Does anyone still have theirs? I don't know anyone who does except my dad, and maybe one of my brothers...

Mine feel like they're just under the skin, and I'm terrified! So far they aren't bothering me, and they feel like they have enough room to come in, but I'm so scared anyway! :cry: I'm terrified of the dentist, and of surgery.... especially 'cause I'm at higher risk for infections and other complications... but even without considering that.... terrified! Dentists and Eye Doctors are two of my biggest fears, irational as they may be. I'm making myself feel :sick: just worrying about it....

Nope, I got mine pulled in high school.

If you go to the dentist to check them out, you won't have to worry about them anymore ;)

I've still got mine. They did take a long time to come in, probably sometime into my 20s before they were in completely, but didn't hurt or give me any problems. I think were it not for the fact that I had braces for an overbite back in 7th grade and had to have 4 teeth pulled then, my wisdom teeth might've not had room to finally come in later.

If you're still in your 20s, I wouldn't worry just yet, they may still come in. And if they're not bothering you, I doubt any dentist is going to want to pull them, at least that was always my dentist's outlook... :unsure:

My bf has his (they came in w/ no problems whatsoever), but my dentist insisted on taking mine out. Mine were well below the skin and hadn't moved in over 5 years, but he wanted them out as a precautionary measure. I'm still miffed about having them out, but if it saved me an impacted tooth, it was worth it.

Sadly, I got my driver's licence picture taken the day after surgery - lovely, poochy squirrel cheeks ;)

I had one of mine taken out but the other three are still there.. I believe my last one just came in right after Christmas and I'm 32 years old!! And it hurt something fierce.. but Im like you Im not going to the dentist unless I have too so I dealt with the pain!

I had mine dug out when I was 19 or so - 2 were broke through the skin but the other two were pushing against the other teeth so they had to cut them out - it wasn't bad. I didn't swell or get sick - I got some wicked painkillers and was out with the guys within a week.

My hubby still has all of his at 36, the dentist wants him to get them out but he is too big of a wus.

I had all mine out, one at a time, over a period of several years. (Although if I had to do it over again, I'd get them all out at once and save myself all the trouble.) The last one was taken out in 1998, when I was 27. I'll save you the horrid details of that extraction. :sick:

I had all four of mine extracted when I was 17. It was really no big deal. They did it in the oral surgeon's office - no need for a hospital. I remember him telling me he was going to count to three and I only remember him getting to one before I was knocked out. I woke up late that night in my parent's bed. I slept for about 2 days and then I was fine. I think I was eating a Wendy's hamburger 4 days later.

My sister ate fried chicken and went out dancing the same day hers were pulled. My recovery wasn't that good but it wasn't bad either.

I only had 2 and had them removed. I didn't even notice them until they became a problem. My husband has had all 4 of his removed. I am a worrier myself, but I think you should really discuss with your dentist instead of worrying yourself sick. Yes, I didn't like the surgery, but I was mighty glad I was asleep for it. :)

Mine are gone. I understand why you would be worried about any kind of surgery, Jess. If others in your family still have theirs maybe you will never have to have yours removed either. A dentist could explain your options, but the ultimate decision is yours.

I've got mine -- I'm a dentist avoider too. Firstly 'cos it's so expensive, and then secondly 'cos I've got extra health considerations too so it ends up being even more expensive! I'd need the hospital and don't have insurance, and I'd be on ultra antibiotics for about a month that make me feel really sick.

PLUS I'm a wus. :P :lol:

So all in all, they just don't bother me enough to go through all that trouble. And they kinda fit in my mouth back there... :rolleyes:

I have to say though, most people I've spoken too didn't think it was that bad. And all the ones around here who did went to the same dentist! So you might want to ask around for people who didn't think it was so bad, and then head for the dentist with the best reviews!


Every now and again I wonder about getting braces though. As if I could afford that! The metal kind would probably be out of the question 'cos I bet I'd never be off the anitbiotics the whole time, but maybe the ones that seem like a retainer thingy would be deemed "safer" for me.... But it's a purely hypothetical question at the moment as I just don't have those thousands sitting around for cosmetic purposes!

