Question about root canals and wisdom teeth...

[I AM]

I had 2 molars that needed crowns, and likely root canals beforehand... I just got them both pulled, and that was an easy procedure... They numb you up, separate the gum, and pull... Both of mine came out pretty easy, although the second one came out with a piece of jaw bone stuck to it... He put some kind of stuff in there to stimulate the bown regrowth and sewed me up.

They remove the stitches after a few days, and you just have to keep the area really clean... I swished pretty often with some watered down Peroxyl and watered down Listerine to help it heal quicker...

As Episatxis will warn you, there is always the risk of the teeth around a removed tooth can "tip" or cause other probs, but so far so good here... There's always the option of getting prepped for an implant when they pull a tooth, but that'll cost you too...

As far as wisdom teeth, I had all 4 of mine cut out in high school... They put me to sleep and all I remember is the ceiling tiles seeming to move as I drifted off into a drug induced slumber, and waking up with blood soaked gauze in my mouth... I ate some french fries that afternoon, but you always have to be careful not to get anything in the socket... The second and third days there was a little swelling, but not much pain to speak of (thankfully, since the pain meds they prescribed made me vomit a few minutes after I took one)...

Yeah, I'm going to make sure my kids take care of their teeth though, as I will always probably have trouble with mine because I didn't take good enough care of mine when I was a kid...

[Carolina Husker]

Ive had one root canal and the worst part was seeing the smoke coming out of my mouth.

Something about that was just horribly unsettling.

You don't say?

[LifeisaGarden]

I had to have 5 wisdom teeth cut out. The 3 days after were the worst days of my life. After that it really isn't that big of a deal.

You had 5 wisdom teeth?

[I AM]

You had 5 wisdom teeth?

Some people do I think...

Some don't even have 4...

[Jase]

Wisdom teeth are awful if they're fully impacted and they have to cut them out.

[The Link]

I have 3 wisdom teeth, but one actually fits in there fine, so the dentist said I don't have to worry about that one.

[LifeisaGarden]

Some people do I think...

Some don't even have 4...

My husband only had 2.

Wisdom teeth are awful if they're fully impacted and they have to cut them out.

Yeah, that's how mine were. I had mine done when I was 16, I was in pretty bad shape for about 5 days.

[Johnny Rockets]

Son just had all 4 taken out. Only one was impacted really bad, the others came out fairly easy. Didn't seem to bother him that bad and he is a p*ssy.

I skipped an appointed to have mine cut out when I was 17....19 years later.....they are still there and no problems (I probably just jinxed myself).

[Scrumtrilescent]

0 wisdom teef.

[tarheelblue89]

I had two teeth pulled, that the dentist said would make my top two wisdom teeth come in fine and probably wouldn't have to have them pulled. Fingers crossed.