retired_tallgirl

28-30 teeth extracted, including all 4 wisdom teeth with local anaesthetic only 16 of those teeth taken out at age 9 in two batches of 8.

Basically me > joo

retired_venomm

I always find it really strange how my dentist can understand what I'm saying when he's doing stuff.

He asked me if his motorbike was still in the car park when he had just turned a drill on last time I was there, to which I replied "I gowng uccin car ih ya byes ill err" and he leaned into view and said "well there's no need for language like that!" He's sound though, and I've never felt a thing there not matter what I was having done, even though it often sounded like I should be in total agony.

If you're worried about it get the sedation. Also after the extractions, try not to talk to anyone in shops directly after and almost spit blood on them. In my experience people don't seem to like that.

retired_mjfrush

Get knocked out. I had a wisdom tooth out. It was horrible. It came out in 10 bits!!!!

BlueSky

Dentist pulled my bottom left wisdom tooth out with plyers and only 1 jag
It hurt like buggery.

retired_csexton

Did you get traintracks? </BLOCKQUOTE>

I've only been to the hospital twice so far so i havent actually got as far as having the braces in yet so i dont know.

allygator

I feel like I have paid good money to get kicked in the face a few times

Ah well it's done now.

retired_little.splash

good to hear it's over

retired_jshendel

May aswell post in here. How long after a filling should it stop hurting? I was told by my dentist in can take 3 weeks for the nerve to settle down and stop being sensitive to hot/cold. I had mine filled about a month ago now, and although its never been sensitive to temperature, its still tender when i put a bit of pressure on it.

I went for a checkup other week and she said give it another month, and if its no better come back

retired_jshendel

i can press it with my finger and it doesnt hurt tho

retired_klefurgy

could be a number of things and without having a look clinically it would be hard to say.

however, if you can touch or tap the tooth with something solid yet the tooth is tender to bite on then it possibly suggests that the filling is high.