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MickZagger

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Mine are coming in right now and are painful as fuck. Have any of you had your wisdom teeth pulled? Is it common for it to only be painful on one side?
 
They sometimes grow in straight, but usually they are angled or sideways. So pain on one side more than the other isn't uncommon. I had four pulled. The bottom two grew in jammed up against my molars and had to be cracked and taken out in pieces. I was swollen like a chipmunk for a few days.
 
I had mine pulled but when I was 17 before any of them were growing in. They had to dig in to pull them out and my face got swollen (like a chipmunk) for like 10 days. Was a horrible week to say the least.
 
I had all four pulled. It sucked. Sorry, I wish I could provide encouraging words.
 
zagsfan20 said:
Mine are coming in right now and are painful as fuck. Have any of you had your wisdom teeth pulled? Is it common for it to only be painful on one side?
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I had all 4 pulled when I was 21 on the Friday before the Super Bowl. I was eating wings and drinking beer by Sunday. I then got rotting food in a few of the cavities and had bone chunks come out of one 4 months later.

So, don't do that.
 
PapaG said:
I had all 4 pulled when I was 21 on the Friday before the Super Bowl. I was eating wings and drinking beer by Sunday. I then got rotting food in a few of the cavities and had bone chunks come out of one 4 months later.

So, don't do that.
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Damn, sounds like you probably had dog breath for a few weeks.
 
i'm 46 and still have all 4 since they came in straight. i doubt that's a good thing.
 
crowTrobot said:
i'm 46 and still have all 4 since they came in straight. i doubt that's a good thing.
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Unless they put pressure on your front teeth I don't think they are a bad thing. Can you floss or are your teeth too tight together? Also, a little tricky to keep clean, maybe.
 
Why am I talking about this like I am an expert? Ignore me, I know not of what I speak.
 
I had all 4 taken out at the same time. My face was swollen, I drooled like an old person, and my gums bled. The painkillers gave me a headache for at least a week, I couldn't even read or watch tv.

Basically, good luck with that.
 
speeds said:
Unless they put pressure on your front teeth I don't think they are a bad thing. Can you floss or are your teeth too tight together? Also, a little tricky to keep clean, maybe.
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spacing is great - that's why i never bothered to get them out. they all have decades-old fillings though, so i'm worried about long-term decay. would hate to have to get them pulled when i'm in my 60s or something :smiley-ko:
 
speeds said:
Damn, sounds like you probably had dog breath for a few weeks.
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My housemates in college weren't happy about the stench, but they were the people who dragged me to the bar Superbowl Sunday in the first place.
 
I think most of you guys are just pussies. Had mine taken out when I was 18 I think. Went to the dentist, had some sleeping gas, woke up, mom drove me home. Had soup for a day or maybe two. No pain, no problem (and no additional pain-killers for later either if I remember right).

Okay, so I don't think you guys are pussies, but I guess I must have been lucky. Seems like a lot of people have had worse experiences than I have.
 
BalancedMan said:
I think most of you guys are just pussies. Had mine taken out when I was 18 I think. Went to the dentist, had some sleeping gas, woke up, mom drove me home. Had soup for a day or maybe two. No pain, no problem (and no additional pain-killers for later either if I remember right).

Okay, so I don't think you guys are pussies, but I guess I must have been lucky. Seems like a lot of people have had worse experiences than I have.
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My lower teeth were impacted, so they had to break my lower jaw on both sides to remove them. I do recall waking up during the procedure and "telling" the the doctor he was doing a great job. At least that's what I was trying to say, but I'm sure it didn't sound that way. I then remember more gas being administered.
 
I guess I was screaming when they were taking mine out even though I don't remember any of it whatsoever
 
I had mine pulled many years ago and then drove a long way back home. Picture this, me a dirty hippie in my ratty old truck, on painkillers, my jaw hanging, completely numb, drooling blood down my chin and onto my shirt. In the next lane, a full car with the whole family looking at me. Probably thinking I was some sort of psycho killer.

barfo
 
pussies.

I had a DDS/MD do mine, was knocked out (that was awesome). I had big ass headaches...painful as shit.

Got 3 of them taken out, all impacted. Procedure was fine...knocked out...woke up drugged as fuck and trippy. Took a nap, woke up, went drinking that night.

didn't use one of the vicodins I was given (well...I used them to knock out for some trans-atlantic flights and to trip out sometimes).

look up dry socket....i was lucky, I actually didn't follow the directions and got a smoothie at jamba juice after my procedure....i think I sucked out the clot of blood in the socket. nothing happened though.
 
