Merry Christmas all! I've been wondering if there were any responses on this
post, but haven't had access to computer (at the in-laws house in IN for a
few days).
Man, very interesting stuff - I feel much better about my rather benign
problem of a couple lower wisdom teeth.
I'd like to respond to some of the responses on teeth - please read if
interested:
*David wrote: Is there any reason why pulling them now would be better than
doing it later?* (snip)
David, I've been told that the roots can continue to grow longer, and thus
closer to problem areas like the nerve that runs around the jawline. Or in
the case of uppers, get closer to the sinuses. (I'm just dealing with two
lower).
*David wrote*: *I don't remember anything from the time they put
the IV in until I was getting out my credit card to pay for the
procedure* (snip)
Same here. I was not told that I'd be drugged in that manner. I thought I'd
be perfectly aware, just numb. I woke up sort of knowing the procedure was
done (probably because they told me so) and it took numerous minutes and
hours before it began to set in that some time had passed.
*Curt wrote: Why are the lower ones more risky? The upper ones can allow a
hole into your sinuses which is no fun.
A friend of mine had that and was laid up for a week or two over it.
I had 4 pulled when I was 21, no impaction to speak of. I could have driven
home except we had to stop so I could throw up.
They gave me all 4 teeth in a little baggie.
*
Curt, I know the upper ones can get into the sinuses, but I thought that the
risk of the lower roots getting onto or around the lower jaw area risked
permanent numbness, and I wonder, maybe worse (like paralysis, i.e. drooping
lip, etc.). My dentists says that the latter stuff doesn't happen. I've also
heard horror stories of broken jaws. My surgeon at the said he had not
broken a jaw in several years. And yes, I wish I'd gotten my teeth returned
to me when I had the uppers taken out, but they just disposed of them
without asking me.
*Waylon wrote: A wisdom tooth without an opposing tooth WILL become erupted.
Just had upper roots and lower wisdom CUT out. Upper broke, lower would not
stop growing. I turn 38 in January. NEVER had a problem until recently.*
**
Yes, I've heard this - that if an upper is taken out, the lower should too
because and vice versa, because the remaining tooth will have nothing to
grind against when jaw closed. But I don't understand why, if the upper and
lower tooth were not touching eachother upon jaw closure, it matters that
one was removed and the other remains. And what do you mean you never had a
problem until recently? Do you mean you are having trouble after surgery? Or
do you mean you had trouble recently, and this is why you had surgery?
Thanks,
Brian