My husband had two of his removed a couple of years ago. I, on the other hand, had mine out when I was 18 or 19. The dentist was only going to pull two of them that were coming in crooked, but I told he needed to get them all in one sitting cause I was going to do this again. I liked the liquid valium they served at the start. I was told I asked for a six pack of the stuff as I was being guided out of the office in a haze. I also informed that I asked the denist out on a date. :blush: At least he was good looking so it's nice to know I still have good taste in men even when I'm three sheets to the wind. :P

I had my bottom ones taken out when I was 21 because they were impacted. The tops ones weren't, but the oral surgeon wanted to take them out anyway, and my brilliant self told him no. Boy did I regret it a few years ago when they started coming in! And there's not enough room in my mouth for them, so even though they haven't disturbed my other teeth, they have been rubbing painful holes in my cheeks. I highly suggest having all of them removed as a precaution, even if they don't seem like they need it.

I have all four in my mouth still.

They grew in right around the time I got my braces taken off, came in fine but it did hurt when they broke through skin.

I don't mind them being there exept when I floss as it's hard to reach the back of them.

I have all mine - in fact, they're still coming in very slowly, and I'm 38! I know I should have at least one of them removed because it's causing problems with my other back teeth - but I'm another stubborn dentist-avoider and haven't done the smart thing. (Clearly not a lot of wisdom in *my* teeth!) No real pain, just discomfort every now and then when one of them pokes through another millimetre. One day I'll screw up the courage to have them seen to. :unsure:

I had all mine cut out when I was 19. The dentist said they wouldn't fit in my mouth they would crowd out my teeth. I didn't want the years I wore braces wasted so I had them cut out by a oral surgeon. My best friend took me and brought me home. I remember being so drugged out that I couldn't wake up when it was time to leave.

I've never had mine removed, Jess, and I'm 40! Apparently, three don't show up on x-rays at all. But the one is just hanging around, under the surface, not bothering me at all. Maybe you'll have the same good luck!

Even though I have a dentist phobia, too, I'd rather ask than worry needlessly! (And I really shouldn't have a dentist phobia, as one of my DH's best friends is our dentist and he's a really nice guy ... but there is something sort of disconserting about seeing your dentist drunk. He was "off duty" and everything, but still. Kinda ooky.) :unsure:

Mine were removed when I was in college. All 3 of my big brothers have theirs out too. The first brother came home and blood was pouring out of his mouth, the 2nd brother went shopping at Target immediately after, and the 3rd brother was wandering around the office when they told him to stay in the room and then when mom finally got him home she told him to stay in the car and went to get dad to help get him in the house... when they got back out there he was wandering around the yard! :rolleyes: As for me, I was more like my 2nd brother, but mom had dad take me (as she had taken all my brothers) and he didn't pay attention to what the doctor said about me needing to rinse with salt water and I ended up getting infected. I was okay besides that. (If I remember correctly, 2 were cut out and 2 were pulled) *shrugs* My 2nd brother & I have always been the "stronger" 2 and don't get sick or anything nearly as often as the other 2.

Good luck though Jessica and I'm sure things will be okay for you!!! :flowers:

P.S. My dad just got his out last year when he was 68! :blink: Then again, he hadn't been to a dentist in 45 years. (And only had 1 cavity!)

Had two of mine taken out a couple of years ago. Both at the same time. The other two are starting to show now. They don't hurt or seem to be a problem but I'm actually right now planning on calling the denist to take them both out. Didn't have a problem with the surgery and after, everything was just as normal.

Well, I had 6 wisdom teeth! Yes, I'm a freak, or maybe extra wise? :rolleyes: :lol:

The 4 regular ones had come in somewhat, but the 2 extra ones had nowhere to go so had nestled in next to the nerves of my other teeth. So I went in the hospital and had dental surgery (I think I was 20-21 at the time), they took out the 4, and since then my extra 2 have come in. The hygenists hate them, say they serve no purpose and just make it harder for them to clean my teeth, and I should just have them pulled (for their convience I guess), but they've never bothered me so I haven't bothered them.

The surgery wasn't so bad at all, it was the first time I went under anesthetic, and when I woke up my jaw was sore and for some reason I thought I'd been in a fight... I kept asking how the other guy was and finally the nurse just told me he was fine, and I calmed down. :lol:

The way my dentist explained it to me, the reason a lot of dentists recommend having your wisdom teeth pulled in your late teens/early twenties even if you don't have any problems with them, is that your mouth heals quicker and the extraction is easier to do at that time. So they figure its better to have them out then, just in case you get older and have problems and have to have them pulled later when its going to be worse and take longer to heal.