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barfo said:
I had mine pulled many years ago and then drove a long way back home. Picture this, me a dirty hippie in my ratty old truck, on painkillers, my jaw hanging, completely numb, drooling blood down my chin and onto my shirt. In the next lane, a full car with the whole family looking at me. Probably thinking I was some sort of psycho killer.

barfo
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I think that sometimes and I've never even met you. :drumroll:
 
I may not be a dentist, but I'm a dental malpractice claims adjuster. No, they should not hurt. But please listen to this advice:

They need to be examined if they hurt as that means you have a problem, I suspect one or more of the teeth are inpinging on your second molars root system. DO NOT have a general dentist pull those teeth!! Third molar (wisdom teeth) extractions are a very common cause of permanent parasthesia (numbness) in your tongue & lip. The reason why is that (especially in your lower, or mandibular, jaw) often your lingual nerve tangles with the tooth and when the tooth gets pulled, the nerve gets permanently damaged. Therefore, you need to see an oral surgeon as they are the only ones with special training to remove those teeth as smoothly as can be done.

If you live in the Portland area I recommend Dr Rod Nichols in Milwaukie. He's the one who has extracted two of my teeth and he's as good as they come and less expensive than most all local oral surgeons. Believe me, do not screw around with these teeth.
 
barfo said:
I had mine pulled many years ago and then drove a long way back home. Picture this, me a dirty hippie in my ratty old truck, on painkillers, my jaw hanging, completely numb, drooling blood down my chin and onto my shirt. In the next lane, a full car with the whole family looking at me. Probably thinking I was some sort of psycho killer.

barfo
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I was told you normally look like that.

By the way, here's my dentist:
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
I may not be a dentist, but I'm a dental malpractice claims adjuster. No, they should not hurt. But please listen to this advice:

They need to be examined if they hurt as that means you have a problem, I suspect one or more of the teeth are inpinging on your second molars root system. DO NOT have a general dentist pull those teeth!! Third molar (wisdom teeth) extractions are a very common cause of permanent parasthesia (numbness) in your tongue & lip. The reason why is that (especially in your lower, or mandibular, jaw) often your lingual nerve tangles with the tooth and when the tooth gets pulled, the nerve gets permanently damaged. Therefore, you need to see an oral surgeon as they are the only ones with special training to remove those teeth as smoothly as can be done.

If you live in the Portland area I recommend Dr Rod Nichols in Milwaukie. He's the one who has extracted two of my teeth and he's as good as they come and less expensive than most all local oral surgeons. Believe me, do not screw around with these teeth.
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I RECOMMEND TERRY DISCHINGER, BLAZERS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND LAKE OSWEGO DENTIST*

not really though.
 
I asked him once if he still followed the team and he really doesn't very much. He may now, but with a huge practice... I think he just doesn't have the time.
 
I think some people have decent experiences and some bad. So, you may end up having a good-ish experience.
My process was fine. It didn't really bother me much at all. The big difference maker is whether you go to a standard dentist or an oral surgeon. A dentist can't knock you out and also does not specialize in such.
I went to an oral surgeon, where I watched them insert an IV, and then watched a clear liquid (valium) get pumped into my arm. And, the next thing I knew, I was at my house with my girldfriend cuddling me on the couch. Like a dream. The gave me a prescription for Oxy. So, we picked it up and drove up to Seattle where I stayed for a week. Had a blast walking around a strange new town on a strange new drug...hehe
But, I did get a gun put in my face in Tacoma and almost got shot. That was the only downer of the trip.

good luck.
 
When I had mine taken out they didn't even put me to sleep. They just numbed my mouth and yanked em out. It was disgustingly gross though when I was taking a painkiller, my mouth was still numb so I drank water to swallow the pills are ended up swallowing both the gauze pads that were in my mouth!

Overall it wasn't too bad of an bad experience, besides the gross bleeding that you endure for a few days. I was very cautious with my gums so they healed pretty fast.
 
zagsfan20 said:
Mine are coming in right now and are painful as fuck. Have any of you had your wisdom teeth pulled? Is it common for it to only be painful on one side?
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You're lucky I still have two wisdom teeth that are still below the gum line and haven't poked through on my lower jaw. And I'm now 34 and theres no way I am going to have the dentist dig into my jaw to pull them out. My brother had his jaw dug into to get his out and I won't ever do that. I know what he went through. I will wait until mine push into my other teeth when its a horrible discomfort. Every few years I get some pain like the teeth are pushing through put the pain only lasts for 3-5 days and then its gone again.
 
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