@sammydog01@hchavers - I got nitrous oxide for that operation - first time in my life. I had JUST seen that movie where laughing gas is discovered and people nearly kill themselves with it, so I was determined to keep alert to the possibility of being given too much. At first everything was hilarious, then everything started being wonderful - but I was aware I was losing consciousness, so I tried to signal to the surgeon that I thought I’d had enough. He couldn’t understand what I was saying and by then I felt so good I just didn’t care anymore!
Incidentally everything went perfectly and I had no pain or swelling afterwards. Alas, no more nitrous oxide either!
No, and I am missing other teeth because of them. When I was young they removed some teeth to make room for the wisdom teeth. The damn wisdom teeth came out anyway!
@tinamarie1974 I think that’s how mine got taken out too. They were t going to fit so they had to cutdown into them to get them out in pieces. The stitches afterward felt so weird in there
I had the top ones out years ago as my braces moved all of their neighbors to another time zone. But I still have the lowers. They are a Pita and their neighbor molars both have crowns.
@nommynoms my dentist thought I had 7. When I got to the oral surgeon for a consultation they took another set of x-rays and saw the 8th. One extra isn’t terribly uncommon, but I was the first the surgeon saw in their 30+ years with 4 extra.
I should have had all four taken out when the first one started causing trouble. I had that one out when i was 19, then another in my 20s, and the last two taken out together in my 30s. The first two were kind of traumatic because i was awake. I prefer being passed out for massive dental work.
Didn’t have any in the bottom. Luckily my top two were easy to pull. My brother had all four bony impacted. He looked like a chipmunk with stuffed cheeks. I’m glad I didn’t go through that.
What timing for this! I am getting all four of mine extracted next week. Recently one of them chipped and is giving me major pain.
I’m trying not to get anxious about it, or worry if it will hurt. I keep telling myself “once they’re out, all this pain will be gone and feel so much better!”
But I like reading all your stories about them!
Seems ya’ll are mixed on staying awake or getting KO’d. Any advice??
@lilsrm123 Just had mine out a week ago. They were all impacted so I’m still pretty sore, but all in all not too bad. Tomato soup is your best friend for the first day or two.
I had general anesthesia for the first time ever. That was the thing I was most worried about, but it was super easy. I felt goofy for 5 seconds then woke up instantly in the recovery room with a numb mouth.
I had 3 taken out 20-something years ago, but one on the bottom was growing in sideways so he said to leave it alone. So I did. I have some pics from a recent visit when I had to have a root canal but I don’t know how to post them.
Yes. They’re in a small wooden box. My dentist let me keep them.
@capguncowboy My dentist chipped them out in pieces.
@sammydog01 wow, that sounds very painful.
@sammydog01 @hchavers - I got nitrous oxide for that operation - first time in my life. I had JUST seen that movie where laughing gas is discovered and people nearly kill themselves with it, so I was determined to keep alert to the possibility of being given too much. At first everything was hilarious, then everything started being wonderful - but I was aware I was losing consciousness, so I tried to signal to the surgeon that I thought I’d had enough. He couldn’t understand what I was saying and by then I felt so good I just didn’t care anymore!
Incidentally everything went perfectly and I had no pain or swelling afterwards. Alas, no more nitrous oxide either!
@hchavers I remember it being painful and I remember not caring one bit. Good drugs.
@hchavers @sammydog01 me too!!
No, and I am missing other teeth because of them. When I was young they removed some teeth to make room for the wisdom teeth. The damn wisdom teeth came out anyway!
@mfladd Same here.
Yes. But I’m told it could cause problems in the future because it looks like a half tooth.
Why do they call them wisdom teeth anyway?
@JT954 They come in when you’re older and, ostensibly, wiser.
@cadmore @JT954 You are correct, er, wise…
Got the left ones. Right side ones never showed up.
@nogoodwithnames Opposite for me. One of the right ones has to come out, after years of minding its own business. The left ones just never came in.
I have two wisdom teeth.
I think I have one out. I’ve been told I need them all pulled, but if they don’t hurt, I’m not going to do it…
Nope! Mine were impacted so I had to have them surgically removed. Maybe that is why I am here? I lost my wisdom.
