Did you have problems when your wisdom teeth were growing?

I never even saw my wisdom teeth. All four of them were impacted, facing forward, towards the front of my jaw. When they began to grow (move forward) they squished all my other teeth together, tighter and tighter. It wasn't bad on the top, because I had a space between my two front teeth that closed up nicely, thanks to my wisdom teeth, but the bottom teeth became crooked. I developed an abscess in the lower left, apparently from the shifting teeth that were already out, which created a large enough hole for bacteria to get down in there. My dentist sent me to an oral surgeon. I had to be knocked out with medication and have all four wisdom teeth cut out. They were still very far down in my jawbone and had 9 stitches where each tooth came out. Did my face ever swell up! I was swollen from my eyebrows all the way down to my shoulders! My face looked like a basketball! I actually had to laugh at myself when I first looked in a mirror. Oh, it hurt... hurt BAD, but it was so funny! I doubt there are many people who have not had any problems with their wisdom teeth. One of my sons has had to have two of his teeth pulled because of growing in crooked like yours, and needs at least one of the remaining teeth pulled. I'm not sure why, unless it's evolution and we're outgrowing the need for so many teeth because of the foods we've been eating for centuries. I'm sure cavemen had to do a lot more chewing of their foods. Unfortunately, our jaws are getting smaller before we're just not growing wisdom teeth! Of course, there's always the theory of the reason they're called wisdom teeth. Does this mean we're getting dumber? LOL

mine were removed in my early/mid-20's

did i ever have problems. not only were they coming in turned in different directions,they were pushing my teeth out of line,and interfering with my jaw. best thing i ever did was to have all 4 removed. meant eating baby food for 3 days,but it was worth it.

The simple answer is YES!!!! My wisdom teeth started making themselves known when I was about 16, and caused a lot of pain for me. Having a small jaw, instead of growing and sitting in the jaw bone properly, mine grew out of line with the jaw and too close the facial nerve there. I'm all set to have my top wisdom teeth removed in the next week, and then the bottome teeth about 6 months later. My dentist believes it will help ease some of the pressure on my sinuses and lessen some of the headaches I get too. The fact one of them has a big hole in it helps. It seems the last dentist to look at them wasn't as gentle as he should have been and broke through the tooth but I was still told it was fine, it would bleed for a while but would be fine. Yeah right, wonder if I can get him to pay the $800 I'm handing over to have it removed! I do have to admit to having some minor damage to all my teeth. 5 pregnancies have taken there toll (bad morning sickness) and the enamel on my teeth isn't as strong as it should be, but I am working with my dental team to fix the problem, which reminds me, I must grab another tube of the tooth mouse while there, I went through the last one too quickly because it is so yummy

No, I never had any pain, but my dentist would always point out in my x-rays that I should get them removed soon before anything happens. I'm 24 now, but I got them taken out when I was 19, I believe that's how old I was. I remembering saying sure to it, because the next year I was going to be off of my parents medical plan. Boy oh BOY did I try to keep the bruising down, and it was in SUCH an awkward place, I had so many people asking how things were going with my boyfriend lol. (The bruises were along my jawline from the prying open and the yanking for the teeth). So no, I didn't have problems except with the people asking me questions lol.

I agree with you, those darn wisdom teeth are not very wise are they? I was in my 20's when mine came in also and while I did not have too much problems with them coming in except a bit of pain now and then and I was lucky that they came in straight, but I still had to have them pulled a few years later because they really started to bother me. I had the same with my upper molars so I had them removed also. Best decision I've ever made. No more pain and if I had left them the rest of my teeth would have eventually been crooked as I have a small mouth and the extra teeth would have caused my others to push together and be on top of each other. Good Luck! ;)

Hi there Theresaaiza! When I was younger, my friends and relatives shared their experience about growing their wisdom teeth. Each time I hear them do that, I feel scared. I have always thought of preparing myself for it. When I grew older and finally had my wisdom tooth, I was quite uncomfortable but not as worse as how other people described it. I don't know, maybe I just had higher tolerance for pain. Or, maybe, it did not just hurt at all.

I was one of the lucky few that never got wisdom teeth. I waited and waited and by 30 my dentist told me that I probably would never get them. My dad never had them either.

I never had any pain but I heard things that weren't real. Seriously. Which does make some sense considering where the wisdom teeth are located. My ex didn't have any wisdom teeth at all. That explained a lot.

The dentist removed it before it started to grow. I would recommand you that you go to a dentist to get the surgery done otherwise you will suffer from pain later on. I had all 4 of them removed in 1 day. The aftermath was also painful lol but 2 weeks after the operation, you will feel better. I remember that one of the wisdom tooth broke in half and the small part was still deep in my gum. It wasn't a pleasant experience but it has to be done. Good luck

My wisdom teeth were coming in and pushing all my other teeth out of the way! So of course I had all four of them removed - all the teeth couldn't fit into my mouth so they had to go. You might have to have the same surgery. There is nothing worse than dental pain and I hope you get this taken care of soon! Good luck!

Heh, mine are not even in yet. I dread the day when I have to get them extracted because my friend just got her's out a couple weeks ago, and now she might have some nerve damage.

hi lotter iam 32 and my any wisdom tooth is not yet grown ,can u tell me y?

hi believe it or not my wisdom teeth just showed up last year, I was 24 they both showed up at the same time,I can feel they are commonly affect other teeth as they develop, i can feel it that they are both coming in sideways.I find it hard to brush them.hu hu I think i should see the dentist this month to discuss more about this.

I remember I had a skin flap over my wisdom tooth and then had to get it removed by the doctor but then my one of the wisdom tooth grew slanted so it was overlapping the one behind it , the lst one and over th years the tooth below it deteriorated and no one not even me realised it and it never pained me too but during one checkup my doctor realised that and he extracted the tooth and funnily it didn't even pained when extracted too. Lucky for me now I have one less tooth but its fine.

I'm 29 and my first wisdom tooth has come out. Its not all the way out and is causing no pain so it will stay there until it does. The dentist said it was growing in my cheek? He said I should get it pulled before it causes pain but I think I will wait rofl. I have a fear of needles and I'm already freaking out b/c I have to have another tooth worked on. I wanted them to pull it and they talked me out of it so they did a root canal and now its not healing underneath the tooth so they have to go back in and fix it all over. Pain in the a$$ its not bothering me so I won't worry about it. I knew something was totally wrong with it when I first went in b/c it was making the whole side of my face hurt really bad so I was ready for it to be pulled. Money hungry dentist.

yes i had some minor problems when my wisdom teeth were growing. it started with the two on my upper jaw. they grew together and thus forcing all the teeth on my upper jaw together. i started bleeding in between my teeth and had no choice but to have them extracted. the same thing happened when the two on my lower jaw started growing. thankfully all four were growing normally so all i had to do is have them extracted.

Hi there,i can't remember that time, all my teeth grown properly and i only suffered less paid for my wisdom teeth. I think i little bit lucky lolz. Happy posting.

I had all four pulled out last July (19 yrs old) and it wasn't too bad. It was a relieve to get them out as my wisdom teeth were hurting my gum and food did get lodge between my teeth often. My wisdom teeth were growing sideways and pushing against my other teeth so it was best to get them out as soon as possible. At that, the dentist also suggested to get the top two taken out. So i suggest taking your wisdom teeth out if they're causing you trouble. If you wait and they start to decay due to lodged debris, it'll spread to neighbouring teeth.

i have the same problem, and i suffered a lot, so i decided to remove those teeth, and i already removed two.