@Ignorant I usually roll my eyes at the “my obvious answer is missing” crowd (where’s “I don’t like any music” or “I have never been out of the house”), but it really seems like there should have been an answer in this poll to represent a “some of them” situation.
@mfladd It sounded familiar to me also, but looking back, it hasn’t even been three months
Oh, I see - the word “still” was added - makes sense.
Interestingly, the number of those who actually have their wisdom teeth has actually gone up - meaning some people are having their extracted teeth re-inserted. #badstatisticalanalysis
@tartanknickers@ybmuG I was about 15. They needed to make room to pull my front teeth back, so they removed all four 2nd molars. That left room for my wisdom teeth to grow in normally later.
Pulled. They gave them to me after the procedure. They were so clean, white, and uncavitied and filled with lead I wondered why they didn’t just leave them in and yank my shitty, cavity-ridden molars.
Had them pulled in a Navy boot camp assembly line. Downside: it hurt like hell 'cause they didn’t wait for the Novocaine to fully take effect. Upside: I got a day of bed rest in boot camp.
@Mehrocco_Mole@ratman “well fuck me. I’d love to pull these bitches out and cause you intense pain. But I can’t figure out a way to justify it in your chart. You’ll have to keep them.”
@Mehrocco_Mole@ratman Hmm… my current dentist (not the oral surgeon who pulled my wisdom teeth) was a Navy dentist.
He’s a great guy and has been very good at keeping the pain to a minimum when doing fillings and even cleanings.
Would be a weird coincidence if he were one of your navy dentists (even weirder if he was both).
His name’s Peter Toyias.
@DennisG2014@Mehrocco_Mole@ratman should you really be outing your dentist? I never had a Navy one. If you would like to meet the cats play this and they will be there in a couple hours
@Mehrocco_Mole@ratman@unksol Really don’t know how naming my dentist could cause a problem.
Just thought it’d be a pretty cool coincidence if he turned out to be one of those sailors’ navy dentist.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Upper right and lower left one week. The other two the next week. Never understood why he did it that way, but I had 2 pm appointments and was eating pizza 3 hours later.
I have half of my wisdom teeth. The other half are pointed sideways at their less wise brethren and not moving anywhere at the moment. I hope they stay that way.
I was hospitalized for three days to have all 4 of my impact wisdom teeth removed. Yup, hospitalized! General anesthesia and all those good pain meds, just what any 16 year old needs when they’re on their way to becoming a future “doctor induced” opioid addict!
Nope, all 4 gone for over 40 years. Used a dentist rather than an oral surgeon since they couldn’t use general anesthesia which meant they had to be a bit more gentle in the process (so he couldn’t just straddle the table with one foot on my chin and yank those suckers while
I was under…)
Only the uppers came in. They came in pointing towards my cheeks. When one cracked, I had it pulled. Had the other one pulled a while later. They came out easily unlike my brother who had all four, and they were bony impacted. I got lucky.
I had all four of mine cut out when I was about 25. They were all impacted and causing pain. My upper two wisdom teeth were turned so they were pointing forward. One had the root wrapped around a nerve. That one had to be cut out in like six or seven pieces. Fortunately the oral surgeon was awesome and I had no nerve damage. I also had a pretty swift and uneventful recovery. It wasn’t fun, but it wasn’t the horror story a lot of other people talk about.
Why yes, I do have a (slightly but not all that) wild story, thank you for asking!
I think I was around 20 when I had them removed - someone suggested I bring a Walkman and listen to music - brilliant suggestion, and my choice of music was perfect, if I do say so myself (and I do).
I brought Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother and they gave me a shot of IV valium to put me out. Pretty fantastic combination. lol
My mother was my ride, and when she came in to see me after the procedure, she said I had a big, bloody grin on my face.
A tip for anyone who is scheduled to have theirs removed: No matter how good you feel afterwards, don’t skip the pain med prescription…
On the way home, I told my mother I didn’t need the pain meds and we drove right past the pharmacy.
About an hour later, I felt like my head was being squeezed in a vice, about to explode, and begged my mother to please hurry up and go get me the drugs!
I do still have them somewhere (the teeth, not the drugs, unfortunately).
I have an appointment for a consultation to get one removed. The weird thing is it looks like a half tooth so I had some issues with food getting stuck in the area.
Had 1 pulled, have the rest.
@Ignorant What a twist!!
@Rakaim yep.
@Ignorant @Rakaim probably more of a yank…
@Ignorant I usually roll my eyes at the “my obvious answer is missing” crowd (where’s “I don’t like any music” or “I have never been out of the house”), but it really seems like there should have been an answer in this poll to represent a “some of them” situation.
Haven’t we covered this before?
@mfladd Haven’t we covered you before?
@Rakaim Maybe? Was I passed out? Did you write things on me with a marker?
@mfladd It sounded familiar to me also, but looking back, it hasn’t even been three months
Oh, I see - the word “still” was added - makes sense.
Interestingly, the number of those who actually have their wisdom teeth has actually gone up - meaning some people are having their extracted teeth re-inserted. #badstatisticalanalysis
@mfladd @Rakaim I have a marker. If we didn’t we can correct the problem
Yes. In a jar. In a van, down by the river.
Interestingly, they took out my teeth in front of them. So my wisdom teeth had room to stay.
@tonylegrone what was the logic on that?
@tartanknickers @tonylegrone yeah, that’s my question. Though I don’t think it would had helped mine at all. They came in almost horizontally.
