Ready to rip my wisdom teeth out with pliers!!

[CuckingFunt]

I fully intend to live my life in such a way as to always avoid "dry sockets." That just sounds unpleasant.

[leemajors]

i got mine taken out when i was 16, they were barely coming through. i got some extra strength tylenol and drove home. my dad's an orthodontist, so i got real special treatment. my dad got his out when he was around 40, the roots were all intertwined and choking his other teeth - his parents didn't have the cash to finance it so he had to wait. he was laid out for days, they had to crush the teeth to get them out. i got mine out when i was young and recovered in half a day. it all depends on when you get it done. my girl got hers out a few years ago, they were giving her terrible pain and headaches. she had a tiny problem with the jawbone being exposed and they had to pack that clove oil cloth in there so they would heal. my daughter is getting hers out as early as possible

[DirkAB]

When I got all 4 of mine pulled I got 2 dry sockets. One of the worst experiences ever, if I wouldn't have gotten dry sockets it would have been a peice of cake.

The throbbing pain was awful. What also sucked was they stuffed medicated gauze into the sockets, which gave me almost instant relief from the pain, but it gave me the worst taste in the back of my throat. They changed the gauze once, in all I think I had gauze in them for about a week, along with the absolute horrible taste that came along with it. Dry sockets suck ass.

[ashbeeigh]

that may be part of it. But many cases of TMJ, like mine, are due to teeth clenching or grinding at night which causes the muscles around your jaw- your Temporo-Mandibular Joint- and cheeks to feel really sore (like your quads do when you work them too hard). I have to constantly massage these muscles to relieve the pain.

Yeah. That too. I just forgot to put that in there. I clench pretty bad when I get stressed ot, it seems like that's where I put my stress.

[SpursWoman]

I had all 4 of mine removed ... only 1 popped out so the other 3 were broken out. It was only excruciatingly painful for me because the codeine script I got was totally ineffective. Thank God for my mom and her massive stash of prescription narcotics.

I didn't get dry sockets because I kept them well packed with gauze...probably longer than I needed to but I wasn't going to risk it.

Oh.....and no sucking, on anything!

[CharlieMac]

I was denied insurance by Humana a few years ago when I had wisdom teeth problem. Knowing that somewhere, some dude with heart problems had health insurance and i was denied at the age of 24 because one tooth hurt for 2 days made my day.

[leemajors]

When I got all 4 of mine pulled I got 2 dry sockets. One of the worst experiences ever, if I wouldn't have gotten dry sockets it would have been a peice of cake.

The throbbing pain was awful. What also sucked was they stuffed medicated gauze into the sockets, which gave me almost instant relief from the pain, but it gave me the worst taste in the back of my throat. They changed the gauze once, in all I think I had gauze in them for about a week, along with the absolute horrible taste that came along with it. Dry sockets suck ass.

my gf was cruising along fine, then her parents gave her some apple sparkling water. dry socket ensued, and it seemed pretty painful. the clove oil gauze worked wonders for her though. the funniest thing about it was my blended pizza experiment though. total and utter failure.

[Jimcs50]

Oh.....and no sucking, on anything!

I wife had hers out 15 yrs ago, and she still tells that she is still not supposed to suck on anything because of dry socket possibility...I think she is trying to pull something over on me.

[lebomb]

I had four impacted wisdom teeth pulled at 24yrs old. They had to break my teeth to get them out. I didnt feel a thing during the procedure......my doctor gave me some good isht!!! (my wife told the dentist that I could kill a 12 pack of beer, so he gave me some extra )

After the procedure, I wish someone would have just busted a cap in me and gotten it overwith. The next 3wks were the most painful in my life.

[Jelly]

thanks for everyone's responses, but no one answered the question "does it give you bad breath"?

[SpursWoman]

Why would it give you bad breath?

[Jimcs50]

thanks for everyone's responses, but no one answered the question "does it give you bad breath"?

What gives you bad breath? Sucking on something?