Wisdom Teeth, have you had yours out? Options

[SeverX13]

Ok so today i just went under the knife and had my wisom teeth cut out. the way they knocked me out was crazy haha. he put like 5 different shots in me and i was like what if this doesnt work and once he talked everything sounded like a robotic echo. i heard the rubber gloves put on adn all this talking that was robotic. but he said that if it doesnt work they have a big mallet in the back and i chuckled at the joke and i dont remember anyhting after that. my mom was there to be my DD cause once u wake up from this stuff u have no idea what was goin on. i guess i hugged the once hot nurse and kept hittin on her. and then i would swear sometimes and told them about my tattoo and all this stuff. i dont remember any of it. But after the fun was over everything started to get worse. IT SUCKS haveing them taken out. i look like a damn chipmonk and i cant eat my hard foods i love so much But anyway, iw as jsut wondering who on 6gc had them out and if they ahd any funny stories or horror stories about em


Woop woop

~Brent~

[axelrduvirage]

now, let's wind up the way-back machine and let me tell you how i had mine done 30 years ago.

after dealing with a nasty swollen face from a wisdom tooth trying to push through the jawbone, my MD sent me to an oral surgeon for extraction of all 4. the x-rays (yes smartass, they had be discovered. even way back then.) showed serious impaction and it was a no-brainer. so off i go to the hospital on the first day of summer vacation. to say that everything went well would be a bald-faced lie. here is a brief resume of what my MD told me they had to do to get those pesky pearly whites out of my mouth. they cut, they dug, they chipped and drilled but to no avail. at one point the surgeon was on his knees atop my chest and pulling with both hands. they managed to get it done and all they left were a couple deep (read troublesome) pockets behind 2, 15, 18 and 31--two black eyes, a face only a chipmunk's mother would love, also a bruised sternum and a sprained neck. no lie, i had to wear a brace for 4 weeks--in summer, in my 16th year, with hormones raging and teen-aged beer drinking parties to attend. luckily this all went down while i was under general anaesthesia and had really good post-op drugs (don't remember what kind, probably codeine/Valium/ASA combo).

that being said i would still go through it tomorrow rather that doing what i did to myself last month. i broke a molar (30) on a popcorn kernel. my dentist said "that should never happen" and i agreed wholeheartedly. i managed to split it longitudinally right down to the root. have you ever had an exposed dental root? it FRIGGIN' (not the word i wanted to use) hurts. i could go on but that's for another post.

so remember kids-- brush daily and floss regularly and if you need to get oral surgery done, get the best drugs your budget will allow.

peace

PS Griff, you are perfect just as you are (BTW there is no such thing as gravity...the Earth sucks!) I just wish i had bumped (oh! pun! ouch!) into you back then.
lotsa love, luv

c'ya