Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gunslinger on July 27, 2004, 12:10:36 PM
-
I'm not sure why they call them wisdome teeth but THEY SUCK to say the least.
I had my top ones pulled about 4 years ago but the bottom ones are huge and deep inside my jaw line. Well they finally started impacting my molars in the back and it was time for them to go.
Was pretty easily actually. They put me out but didnt say to count backwards or anything I just remember waking up in the recovery room w/ my wife laughing at me.
I was good yesturday but woke up today swelled up like a chipmunk.
Cant wait for the vicoden to kick it. :cool:
-
I had all four of mine out back in 1987, while in college. They were all impacted. I opted for the Novacaine and Nitrous combo cocktail. It was awesome! I enjoyed every moment of it.
Halfway through the procedure, they were asking me if I wanted them to turn the gas down, but I kept asking them to turn it up. That Nitrous is great stuff. Wish it came in sixpacks. :)
But, when it all wore off a couple hours later....youch! :eek:
-
Originally posted by Gunslinger
I'm not sure why they call them wisdome teeth but THEY SUCK to say the least.
I had my top ones pulled about 4 years ago but the bottom ones are huge and deep inside my jaw line. Well they finally started impacting my molars in the back and it was time for them to go.
Was pretty easily actually. They put me out but didnt say to count backwards or anything I just remember waking up in the recovery room w/ my wife laughing at me.
I was good yesturday but woke up today swelled up like a chipmunk.
Cant wait for the vicoden to kick it. :cool:
Vicodin! You sissy. I had mine out in 1991. They had to cut my lower into quarters to get them out. Broke a drill, had use his spare (to put it lightly, he was pissed). After spending the remainder of the day sipping milkshakes (it works). The very next day, my buddies and I went to Cedar Point. Went on every roller coaster more than once. 13 years later if I were to do this, I'd be milking this thing and have the wife wait on me hand over foot. :)
Karaya
-
Originally posted by Masherbrum
13 years later if I were to do this, I'd be milking this thing and have the wife wait on me hand over foot. :)
Karaya
What do you think i'm doing now? ;)
They didnt actually take the bottom ones out. They cut the jaw and cut the crowns off the molars then left the roots in there for extration a coulple of years from now. I wasn't so bad yesturday but today I'm swollen as hell.
-
Originally posted by Gunslinger
What do you think i'm doing now? ;)
They didnt actually take the bottom ones out. They cut the jaw and cut the crowns off the molars then left the roots in there for extration a coulple of years from now. I wasn't so bad yesturday but today I'm swollen as hell.
hehe, Just get the occasional flare-ups. :D My wife catches on too late though and picks up on it. One of these days, I might be able to convince her to mow the damn lawn. Of lamn mowing or ending her shopping. My fat prettythang will be out there mowing the lawn :)
Karaya
-
had mine out 2 weeks ago gun, left hand side top and bottom both roots extremely deep. Big ball of suck bleed constantly for 3 days, hemoraged (sp) twice. NOT FUN.
I didnt swell at all I iced the hell outta my jaw and ate icicles to keep the selling down, just the bleeding was really bad.
Good luck with it and careful what you eat.
-
Never had mine out, and after readin this post I'm keepin my fingers crossed that I don't ever have to.:(
-
Originally posted by slimm50
Never had mine out, and after readin this post I'm keepin my fingers crossed that I don't ever have to.:(
Slimm: Its really not that bad. My top ones sucked cause I was awake the whole time. The doc nearly broke one of my ribs w/ his knee trying to crack one of the suckers.
The bottom ones were a breeze. My mouth actually felt better than it had in months yesturday not having all the pressure on my lower jaw. It just decided to swell up over night.
also my wife decided to spit me last night by making some really spicy fried catfish.......all I got was the mash potatos and gravy :(
at least I'm off work till thursday so lots of game time for me! :aok
-
A pair of pliers and some novacaine was all my doctor needed to remove all 4 of mine. I spat blood afterwards but hey, no big deal.
-
I had all four of them at once, I remember waking up in the surgery room and bumping the instrument table and going, Woopsy!, then continuing to follow the nurse who insisted on holding my arm, I'm not her type though.
I fell back asleep in the recovery room, woke up to find I hate 6 fingers on one hand, comes to be I had my hands behind one another, lol, you shoulda seen me shake my hands..
-
Originally posted by Gunslinger
all I got was the mash potatos and gravy :(
Friker I didn't even get that!
-
WOOOHOOOOO
Vicoden time again :D
-
I had all four pulled out during my last few months in the Navy. I was wide awake. They gave me a local and some aspirin afterwards.
-
Originally posted by Gunslinger
I'm not sure why they call them wisdome teeth
because it kinda smarts when they take them out.
-
I got my first two out in the army my second two out shortly after I got out.
The first dentist could get them out nealing on my chest and pulling. rocking my head arround and arround. They were getting desperate and instead of breaking them or any other nonscense, I told him to lock the pliers on and let me at them. I pulled them both out.
Two years or so later the civi dentist was pretty sceptical of my story. About half an hour in sure enough he is on my chest pulling and yanking and pulling and yanking.
I raised my eyebrows at him. He got off. I grabed the plyers and pulled it out. He worked the other one over a bit and I pulled it out too.
Its actually way easier then having them pull it out. I could put my whole shoulders and back into it.
-
Let this be a lesson to you all. They grow them pretty tough in Canada. ;)
-
heh lightweights, your all lightweights
Cept maybe Pongo who is just plain nuts:D
-
They call 'em Wisdom teeth because you're stupid to get them pulled.
-
Originally posted by Ripsnort
They call 'em Wisdom teeth because you're stupid to get them pulled.