@tartanknickers @ybmuG I was about 15. They needed to make room to pull my front teeth back, so they removed all four 2nd molars. That left room for my wisdom teeth to grow in normally later.
I worked with a guy who had his lateral incisors removed instead, so his canines were next to his central incisors. That was a weird smile.
@tartanknickers No, he just told you that. He was really a vampire.
Had one pulled, then another, then the last 2. Took 6 weeks total. By the time it was done I had taken so much penicillin I developed an allergy.
Yes and they wok, but my wife calls me idiot anyway.
@hchavers don’t they all do that?
I wonder how many mehtizens never had, or have yet to have, their wisdom teeth erupt in the first place.
@lljk I never had wisdom teeth! No idea why… but they never formed…
@lljk @mikibell
Pulled. They gave them to me after the procedure. They were so clean, white, and uncavitied and filled with lead I wondered why they didn’t just leave them in and yank my shitty, cavity-ridden molars.
@cadmore not fair, wish I would have gotten mine after all 4 were removed. Lucky!
Had them pulled in a Navy boot camp assembly line. Downside: it hurt like hell 'cause they didn’t wait for the Novocaine to fully take effect. Upside: I got a day of bed rest in boot camp.
@Mehrocco_Mole My Navy dentist told me he couldn’t justify pulling them. He loved pulling teeth, too!
Still have them, 35+ years later!
@Mehrocco_Mole @ratman “well fuck me. I’d love to pull these bitches out and cause you intense pain. But I can’t figure out a way to justify it in your chart. You’ll have to keep them.”
@carl669
@Mehrocco_Mole @ratman Hmm… my current dentist (not the oral surgeon who pulled my wisdom teeth) was a Navy dentist.
He’s a great guy and has been very good at keeping the pain to a minimum when doing fillings and even cleanings.
Would be a weird coincidence if he were one of your navy dentists (even weirder if he was both).
His name’s Peter Toyias.
@DennisG2014 @Mehrocco_Mole @ratman should you really be outing your dentist? I never had a Navy one. If you would like to meet the cats play this and they will be there in a couple hours
@Mehrocco_Mole @ratman @unksol Really don’t know how naming my dentist could cause a problem.
Just thought it’d be a pretty cool coincidence if he turned out to be one of those sailors’ navy dentist.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Upper right and lower left one week. The other two the next week. Never understood why he did it that way, but I had 2 pm appointments and was eating pizza
3 hours later.
no wisdom teeth here. never had never will.
They’ve been saying I need them removed for years but no cavities and still good bone health. I think it’s a scam.
Mine grew in. No fuss, no muss, no surgery. I don’t get all you with your mouths too small.
I have half of my wisdom teeth. The other half are pointed sideways at their less wise brethren and not moving anywhere at the moment. I hope they stay that way.
I had mine for a long time before they started to act up. I still have one left. In other words, I have more wisdom teeth than wisdom.
Still have mine and I’m in my 30s. They never came through! At least ill have some extra teeth when I’m done ruining my back molars with candy.
I was hospitalized for three days to have all 4 of my impact wisdom teeth removed. Yup, hospitalized! General anesthesia and all those good pain meds, just what any 16 year old needs when they’re on their way to becoming a future “doctor induced” opioid addict!
@Lynnerizer
Sorry to hear about your addiction. Hope you were able to get the help you needed to get ‘clean’.
Nope, all 4 gone for over 40 years. Used a dentist rather than an oral surgeon since they couldn’t use general anesthesia which meant they had to be a bit more gentle in the process (so he couldn’t just straddle the table with one foot on my chin and yank those suckers while
)
I was under…
Only the uppers came in. They came in pointing towards my cheeks. When one cracked, I had it pulled. Had the other one pulled a while later. They came out easily unlike my brother who had all four, and they were bony impacted. I got lucky.
I have two of them. All four grew in fine, but two were prone to cavities, so they had to go.
They were impacted. At 20, an Army dentist pulled them so to avoid needing emergency work if I was in combat. (Never saw combat)
No wisdom teeth, guess that’s why I buy stuff from here sometimes.
@cobracat03 Scientifically proven via many white paper studies.
Only had one grow in. It’s still in my mouth.
I had all four of mine cut out when I was about 25. They were all impacted and causing pain. My upper two wisdom teeth were turned so they were pointing forward. One had the root wrapped around a nerve. That one had to be cut out in like six or seven pieces. Fortunately the oral surgeon was awesome and I had no nerve damage. I also had a pretty swift and uneventful recovery. It wasn’t fun, but it wasn’t the horror story a lot of other people talk about.
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
Why yes, I do have a (slightly but not all that) wild story, thank you for asking!
I think I was around 20 when I had them removed - someone suggested I bring a Walkman and listen to music - brilliant suggestion, and my choice of music was perfect, if I do say so myself (and I do).
I brought Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother and they gave me a shot of IV valium to put me out. Pretty fantastic combination. lol
My mother was my ride, and when she came in to see me after the procedure, she said I had a big, bloody grin on my face.
A tip for anyone who is scheduled to have theirs removed: No matter how good you feel afterwards, don’t skip the pain med prescription…
On the way home, I told my mother I didn’t need the pain meds and we drove right past the pharmacy.
About an hour later, I felt like my head was being squeezed in a vice, about to explode, and begged my mother to please hurry up and go get me the drugs!
I do still have them somewhere (the teeth, not the drugs, unfortunately).
I have an appointment for a consultation to get one removed. The weird thing is it looks like a half tooth so I had some issues with food getting stuck in the area.