Comments on: Why Do We Have Wisdom Teeth?

By: nick

nick — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:38:48 +0000

i got mine out when i was 14

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:08:26 +0000

Wisdom Teeth removal…really just another profit-generation scheme cooked up by dentists who like to pretend that they have a better answer to hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. I can’t tell you how many friends of mine have had their wisdom teeth almost immediately removed at the first sign of eruption/pain because “that’s what you do.” I dealt with the pain, the teeth erupted, and now I happily have those extra teeth. Beyond the initial pain, no other problems to deal with except the inevitable prodding of my dentist to “take them out,” with all of the varied excuses listed above. Mind you, I’ve now lived with these wisdom teeth for over 20 years and can chew with the best of them!

By: Shanaynay

Shanaynay — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:37:39 +0000

good article…
my right cheeks hurts now .. but i love the pain!

By: ronda stern

ronda stern — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:40:50 +0000

I am 58 and have both my left lower and upper wisdom teeth. they both have deep fillings. I must have had a root canal in the lower, as I broke a large piece of it and have no pain at all.
What is the best course of treatment for me at this stage of my life? Would it be better to fill and maybe put crown, or have removed all together. will the upper begin to come down into my lower socket as it did on the right? I had the right taken out at different times, years apart.
I wold apprecieate emails with suggestions. I will have to make a decision very soon.
Help recommended!
Thanks
Ronda Stern

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:16:16 +0000

OMG I have never been in so much pain in my life. Which is saying something, since I’ve always had a very high pain-tolerance. Top left WT has been bloody painful for the past week, finally stopped (sweet relief) and then decided to start shoving my 2nd molar out the front of my face. God people, if you know about them and they are going to be a problem, kids – get them out while you’re on your parent’s insurance! Parents – NOTHING is worth the PAIN they can cause later. Yes your baby will be in pain for a few days, yes they may be scared, or standoffish, but they will never know how much you pain you protected them from.

During the bad episodes it feels like it would be less painful to have someone rip them out with their fingers and a dull knife than the agony of them shoving through the roots of other teeth.

If they aren’t straight with room to spare, GET THEM THE h*** OUT!!

As for the lucky bastards that don’t have them, or manage with straight roomy, fully erupted WT. You should be thanking whatever powers you believe in and rejoice this Thanksgiving. You don’t know what you’re missing.

By: V

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:44:10 +0000

I’m 17 and although my parents didn’t get their wisdom teeth until late 20’s unfortunately all four of mine are groowwiing and one has “erupted.” I have a very small jaw, in fact one side is crooked and shorter than the other, and I’m just finishing braces so they recommended to get all four out asap. I’ve never had surgery before, never had nitrous, never had my blood drawn even, so I almost started crying in fear when they broke the news to me.

I find a lot of these comments very interesting especially you lucky bastards who get them in straight with no problems! Argh!

All I have to say is that if you’re absolutely terrified to pissing your pants like I am, of needles and pain (I get cavities every year because of my own dental issues but I drill without novocaine because needles scare me so much) then ask your oral surgeon to prescribe you a an anti-anxiety medication to take BEFORE YOU EVEN STEP IN THE OFFICE (Like attavan). This way you won’t sweat and shake and cry on your way to the chair. GET NITROUS FIRST, THEN THE IV, GET EVERYTHING YOU CAN!

Another thing interesting someone said is the glucose bag which I’ll suggest to my surgeon because I have anemia and some lbs problems and I really don’t want to go into a coma.

I expect to be posting back here in a few months!

By: toni

toni — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:03:28 +0000

I am 39 years old and I have my third wisdom tooth coming in. Hurts like hell. I had the other 2 pulled in my twenties. Maybe this one will need to come out.

By: denise

denise — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:11:28 +0000

i have 4 wisdom teeth that grew through fine 22 years ago but i keep biting my tongue very badly, and i can feel them pulling now so i want to have them took out but i;ve never even had a filling at the age of 42, the thought of having a needle petrifies me so to have all 4 teeth took out under a local anathsetic is a no go. Will i be able to be put to sleep for this to be done

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:19:32 +0000

I’m 17 years of age and i have a wisdom tooth on the bottom left side that was growing in and it hurt just a little. but the pain went away so ignored it. Now the pain is back and it is very FREAKIN ANNOYING. Sometimes i think this is punishment from God.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:45:14 +0000

hello, im 29 (a little old for a new tooth i thought)and i have one wisdom tooth attempting to come through on my top left hand side.the same tooth had issues two years ago and my dentist told me it was nothing to worry about, it would continue to go up and down, and when it did break through it would need to be removed as there was no room for it. This time though, i feel really sick in my stomach. Does anyone know if feeling nauseous is a common symptom of a wisdom tooth coming?