Wisdom teeth

[Charles Foster Kane]

Well I survived.

It seemed to take a couple of goes to get enough anesthetic into me, and I still felt it a little bit, which was a bit of a worry. But the whole thing only took 15 minutes.

So sitting here with half my face numb. No doubt it'll start to hurt in a little while.

Cheered me up a bit to see the dentists' receptionist had more cleavage than I thought was possible.

Did you get an injection in the roof of your mouth with that huge needle? That sucks.

[Chugnut]

I'd have signed almost anything while admiring her breasts...

You did. Thanks for the house.

[VectraMan]

Did you get an injection in the roof of your mouth with that huge needle? That sucks.

That's what I was expecting, but he used a small needle attached to a machine that went "ping" (no really), and just held it on different parts of my gum for some time.

Good innit?

Also lots of similar whilst walking back through town in the sunshine. I felt like walking around a bit just for an extra letch, but I thought doing that whilst dribbling out of the corner of my mouth might not be such a good plan.

[OwlHoot]

I had three sets of front teeth - The dentist had to pull the second set out to let the third set through, otherwise he said they might have started growing out almost horizontally.

Went for a checkup in Milton Keynes, and a Pakistani dentist wanted to take out my wisdom teeth. I said no, because they obviously weren't causing any problems, and he got in a major strop pacing in and out of the surgery muttering.

Eventually with me sitting in the chair looking on bemused, and him in a flap, it became clear he wouldn't continue with the check up, which is all I'd gone for, because somehow I'd insulted his professionalism or some BS (deprived him of a fat fee more like). So I threw the gown on the floor and walked out, calling him a tosser on the way. What else could I do?

[Ardesco]

I had the bottom two out on the NHS because they were inpacted (growing horizintally into the back of my molers if anybody doesn't know what impacted means). Had a general as they had to crush them and take out the peices and was not a nice experiance. Looked like i'd taken a good beating for the next 2 weeks and woke up with a pillow covered in bloode for 5 days afterwards.

Probably the most stupid part of it all is when i woke up and the stupid nurse tried to get me to eat a sandwich straight away. I had two bloody great holes one on each side of my mouth filled with blood that was starting to clot and she wanted me to much down on a sarnie with my back teeth.... yeah great idea love get loads of bread and crap in the holes and suck out the clotting blood, that'll get me home quick....

[Cowboy Bob]

Me too - bit of minor 'teething' type pain, but nothing serious.

And me. Mine are kind of half through and occasionally I get throbbing in the gums, but nothing too bad.

[Diver]

God!

Kids with teething troubles

Get some oil of cloves and rub it on the gums.

Bonjella for the babies on here

Had some trouble with one of mine coming through once. No chance of a dental procedure where we were, so company med split the gum with a scalpal.
More than willing to pop round and sort yours out for you, now that I know how

[ElectricChair]

I was told at 21 that I would need all 4 wisdom teeth out. Or I would suffer dreadful pain within a couple of years. 23 years on and I still have all 4. Just an excuse for dentists to make money

[richard-af]

I was told at 21 that I would need all 4 wisdom teeth out. Or I would suffer dreadful pain within a couple of years. 23 years on and I still have all 4. Just an excuse for dentists to make money

According to every dentist I'd ever seen from when I was 18 until about 30 (I'd had intermittent pain at the back of my gum lines), I should, by now, have wisdoms poking through my gums at various angles, and, basically, be disfigured for life, etc. All wanted to pull 'em out. I went to a hospital on the Wirral yonks back to see a "specialist" - saw the 28% infection rate posted on the wall in the waiting room, and then got up, said ta-ta to the nurse on Reception, and never looked back. Now 38, and no more bother. Eight wisdoms they wanted to yank!

[Bagpuss]

Eight Wisdom teeth?