Wisdom tooth

I don't have mine anymore. I had them taken out surgically when I was 16. They were growing in the wrong way, so they were pushing towards my other teeth instead of upward/downward like they were supposed to grow. It was painful to have them cut out, but it really wasn't that bad until I got a dry socket where one of the teeth was removed (very painful, let me tell you). Before the dry socket developed, I was able to eat Thanksgiving dinner 2 days after I had them out. I'm glad I had them removed when I did.

I only have my top wisdom teeth. The bottom two just never developed at all. While this seems like good news for now, I will need to have the top ones out at some point. Since there are none on the bottom, nothing will stop the top ones from growing and they are going to grow right into my bottom gums (ouch)!

My first upper wisdom tooth came through in my early thirties. I remember the pain and soreness. Luckily I had enough room for it and my dentist said all my other wisdom teeth were dormant at that time. Disappointingly my other upper wisdom tooth began to come through about a year or more ago. One day it is sore and the next day I have no pain. Then for days it gets sore and I feel sad about the pain. I am now with a different dentist in my new area. He says he could remove it but I say no thanks. I don't want surgery in my life either. I worry there isn't space for it in my mouth. I will hope for the best. Good luck to you with you wisdom tooth.

hi friend, it comes very rarely to me.Once in a while i get them.Recently last year back i got one wisdom which pained me very much.It is there for almost one month for which i am unable to concentrate on any of my work.But after showing this to doctor he gave me some painful medicine for which it went away.In this way i suffered a lot with it.It generally drags our attention in such a way that we can't even work happily.For god's sake it should not come again. Have a nice day

i had my bottom ones removed bout two years ago i think.. didn't have any problems with them growing in...they actually weren't fully grown in yet but i didn't have enough room for them so i would have to have them pulled. so i just went ahead and got it done. i wasn't sore or anything and healed really fast. I didn't even need pain killers and they did it as a simple pulling... my top ones on the other hand are fully grown in and they are also going to have to be pulled at some point.. i guess i have room for them but i need to get them filled so my dentist said, you might as well get them pulled... i don't know though... we will see when that time comes.

I've never had any problems with mine at all. Most of my friends have had theirs out. Some went through it with no problem at all and were back on their feet in no time. One of my buddies was laid up for days though in pain. Hope it turns out well for you.

I only gre one of my wisdom teeth in. It is still in there as well. I think it even has a filling. lol I guess I was lucky it grew in straight and without any problems. I hear you on the cutting. Shivers. Now I have went in and had a tooth pulled. Didn't feel it but was not an experience I would like to repeat in the near future.

Oh, sore subject. No pun intended. I removed all 4 of my wisdom teeth many years ago when I was 20. They were growing fast and in fear of them getting impacted, I just had it done in one fell swoop. I looked like a chipmunk for a month but there was really no pain that came with the swelling...until about a month and a half later when the right side of my jaw started getting sore again and swelled up. I had no idea what was happening but figured it was a result of removing my wisdom teeth. Before I could make it to the dentist (I was in college at the time and going to my dentist was not convenient - and please don't read this if you get grossed out easily) I had the swelling pop in my mouth. Out came a mouthful of puss...ewww. When I spit it out into the sink, I saw what looked like a tomato seed. It must have been lodged into the stitches and infected the opening of where I had that tooth taken out. Sorry about the details

I already have 3 wisdom teeth. I have extracted one of my wisdom teeth, and yet to extract another one, and will leave another one with me. The reason I gotta extract the wisdom teeth is because the dentist said the angle that the wisdom teeth growing is abnormal, it will eventually hit my other teeth, which will cause problem. When I extracted my wisdom tooth, it took me 2 hours to do the surgery, it was so painful! Until now, more than 6 years, I haven't dare to go and extract another abnormal one. Your wisdom tooth only grows in December? Is it because of the winter or some other reason?

No, I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was a teenager. The dentist that I had told me that I should get them removed before they got too big as they would crowd my mouth and be painful. I was scared as hell. I never had a surgical procedure done before. But I didn't want to be in pain either. He told me I could get all 4 pulled at once (Yikes!) or he could pull them one at a time. I opted for one at a time. Even though this meant that I would have to back and get it done again 3 more times, I'm glad I did it this way. My husband had 5 (yep, I said 5) removed at once and he wished he would have done it one at a time, like I did. It's not that bad really. The dentist numbs the area and you don't feel a thing.

Oh, It's not that bad having them removed and yes, I have had problems when my wisdom tooth grew, it became abscessed actually. I have already had 3 of my wisdom teethe out and a few of them were so weak they just popped out when my dentist slightly yanked on it. They will numb you and you won't feel a thing or they can knock you out with the laughing gas stuff, they never did use that on me, they just numbed me and it worked well enough and I didn't feel a thing, I just felt a bit of painless tugging then it was very quickly out and I was like " wow, was that it?".I really suggest having it removed before the Christmas because it could get worse and you will feel so much better within a few days after having it removed. I have major surgery in 8 weeks and I'm not looking forward to that and I would rather have all 3 wisdom teethe pulled out again at the moment then going in for surgery, ..yeah I'm really scared, but I have to do it..

I have the same experience too.My wisdom tooth has been growing for 2 years,and it hurts very much every 2 months.So in the past 2 years,i always see a doctor.Luckly now,it only hurts while i am excessive anxious. So you'd better take it easy,and maybe it doesn't hurt again.

mine has grown already and i am happy that i did not face the pain of that typical wisdom tooth... best of luck for your teeth though...!!!

Hi my friend! I do have them and I did get trouble with them. When they were growing my mandibula was paining all the time. Then I went to see the dentist to remove them. But he told me that there was nothing wrong with my wisdom tooth and he wouldn't help me to remove them. Oh my! That means I have to endure the pain forever?!!! But they were OK in three monthes. They suffering was stoped. And now they are all right. I have my healthy tooth~~~~ You said you will keep your suffering wisdom tooth that way,and the pain will get you every december. If that's your decision then do it. And if they are paining again in the coming december, come on here and let us share with you. The suffering is gonna be half if you let us to share with you.