I wish I had a scan of the exrays.
my bottom ones were impacting with my back molars. The crowns of my wisdome teeth were pushing all the roots forward on my bottom jaw. I actually waited TOO long to get them cut out as I was experience alot of pressure in my jaw.
Funny thing is I'm not in all that much pain but I do feel a huge amount of pressure release in my jaw for the first time in a while. I just wish the swelling would go down.
My top ones had to go because my jaw would not allow a toothbrush back there. I got a cavity that covered about half the tooth.
Either way I get 72 hours of "sick in quaters"
-
I think my top ones were the ones impacted, and they decided to all 4 out, for some reason I still kind feel pressure in my jaw, I bet yah the airpressure is dif inside the cavity/hole of where he took them out.. :D
Get well soon, or not Gunslnger, we all know how much drugs help.. :aok
-
Originally posted by Hawklore
Get well soon, or not Gunslnger, we all know how much drugs help.. :aok
I'm thinking about quiting the meds for the rest of the day cause what I really want right now is an ice cold beer. I'm at least smart enough to know that wouldnt be to wise to do while on vicoden.;)
-
You should just smoke some getto crack. Its better than vicodens.
;)
-
Originally posted by Ripsnort
They call 'em Wisdom teeth because you're stupid to get them pulled.
you donut. :aok
Karaya
-
Ain't nothing better than a couple of ice cold beers with two vicodin tablets. Lets just say your wife will be wishing you hadn't had you teeth pulled because you will sleep for about 12-13 hours solid.
I had 3 wisdom teeth pulled in 1997 in a similar fashion Guns. One had been "coming in" for 5 years and had started really pushing on the molars in front of it. The other two had roots so long they were entwined with the nerves that run through you lower and upper jaw.
I never swole up but I lost almost 20 lbs because I couldn't do anything but vomit blood and water for a week I had so much bleeding post surgery. After ten days I finally kept a bowl of chicken broth down. Lucky for me my uncle (my wife and I were living in his house in San Fran) was a nurse and kept me going with IV fluids after they called the doctor and told him what was happening. When I finally stopped bleeding it took the holes they left in my jaw over three weeks to close up and I ended up loosing 35 lbs in three weeks. I looked like a flipping Ethiopian on a hunger strike when I finally got back in the gym again.
-
Got a cavity in one of mine in '90. Air Force dentist told me they don't fill wisdom teeth and suggested pulling it. The day of the "pull" he said "why don't we just pull all four". Like a handsomehunk I consented. I think he broke my jaw getting one of 'em out. Sore as hell for a long time.
-
i dont think this will happen to me. They have to pull 4 of my teeth for my braces.:eek:
-
Originally posted by B17Skull12
i dont think this will happen to me. They have to pull 4 of my teeth for my braces.:eek:
If they offer to put you under.....DO IT.
I hate getting dental work done but this was easy....I went to sleep....woke up in pain.....no memory of all the crap in the middle.
-
Mine handnt caused any trouble but they had broken the skin and food was getting in under my gums and geting infected. I carried a little syring arround with me on exercise to try and irigate them but I just couldnt keep them clean.
Everything tasted like crap till I got them out.
Still had them arround here somewhere. Nice looking little teeth except the twisted roots.
-
Originally posted by Pongo
Mine handnt caused any trouble but they had broken the skin and food was getting in under my gums and geting infected. I carried a little syring arround with me on exercise to try and irigate them but I just couldnt keep them clean.
Everything tasted like crap till I got them out.
Still had them arround here somewhere. Nice looking little teeth except the twisted roots.
I was pissed when they told me they had allready thrown them away.
anyhow day two and I'm even more swollen. Time to start iceing.
-
Ouch. Man I feel your pain.
Well not really. Actually things are pretty good here today.
But I feel for you.
-
SO I went in for my followup today and I now have a new found hatred for dentists.
Turns out the skin over the holes were the crowns of my wisdome teeth used to be did not heal over so I have a "dry sockets"
Since I still have the roots and nerves still in there the dentist syringed some antiseptic in the sockets and that in itself hurt like hell.
Then he shoved some guaze through the wholes to help sooth the pain and keep food particls out.....lets just say that felt like a squar peg in a round whole....plus the ointment tastes like ASS
well at least i got more drungs.....more motrin 800s and now my new best friends.....perkacets (SP)....to help me sleep at night.
-
My Buddy and Fellow AH pilot Rutger is my dentist, and whenever one of them gets a serious cavity (which because of the location and nature of the teeth they do) he pulls it out.
The first one I was a bit late on (we had been watching it for a year) and it got to the toothache stage. I had to take antibiotics for a couple of days before he could pull it and even with tylenol 3 it was bad news. I'm pretty tolerant to pain but this was something else. Wake up in the middle of the night and rock on the couch bad.
I was about ready to shoot it out by the time I could get in to get it done. All was good with the world after that first novacaine injection. I have never been so happy to go to the dentist in my life. It was almost a religious experience.
Charon
-
Man, you all have to find better dentists - you all still going to the backroom of a barber shop? Broken ribs? Hemoraging? jeez.
My dentist numbed me real well, cut the gum a little, stuck it the tool that broke the tooth, then pulled out the pieces and stitched me up. No pain and little bleeding. Sore the next day, but nothing 6 beers wouldn't cure.
-
mine the holes didnt close up and because the roots were to close to the main nerve he just cut the crowns off. So now I have roots with open nerves exposed.
everytime I eat I have to inject salt water to flush out the holes. I got a followup on thursday....maybe he'll stuff some more disgusting tasted ointment soaked gause in holes too small to fit.