I remember my doctor saying something like that as well. Though I couldn't recall his exact words. He also said that while a lot of doctors/dentists like to pull wisdom teeth even if they're not causing problems yet, he himself was definitely not from that school of thought himself.

So both me and my sister still have ours. But then again, we both had braces back in grade/intermediate school. In both cases, our mouths were too small for all our teeth to grow in properly, plus I had an overbite, and though I only had 4 removed, my sister had like 6 or 8 taken out, so neither of us had problems when our wisdom teeth finally came in. Most likely because we'd had some other permanent teeth removed earlier in preparation for the braces so the wisdoms didn't have trouble fitting.

Jessica, definitely go to the dentist if you're worried about it. They're not going to do anything major that day anyway so it's nothing to be scared of. Just go in for a routine cleaning and see what they have to say about them.

Not sure if I understand this correctly, they give you an anesthetics that knock you out so to speak? Never heard of that here. They just did a "local" anesthetic so I didn't feel anything but was awake during the surgary listening to the radio.

I was wondering a bit already when Sand was talking about her walking brother and groggyness. As I recall I rode the bike home on my own after my surgery :lol:

Seems like if they don't bother you dentist tend to leave them alone. But if it's doing something to your mouth than they will pull them.

I had to go to Oral Surgeon to have mine taken out. One at a time something happened that they needed to be removed.
Now Meg she had impacked wisdom teeth and all at once the surgeon took them out.

I had the only two(they were bottoms) I grew pulled out this past summer (2006). The week before I went to Baltimore. I was in excrutiating pain (esp in my CHIN) for 2 1/2 weeks. No, the pain killer they gave me did not work. Motrin did, however. I still get severe pain in my jaw every so often, which is atributed to either to the wisdoms or my one root canal on the bottom.

(I'm just glad I never grew the wisdom teeth on the top!)


ETA: The wisdoms I did have were completely on its side(impacted), so if I didn't get them out they would increase pressure on the teeth next to them and stuff...

I had my 12 year old molars removed so that my wisdom teeth would fit but they came in as double teeth. I have them but it was painful while they came in. I too am terrified of dentists

Not sure if its the same very where but I was most definately put under. Like another member posted liquid valuim is wonderful and potent stuff. I had mine (all four impacted and growing roots into my sinus cavity) cut out in the office. My sister, seven years prior had to be admitted to the hospital for hers and she too was knocked out.

I don't have any!!! I'm evolutionarily advanced! ;)

If you've had ortho work (braces) GET THEM OUT! The last thing you need is them coming is and ruining expensive stuff like that...

I was awake for mine too. I had all 4 removed when I was 17. It really wasn't that bad. Annoying but not overly painful.

I had all of mine out... they were impacted so I had no choice.

I was very loopy that day and the next, but I was fine after that. Just hurt for a while to laugh and stuff.

If you have dental insurance, go talk to your dentist about it. Different people need different things... and he'd know what to recommend for you based on your needs and how they're growing in and all that. Just because you talk about it doesn't mean you have to have it done.

Mine came out when I was 25. Actually, it was the impetus for me to ask DH out (think pain killers and party). It was an interesting first date weekend...one I'm sure we'll never forget...overdid it...4am call to the dentist..spilled water in (now) DH's lap. What a hoot!

Well I kept putting getting mine out for years. I have 3 impacted(under the skin), and 1 was out. I went to get them out around 28, and then chickened out. Then I went back at 31, but this point I was considered old to have my wisdon teeth out and nerves were wrapped around the roots so if I did have them out there was a possibility I could permanetly be numb in my mouth, lips or lower parts of my face. The dentist wouldn't reccomend doing it. Now they don't bother me but I have to check on them (xray) every year or so. If they become infected or shift for some reason I will have to get them out. So now I wish I wasn't so chicken when I was younger and just had them out. The single one that was through the skin I just had pulled this year. It took about a minute.

That sucks app :(
:xxx:: hoping nothing happens for you.