Wisdom Teeth: Infant
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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 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 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 ...
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...
Wisdom Teeth Removal
Asked by D.K. from New York
on July 17, 2009
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Has anyone had their teenager's wisdom teeth removed? If so, did you have all four done at the same time. Oral surgeon is recommending that all four be removed in one ...
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- Do them all at once, it's a very painful and uncomfortable experience and you dont want to drag it out. After one is done, he will NOT want to go back to get the rest...
- They have to remove them in pairs (upper and lower). I had all mine done at once, when only one was impacted. The good thing is it gave me more room in my mouth, and...
- I had all of my wisdom teeth removed when I was a freshman in college. I waited too long on one of them, it impacted and starting pushing the tooth in front of it, cau...
Having My Wisdom Teeth Taken Out
Asked by S.C. from Evansville
on October 23, 2008
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I'm having all four of my wisdom teeth taken out next week. I know one if not two of them will have to be cut out. The other two will be removed, but I'm not sure ho...
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- I had all four of my wisdom teeth cut out at the same time. I had this done on a Friday and returned to work on Monday. One thing I really think helped me was to dri...
- Hi S.. Listen, I'm going to tell you my total story about getting all 4 of mine out because NOONE warned me and so therefore, I wasn't prepared. Come to find out, wo...
- S., two of my children have had all 4 of their wisdom teeth out with out much pain recently . All their wisdom teeth were impacted .. Just make sure that when you get ...
Wisdom Tooth
Asked by J.C. from Dallas
on May 10, 2012
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Hi. im in a great deal of pain with my wisdom tooth thats inpacked i went to the dentist a few weeks ago he gave me pain meds and said it could take 3 to 6 months to c...
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- I have had all 4 removed. Got each one done individually as the particular tooth became a problem. I can say that getting them removed is far less painful than deali...
- Have you seen an oral surgeon for a consultation? If your tooth is impacted, that means it's coming in at an angle and blocked from coming in normally. This equals a l...
- I would think if the tooth is impacted it should be taken out now and not let to get infected maybe. I had an impacted abscessed one some years back...well MANY years...
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...
