Reply to: Wisdom teeth

[xoggoth]

I clicked that Gingerjedi link and got a skimpy female shorts ad for a "Beach Ready Bottom". I'd certainly like that in my mouth.

[TheBigD]

I have got to the root of a toothy problem that has been giving me jip for the last couple of years. Impacted wisdom tooth, plus cyst.

What this means is that my wisdom tooth, which never did emerge from under the gum, is pointing at a crazy angle and impacting another tooth's roots, and so for the first time in my life I am needing to be touched by the medical profession. Looks like I've lost a bit of jaw bone where the cyst has set up residence too, and will need surgery and a General Anaesthetic to extract the tooth.

I had been secretly blaming my last dentist for creating a problem for which he would no doubt have charged handsomely to resolve, but having seen the X-ray, all my fillings are shallow and it must just have been coincidence that my tooth started hurting subsequent to having a filling. I haven't been able to chew on that side for a couple of years and have been waiting for symptoms to get better or worse and having dentists say they can't see anything. Apart from a Polish chap who said he would charge £150 but wouldn't do any big jobs on the NHS. Luckily I never darkened his surgery again.

Anyway, I eventually found an NHS dentist who also didn't see anything when she first looked, but she did kindly set up an appointment with the dental hospital so that I might be practised on by the students. But, as it takes months to set up an appointment, in the meantime my symptoms worsened (pain even when not chewing and the development of what appeared to be a swollen gland but was the cyst), so I went back, and this time she spotted it. For a tooth x-Ray, followed by another machine that revolves around your head shooting out X-rays all over the place, plus a nice chat, I was charged the princely sum of £17.50. Compared to £zillions with my old dentist for a polish. Still, I suppose he may not be quite the evil money grabbing NHS leaching bastard that I had him out to be. Well not the former adjective anyway, maybe.

Still only at diagnosis stage, but is a major toothy leap forward for me.

Sounds similar to problems I had with my wisdom teeth a few years ago. Doctor managed to remove the top two under a local anaesthetic easy peasy. Bottom two hadn't got through the gums but were growing practically horizontally. Had them out in the hospital under general anaesthetic. 10 years later I still feel the effects of the operation (jaw clicking, aches in the cold, ear aches etc).

Hope it all goes well.

[TimberWolf]

Wisdom tooth: Also known as : UR8, LR8, LL8, UL8



Their curled up roots make them look underdeveloped.

[Lockhouse]

I don't have any top wisdom teeth so they were never a problem. I had my bottom ones removed when I was 23 at London Teaching Hospital under sedation. They clamped my mouth so wide open during the op that every time I yawned for the next six months I could feel it start to dislocate.

[suityou01]

My local wood has tonnes of it up for grabs at the moment, soon to be blooming in a resplendent flowery spectacular. Ancient woodland is supposed to be best. Thieve some bulbs in autumn (they are about a foot down so a shovel is needed) and transplant and they may well invade your garden. I sometimes eat stems when I walk past them, as they are less garlicy than the leaves and are quite young and succulent at the moment.

I had EO down as more of a truffle man.

[TimberWolf]

wild garlic ? that sounds neat. where do you find that ?

My local wood has tonnes of it up for grabs at the moment, soon to be blooming in a resplendent flowery spectacular. Ancient woodland is supposed to be best. Thieve some bulbs in autumn (they are about a foot down so a shovel is needed) and transplant and they may well invade your garden. I sometimes eat stems when I walk past them, as they are less garlicy than the leaves and are quite young and succulent at the moment.

[EternalOptimist]

and there's me thinking losing one tooth would be bad. I suspect vectra has healed up a bit by now though.

Garlic is rumoured to help too (as is brine)...and there's loads of fresh free wild garlic to be found woodland at the moment.

wild garlic ? that sounds neat. where do you find that ?

[wim121]

and there's me thinking losing one tooth would be bad. I suspect vectra has healed up a bit by now though.

Garlic is rumoured to help too (as is brine)...and there's loads of fresh free wild garlic to be found woodland at the moment.

Ooops only just saw that this was a dug up thread - Hope he hasnt had any further problems then.

Yea it did hurt a lot, but I would recommend it over multiple crown/root canals or screw ins. Had em all out and now got a single top denture piece and a single bottom one that fits around my bottom front real teeth. It is such a relief not having constant infections or pain.

I've never tried garlic. I have heard weed is supposed to be good for it but not a great idea if one is law abiding or like most of us, driving every day to a site!

[TimberWolf]

Good luck vectra, you have my empathy. Tooth pain is one of the worst pains one can ever feel. Clove oil as another poster said is great.

Last year I had a bottom wisdom tooth removed (couldnt remove the other as it would damage the nerve) along with all my bottom molars and all my top teeth/roots under a general. My jaw was swollen and like KP, I was sick afterwards. Painkillers from the hospital didnt really help and I was sore for a week, then the week after as the stitches wiggled loose it was a whole new pain.

I always have sympathy for anyone having wisdom teeth or a gum clearance done as it's horrid!

and there's me thinking losing one tooth would be bad. I suspect vectra has healed up a bit by now though.

Garlic is rumoured to help too (as is brine)...and there's loads of fresh free wild garlic to be found woodland at the moment.

[wim121]

Good luck vectra, you have my empathy. Tooth pain is one of the worst pains one can ever feel. Clove oil as another poster said is great.

Last year I had a bottom wisdom tooth removed (couldnt remove the other as it would damage the nerve) along with all my bottom molars and all my top teeth/roots under a general. My jaw was swollen and like KP, I was sick afterwards. Painkillers from the hospital didnt really help and I was sore for a week, then the week after as the stitches wiggled loose it was a whole new pain.

I always have sympathy for anyone having wisdom teeth or a gum clearance done as it's horrid!

[EternalOptimist]

Not sure if it's still a secret, but MF hasn't really been on vacation.
He has been in hospital having his wisdom teeth put in

[bless 'em all]

Still time yet.

No, the time has come and gone.

I'm 86 and still got all me own teeth y'know.

I was a pilot during the war .........

[TimberWolf]

I've kept all mine ... but then I have the face of a Neanderthal.

Still time yet.

[mudskipper]

Had all mine out when I was 17. They had to chip away the jaw bone to get to them. Woke up with tampons in my mouth. Threw up. Cried. Went home looking like a hamster with mumps - seriously never seen swelling like it. Jaw and neck turned black over the next few days. Three weeks later the bruising was green, and I think after about two months it was no longer noticeable. Twenty five years later I still have a pocket in my gum where bits of food get caught.

Apart from that it was a doddle.

Good luck with it!

[TimberWolf]

But if they stick up through your face and cause you no end of pain, that's a bit of a flaw in engineering terms. And anyway, the human body wasn't meant to survive long enough for the rest of your teeth to fall out.

Nearly five years since I started this thread. Doesn't time fly when you have no wisdom teeth.

I don't think our ancestors had the scale of tooth problems that we see today as their diet was different, and possibly because they died earlier too as you say.

Having read up a little on the scale of wisdom teeth problems this evening, I'm inclined to say 'whip em out when you're young'. Troublesome useless beggers that they be.