Wisdom Teeth

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

you guys do realize you're supposed to wear your retainer pretty much the rest of your life, right?
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And Nomi, you can usually get payment plans for braces if you can't afford it all up front.

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Yes, I wore the top and bottom retainers that are similar to those InvisAlign things until the orthodontist said I didn't need to more than two nights a week. I kept that up for a reasonable time, stopped just last year. And I was specifically told that my wisdom teeth were the cause of my upper front teeth going crooked from pressure. :-/

And when two other people in the house also need braces, my two crooked teeth aren't a priority so I'll just stick it out until I'm an adult and go the InvisAlign way then. It's not a huge deal, just very annoying to me.

Mine have been starting to pop up lately. I'm hoping I won't have to get them removed or anything like that, although I wouldn't mind some laughing gas.

I've had my top molars grow out nicely, but never seen the bottom row once. No pain either. Either way I think mine could be impacted but I've never felt anything.

I'm 28 btw, so I know mine's long overdue.

I had braces when I was young. All my wisdom teeth came out perfectly. They've been out since I was like 18 yrs old. I didnt have any pain at all and no swelling. I didnt even know they came out until the dentist told me.

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Originally Posted by Rhydant

Having your wisdom teeth pulled is great, because they give you vicitan. Whoo!

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True dat.

The dentist said there was a 95% chance mine would come in perfectly and I'd never have problems. But since my insurace was going to run out in 6 months that I sould go ahead and have them pulled. I was fucked up all day after that. And I never had any pain whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by Xeno G

True dat.

The dentist said there was a 95% chance mine would come in perfectly and I'd never have problems. But since my insurace was going to run out in 6 months that I sould go ahead and have them pulled. I was fucked up all day after that. And I never had any pain whatsoever.

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How much did you take at a time? I take one every 6 or 8 hours, and that's only if I'm feeling a major edge of pain.

It's not good to overdose on this shit, it'll ruin your liver. :\

I had all 4 of them taken out in 1 day...and it was a good thing I did it over my month-long Winter Break in 2002.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

InvisAlign

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That shit is expensive.

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Originally Posted by U K Narayan

How much did you take at a time? I take one every 6 or 8 hours, and that's only if I'm feeling a major edge of pain.

It's not good to overdose on this shit, it'll ruin your liver. :\

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I don't remember man, that was like 4 years ago. I just know I took about twice as much as I was supposed to. And drinking will ruin my liver way before that ever would.

Ok, so it's been almost 2 weeks now.. well a week and a 1/2. Anyways, I don't really get much pain anymore but I still can't chew properly. I looked at the teeth (bottom left side) and I can clearly see it now.

When do you regain full chewing power again? I want to eat some solid good food but I still can't chew it that well. I notice everyday I can chew a bit better but the teeth still look like they have a tiny layer of gums still on them but only in certain areas of the teeth.
So maybe a couple more days and I should be ok? Or is this too long and I should go to the dentist?