Wisdom tooth extraction: Ouch! Anyone else had it done?

[Ankerson]

Had mine done back when I was in the USMC in the 80's.

[OldHoosier62]

Had mine done back when I was in the USMC in the 80's.

Same here, checked into Marine Barracks, Ground Defense Force, Guantanamo Bay Cuba and during my in-processing check the Navy dentist decided to pull all 4 wisdom teeth while I was in his chair....even though they showed no problem at all. I think the old guy was just bored. I left the checkup with 8 800mg Motrin and advised I could return to full duty the next morning.

[Ankerson]

Had mine done back when I was in the USMC in the 80's.

Same here, checked into Marine Barracks, Ground Defense Force, Guantanamo Bay Cuba and during my in-processing check the Navy dentist decided to pull all 4 wisdom teeth while I was in his chair....even though they showed no problem at all. I think the old guy was just bored. I left the checkup with 8 800mg Motrin and advised I could return to full duty the next morning.

I was getting close to getting out (less than a year left) and the Navy dentist said I should get them out.

[skatenut]

My dentist told me many years ago, the two lower wisdom teeth will have to be removed. He managed to convince me to them one at a time and not both at the same time, which was my truly harebrained idea. Later on, I was glad he was so graphic and managed to convince me. Ok, got rid of the first one, drove home. At every red light, I openend the car door and spat blood. Came to hate green lights, truly amazing. Next week, we had a repeat performance on the other side of the jaw. Being on the right side of the jaw, I had to lean out farther on the drive home at red lights....

A while later, a wisdom tooth in the upper jaw started acting up. Had it removed with quite some trouble. At night, at home, it started acting up, bleeding heavily. So I called emergency services who gave me a number for the emergency dentist. Went there by cab, smart move, they managed to get the bleeding stilled, went home by cab, totally weak-kneed and sweaty. Don't ever want to do this again, why the h... do we have wisdom teeth? And appendixes, btw!

[Camburt]

I don't believe in this myth.