Wisdom teeth

[acambece]

OUCH!!! How do you know if you have dry socket? My Jaw is killing me and I just got the teeth out 2 days ago.

Cambece

[Zubby]

OUCH!!! How do you know if you have dry socket? My Jaw is killing me and I just got the teeth out 2 days ago.

Cambece


2 days is still within the zone for normal post-op pain, I think. When I had mine out (all four at once, I knew I woulden't be repeating that procedure), the pain didn't get excessive until about three days after, when the anti-swelling medication they put into my IV wore off and my face swelled up.
Did you get pain pills prescribed? Use them, just be cautious about it.

[Bubblegum Girl]

I don't think I got a dry socket. But when i got my second tooth removed, it was really close to my jaw bone and it a long time to get it out. After wards they filled the hole with some paste and stitched it up. The only thing I hated when i got my teeth removed was that I wasn't able to eat solid foods.

[Tash]

Wait... why would you want them out? I'm 18 and mine are just growing in. Is there a problem with them?

[purplehairedwonder]

Wait... why would you want them out? I'm 18 and mine are just growing in. Is there a problem with them?
I got mine out at 15 when I got my braces. Since I was getting teeth pulled anyway they saw that they would grow in to give me problems to I had them out at the same time.

[Mugen]

Wait... why would you want them out? I'm 18 and mine are just growing in. Is there a problem with them?

Well, you sometimes get them pulled out when they don't grow and could shift your teeth.

I got mine pulled out last week and it was so boring sitting in my bed all day, with an icepack on my face. The swelling wasn't too bad. It's still a little bit swollen, although you can't really tell.

[Frank Castle]

Mine were pulled last summer and two of them had to be drilled out. I was in pain for about a week. Luckily, I was on enough codine and other medication to lessen the pain.

[Master Moron]

Wait... why would you want them out? I'm 18 and mine are just growing in. Is there a problem with them?

As long as there's enough room for them to grow in without them pushing around your other teeth it shouldn't be a problem. I only have one wisdom tooth and it hasn't grown in yet, and I'm 23. I wonder if it has something to do with my retainer keeping my teeth in place...