asked by N.B. from Minneapolis
on June 20, 2011
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My 16 year old had her wisdom teeth removed early Saturday morning and is still having a rough time of it. Rougher actually in the last 12 hours or so. Its a very odd ...
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- Did they give her post-op instructions? The surgeon/dentist should provide you this information. Here are links that might be useful: http://www.cfoams.org/instruc...
- Throbbing pain..I had mine out at age 30..have her go get them packed.. Keep going back. It hurt worse than my c section.. After 2months of the dry socket thing. The...
- I heard putting a wet tea bag in the socket helps...also clove oil is supposed to help with tooth pain. I am sorry your child is going thru this...I have heard it i...
