Wisdom Teeth

[whiteflip]

Had my 3 wisdom teeth pulled yesterday at 8 AM. Slept, took some medicine, went back to sleep. Not to bad of an experience. The nurses were very attractive and the doctor was quite funny. Plus not to much swelling or pain either.

How was everyone elses experience?

[Germ]

it involves rusty spoons and pliers

[Widdykats]

You're a scary lil' thing, Germ.
@Whiteflip, glad it wasn't a horror story!

[missyob]

rusty spoons......... I like rusty spoons.

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Back on topic:
I had my wisdom teeth pulled back when I was a teenager. It hurt for a few days but the doctors gave me tylenol with codeine and I was feeling good.

~ Missy

[Cognition]

Got my second to last wisdom coming through just now. I've read a bit on the pros and cons on having them removed and I probably won't unless some are impacted (come through on the wrong angle) or something.

[mark]

my top two are starting to come through...

[mysterious_w]

Apprantely adults are supposed to have 32 teeth, but me and my mum only have 28. Although the source for this was cbbc (children's bbc).

[Vie]

I have too meany teath, I've already had 4 out, and I'm now cutting a SECOND pair of wisdom teath... ..whats stranger is there more like pre-molars than molars.

ARG.

[Mattress]

mine were impacted, I had them removed, they gave me some nice drug in my arm. The doc said they first thing you'll notice is the ceiling will start to move. I was like, "Yeah right." then the ceiling started moving down like it was getting closer to me. Next thing I remember is I'm sitting in a little waiting area. I was supposedly conscious for the whole thing when they broke my wisdom teeth in half to more easily remove them.

I was on a lot of advil for the next couple of days but it wasn't too bad.

[shakey_snake]

I've had 3 of mine come in recently. they seem OK; I'll probably just keep them, regardless of what my dentist says I don't have any crowding or anything like that.

[simon snowflake]

still have all 4 of them.

[k_rock923]

I had all four of them out at the same time. What a horrible experience. I then tried to eat calamari the next day. . . oops.

[fwgx]

I have two at the top fully out and the bottom left one is poking through and has been for the past 3 years. Not too painful once they're through. the bottom right is still a no show-er. I did have two canine teeth out when I was younger to make room for them all. I shoulda had the same happen to by bottom teeth too because I now have one that points inwards quite drastically, just because there's no room for it. The rest of my bottom teeth are a bit skew-wiff too because of this.

[whiteflip]

yeah two of mine were impacted and i had only one top one. they split one of my teeth and the drugs are making me hick up a lot. other than that little swelling.

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

I've still got all four of my wisdom teeth. The bottom two have been poking through for the past few years now, but they aren't causing any problems yet. The top two have yet to show. I'll keep them if they don't cause problems, but as soon as they do, they're history.

[mark]

is it odd that mine are coming through at age 17 (well, one week before it) and sarge's are fairly new at his age?

[dlichterman]

i had 4 pulled, lets just say one word: vicodin

[squakMix]

Originally posted by Mattress
mine were impacted, I had them removed, they gave me some nice drug in my arm. The doc said they first thing you'll notice is the ceiling will start to move. I was like, "Yeah right." then the ceiling started moving down like it was getting closer to me. Next thing I remember is I'm sitting in a little waiting area. I was supposedly conscious for the whole thing when they broke my wisdom teeth in half to more easily remove them.

I was on a lot of advil for the next couple of days but it wasn't too bad.

...I read somewhere that morphene turns to herione(sp) in your liver.

Must've had one hell of a time

[Bilbo Baggins]

I havent got any.

[siebe83]

I got 32 teeth, so I suppose I got wisdom teeth as well...
Didn't cause me any problems yet.

Just to give this thread an educational touch ():

Wisdom teeth
The last teeth that emerge are your wisdom teeth. It's not clear what their function is, but some experts believe they're a remnant from a time when our ancestors had a more rugged diet and, as a result, longer, larger jaws. Now our jaws are smaller, there often isn't enough room for them, which is why wisdom teeth can cause problems.

[source]

About removing your wisdom teeth:
http://www.uihealthcare.com/reports/...sdomteeth.html

[Mattress]

uh okay, our jaws evolved to be smaller but our teeth didn't?

I think a better explanation is that until about a hundred years ago, dental hygene was all but nonexistant and the wisdom teeth grew in later to replace some of those teeth that had rotted away by then.

[squakMix]

[Wolfgang]

For some reason I only ever grew 3, I don't have a 4th one. I've had the two bottom ones removed. It's very uncomfortable after that, and it cost a fuckload of money (about $400). My top one has come through but it's not causing any damage, so it looks like it'll stay.

[xzxzzx]

Originally posted by Mattress
uh okay, our jaws evolved to be smaller but our teeth didn't?

Quite plausible. You can evolve a trait, and if the associated problems with it don't cause that specimen to become less fertile/active/alive/whatever, that trait can certainly stay.

[will]

Its simple, smaller jaws helped us to survive (by allowing us to adapt our diet, or something), but still having wisdom teeth didn't impede our survival. Obvious, no?

[Mattress]

How exactly did smaller jaws help us survive? prevented those gluttonus bastards from choking on too large of bites?

adapt our diets? what can I eat with a small jaw that I would be unable to eat with a larger one?

why do you reject my idea? it isn't going against evolutionary theory, it in fact supports it, we had wisdom teeth because we needed them up until dental hygene let us keep the teeth we already had.

[shakey_snake]

because jaws from a couple hundred years ago are exactly the same as ours now.

[Wolfgang]

but not several thousand years ago. especially over 10,000 years ago.

[mark]

both the bad-teeth and the big-jaw theories have thier good points. Mostly, i think its a higher power having a laugh...

[whiteflip]

We start having new teeth around the time we start having babies so that when our babies start teething we feel their pain.

[Bilbo Baggins]

Us Brits must have drawn the short straw whatever way...