[Kiltim]

Ok, so I had all my wisdom teeth pulled a couple weeks ago and I just went back to the dentist today because am having EXTREME pain in my jaw. Well they said it can't be dry socket (that occurs within a week of extraction) and they see no sign of infection and xrays show nothing. So instead of just giving me more pain meds...they decide to cut me open again to have a look. What did they find you say.....2 small pieces of my bottom left wisdom tooth just hanging around inside the socket. I guess when they cracked the tooth to extract it, some shattered off at the bottom and didnt get pulled out during surgery. Why can't they get it right the first time? Now i cant ride for another week ...but I do get Vicodin :love:


ps: anyone ever had a simliar experience??? just wondering.......

 

[Skookum]

i had such a painful weekend prior to getting a wisdom tooth pulled i decided to quit smoking for a few days to not get dry socket. Fortunately for me i still kept quit, been over 7 years now i imagine....

 

[laura]

i got dry socket when i got my wisdom teeth pulled, but thats because i was a 17 year old bad ass who wasn't going to quit smoking for anything.

 

[reflux]

wow, sorry to hear that man. if it's any consolation, i was eating normal foods two days after the surgery. and yeah, vicotin (sp?) is the best.

 

[Heidi]

Ouchie!

I got mine out when I was 18 - yes it sucked. Unlike you all, I hate vicodin so I suffered through the pain.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

I just had mine pulled last March and was also eating normal food in two days.......but very slowly.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I've still got my wisdom teeth. My dentist has given up all but the perfunctory speech when I go in for a cleaning. I'm not getting them out.

Unless they get abscessed or something.

-S.S.-

 

[brock]

Damn that sucks.

If it makes you feel any better, I broke my jaw back in August and still can't eat normally. Nor can I feel half my face.

 

[Toshi]

brock, which nerves did you damage?

 

[Megan Black]

what are you talking, vicodin sucks. percocet is where it's at!

 

[arboc!]

when i broke my leg... chaching! 2 full bottles of hydros.

 

[RideND]

I dont think I had much pain when I got mine taken out and I thought the only meds I was taking was Penicillen to not get an infection.

 

[ito]

I got mine taken out on the 21st. Two of them, one top the other bottom. Absolutely no pain in one, a bit of swelling in the other. Weeks supply of vicodin ......I was fully healed in time for Christmas eve dinner....so it's not all bad all the time.

Anyhow, that sucks, good luck with the recovery. I'd be pissed if they missed part of the tooth, as I am sure you are.

The Ito

 

[brock]

brock, which nerves did you damage?

I am told that it is not permanent because the nerve was not actually severed. That it is just trauma/swelling to the mandibular nerve? I have regained some sensation in it but after talking for a while or chewing it goes away.

Don't break your jaw. Trust me.....

 

[Nate at RIT]

Got all four out last summer. No problems, no pain after the first day.
My bro got his out at the same time, he went today to have them cut him open again. He's had swelling/pus/infection for the last 5 months.