wisdom not a stat :)

[Nada]

Originally posted by MaidenIndigo
Ignorance is bliss. I say bring on the gas, the knives, and afterwards - the painkillers. =/

That\'s my state of mind. They didn\'t give me sleeping gas though because it\'s generally delivered through a mask that covers both the mouth and nose, so I had to have an injection. It isn\'t bad compared to 16 shots.

Originally posted by Sarrow
Got mine removed 8 months ago, apparently I had a rare case and my Wisdom teeth were growing way beneeth it should, (was pushing out my back teeth pretty far) so I had to get sugery on my jawbone.

As I hear, that\'s called impacted teeth and it\'s quite common though the most severe cases are very rare.

Originally posted by Taurenthefirst
why do i even need the stupid things gone? what have they ever done to me? just because my mom had a bad experience with them as an adult... i\'m gonna be so freaking angry when i grow up to find out that having your wisdom teeth out like increases your risks to get cancer or something...

Most people\'s jaws are generally too small to accommodate wisdom teeth. In the past, even young adults would generally have lost a few adult teeth very early because of poor dental care, so there was space for wisdom teeth.
The earlier one gets one\'s wisdom teeth removed the better (adolescence or early twenties at the latest) because severe complications can occur in adults. Impacted wisdom teeth are known to cause infections, cysts and (cancerous) tumours. Also, the earlier you remove them, the easier it is for the dentist or surgeon because the teeth roots haven\'t had time to strengthen.
Most orthodontists advise their patients to have their wisdom teeth removed very early because they tend to push the front teeth forward, which would ruin any straightening previously done. (And no one wants to wear braces for another 4 years when you thought you were finished with them).
There is some danger to having your teeth removed (infection, damage to bone or nerves) but it is outweighed by far by the dangers of adulthood complications.

[Taurenthefirst]

yeah i didn\'t really think there was any reason not to get them removed... i just felt like complaining.
i\'m surprised at how much you know about teeth though nada. you gonna be a dentist?

man... now my mom is trying to take away my precious vicoden... you don\'t know how much you need something untill you\'ve lost it...
now she\'s trying to get me to survivie on tylenol... she thinks i\'m like addicted to vicoden or someting... but i\'m not... i would just rather not feel anything than have to feel alot of pain... because i\'m not a moron...

i argued with her about it for a while, and she finally gave them back... but now there are only 4 left in the bottle.... there were 10 left the last time i took one (i counted them because i wanted see how much longer i could make it on my wonderful vicoden)
so that means im missing like 6 vicoden... i think she stole them and hid them so i wouldn\'t be able to take them... X(

[derwoodly]

I had my wisdom teeth pulled out by a dental student and I did not need any pain drugs.  Sure it hurt, but less than the original pain that cause me to go to the dentist in the first place.  You should not need so much vicoden,  go back to the dentist and explain the pain you are in. That quack dentist must have screwed something up.

[Nada]

Originally posted by Taurenthefirst
i\'m surprised at how much you know about teeth though nada. you gonna be a dentist?

No. I don\'t enjoy looking inside people\'s mouth (and you\'ll recall that I can\'t remember there are 4 wisdom teeth). But I when I had to get my wisdom teeth removed, I read as much as I could about the subject. (So I could argue with the dentist or surgeon if I didn\'t like what they wanted to do)

Originally posted by Taurenthefirst
so that means im missing like 6 vicoden... i think she stole them and hid them so i wouldn\'t be able to take them... X(

Accusing your own mother of theft, wouldn\'t that be a symptom of addictive behaviour?  
Anyway, how many days has it been since your teeth were removed? The pain should be lessening by now.

@derwoodly: you got all 4 of them removed without painkillers?  8o

[Taurenthefirst]

i don\'t know how long its been...
i\'m off vicoden now... pain is starting to go away....sorta... my gums are still too swollen for me to close my mouth, and stuff keeps oozing out of them... but i\'m trying to get back on my feet... i have tryouts for my soccer team tomarrow, but i don\'t think ill do to well... i have barely gotten out of bed for the past 5 days...

@ derwoodly
how did you get them removed without painkillers?  i would die!

[WiseKran]

Ive had mineo ut.. but i was only born with 2 wisdome teeth.. thats it.. both on the bottom

they put me to sleep.. and i woke up with stiches in my jaw..

i was basicly stoned that entire day and dont remember much.. the gas had some sort of effect on my memory.. lol and my mom said i was acting wierd...

but i had puffy cheeks for about a week and after that things got gradually better.