@tinamarie1974 I think that’s how mine got taken out too. They were t going to fit so they had to cutdown into them to get them out in pieces. The stitches afterward felt so weird in there
Just had one removed recently but still have the rest.
I had the top ones out years ago as my braces moved all of their neighbors to another time zone. But I still have the lowers. They are a Pita and their neighbor molars both have crowns.
The top had to come out, and the bottoms live one.
I’ve got two unopposed bottom wisdom teeth, top ones never showed up.
I’ve got exactly one wisdom tooth left. I guess that’s why I’m a wise guy instead of a wise person.
Just got my head xrayed for unrelated reasons. Check out my enlightened wisdom pointing in all which-ways
@Moose it’s weird to see your skull. Is it weird for you?
@katylava @Moose Even weirder are young children’s dental x-rays.
@katylava @Moose nnoooo it is totally cool to see ones skull and how it lines up with the outline of their face.
@katylava @Limewater @Moose yes those give me the creeps
@Moose
@medz @Moose
@medz stop messing with my head!
Yes I still have them… in a box.
I didn’t ever get them.
@iluvmingos me too lucky us!
@iluvmingos @spacemart I guess it’s more common than I thought, because mine never came in, either.
@iluvmingos Me either! I guess Tyler Durden was right…I’m not a beautiful or unique snowflake
Yes, I have long jaws, so mine just grew in like normal teeth.
I had two sets of wisdom teeth. All 8 were removed, one side at a time (4+4)
@devyanks90 i did not even know that could happen and now i feel very lucky
@devyanks90 Nope. Nope. Nope. I’m afraid of getting mine done soon and there’s only two.
@nommynoms my dentist thought I had 7. When I got to the oral surgeon for a consultation they took another set of x-rays and saw the 8th. One extra isn’t terribly uncommon, but I was the first the surgeon saw in their 30+ years with 4 extra.
Never grew any.
@staulbee evolution!
Top out. Bottom laying sideways like a flipped over traffic cone.
I should have had all four taken out when the first one started causing trouble. I had that one out when i was 19, then another in my 20s, and the last two taken out together in my 30s. The first two were kind of traumatic because i was awake. I prefer being passed out for massive dental work.
Yes, I do. I also have wisdom eyes. My ears…well, not so much…when I listen to the news and sometimes they hear the wrong stuff.
my teeth are like the stars, they come out at night
/giphy dentures
@cattylaq I watched this gif like 20 times. It never stops being funny
I had two extracted, but still have two intact. I don’t even remember which ones.
3/4
I got 1 left. I only have the one because the molar in front of it was removed.
All cut out. All traumatic events. Two dry sockets. The worst one was on my birthday.
Popped there, socket’d that.
I have half of them. Two in the bottom gone.
The one that they really want to remove they can’t because it has an extra root and straddles a major nerve, so I still have all 4.
I had mine taken out one a week for four weeks. It was one of the most miserable months of my life.
I got a referral to get them out the better part of a year ago and I still haven’t done it… Shit. This is a good reminder, I suppose.
Didn’t have any in the bottom. Luckily my top two were easy to pull. My brother had all four bony impacted. He looked like a chipmunk with stuffed cheeks. I’m glad I didn’t go through that.
What timing for this! I am getting all four of mine extracted next week. Recently one of them chipped and is giving me major pain.
I’m trying not to get anxious about it, or worry if it will hurt. I keep telling myself “once they’re out, all this pain will be gone and feel so much better!”
But I like reading all your stories about them!
Seems ya’ll are mixed on staying awake or getting KO’d. Any advice??
@lilsrm123 get knocked out and take the drugs
@lilsrm123 Just had mine out a week ago. They were all impacted so I’m still pretty sore, but all in all not too bad. Tomato soup is your best friend for the first day or two.
I had general anesthesia for the first time ever. That was the thing I was most worried about, but it was super easy. I felt goofy for 5 seconds then woke up instantly in the recovery room with a numb mouth.
I had 3 taken out 20-something years ago, but one on the bottom was growing in sideways so he said to leave it alone. So I did. I have some pics from a recent visit when I had to have a root canal but I don’t know how to post them.