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Got a couple wisdom teeth extracted

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Torn Mind said:
Got the other two out today. Minimal soreness. Took about 1 hr 15 mins because of the bottom impacted tooth.
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I used to feel for where they were with my tongue. That lasted for months and months. Eventually that went away and if I reach for where they were with my tongue now there's no sense that they were ever there... no craters.
 
Muse said:
I used to feel for where they were with my tongue. That lasted for months and months. Eventually that went away and if I reach for where they were with my tongue now there's no sense that they were ever there... no craters.
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yeah it took years for me to stop feeling like some of my teeth were missing
 
Muse said:
I used to feel for where they were with my tongue. That lasted for months and months. Eventually that went away and if I reach for where they were with my tongue now there's no sense that they were ever there... no craters.
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I feel the crater but I don’t really have any withdrawal that if used to be there. The bottom have been causing discomfort since I was a teenager, so I feel relief. Some muscle memory and tenderness. I might feel weird once I eat hard foods again.

If I ever have kids, I will make sure to give them foods that require work to chew. Helps the teeth and the wallet. Certain raw veggies, meat cooked tough. Wisdom teeth are not an issue if the diet is more reminiscent of pre-agricultural cultures. Although an exception may be made for traditional Cretan food(the authentic Mediterranean diet); they had paximadia, a double-baked bread so hard they dip it in olive oil to soften it up.

www.scientificamerican.com

Why We Have So Many Problems with Our Teeth

Our choppers are crowded, crooked and riddled with cavities. It hasn’t always been this way
www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
Seems like science has finally caught up to what Weston Price noticed almost 90-100 years ago. Although it hasn’t gone mainstream public that kids after better off eating quasi-paleo.
 
BudAshes said:
Damn, you are like 1/2 an average American.
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I've been doing my best to catch up. 😀 Potatoes, peanut butter, pasta, some white bread. It's really amazing how much appetite increase after a little starch or sugar. Some of it is a little muscle. Been doing some crunches and push ups recently.

I'm now back to eating Chinese steamed egg might eat the 6 eggs a day and not want to eat more since I'm stuck being starch and sugar free for weeks again. It's basically mild fasting if I avoid starchy foods because my appetitie just isn't there.

Scarpozzi said:
It's much better to pay someone for that service. It's easy to remove the teeth, but removing the nerve endings are what hurts.

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Taxpayers funded my extraction. 😀
The young Indian woman gets experience on her path of becoming full-blown dentist and I am the specimen looking to save a buck. 😀
 
Torn Mind said:
I feel the crater but I don’t really have any withdrawal that if used to be there. The bottom have been causing discomfort since I was a teenager, so I feel relief. Some muscle memory and tenderness. I might feel weird once I eat hard foods again.

If I ever have kids, I will make sure to give them foods that require work to chew. Helps the teeth and the wallet. Certain raw veggies, meat cooked tough. Wisdom teeth are not an issue if the diet is more reminiscent of pre-agricultural cultures. Although an exception may be made for traditional Cretan food(the authentic Mediterranean diet); they had paximadia, a double-baked bread so hard they dip it in olive oil to soften it up.

www.scientificamerican.com

Why We Have So Many Problems with Our Teeth

Our choppers are crowded, crooked and riddled with cavities. It hasn’t always been this way
www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
Seems like science has finally caught up to what Weston Price noticed almost 90-100 years ago. Although it hasn’t gone mainstream public that kids after better off eating quasi-paleo.
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I believe my dentist knew exactly what he was talking about when he advised me to have my wisdom teeth extracted. Mine were 100% fine but he said they'd become problematical as I aged because they are harder to clean and become prone to difficulties. They aren't needed, and if cost isn't the issue, just have them yanked and save yourself trouble down the line. I took his advice.
 
Muse said:
I believe my dentist knew exactly what he was talking about when he advised me to have my wisdom teeth extracted. Mine were 100% fine but he said they'd become problematical as I aged because they are harder to clean and become prone to difficulties. They aren't needed, and if cost isn't the issue, just have them yanked and save yourself trouble down the line. I took his advice.
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Even if they should be extracted, having them come out straight makes the process less of a problem and cheaper. A well-developed jaw and mouth is also aesthetically pleasing. Kids being fed tough-to-chew veggies and/or meat are also getting nutrients as they develop.
 
Seems like for this left side, I did reach and consume the acetaminophen and Ibuprofen combo far more frequently because the the leftover pain was more pronounced and inflammation was more "felt". .

Plenty of granulated tissue on the bottom one.

Also, it's funny that people slip engage in small talk when they think someone's "out". Older nurse or watcher brought up Ukraine, saying she heard it on wtop in the morning. Then, I learned the younger female doing the extraction is married, might be looking at working for a particular dentist, her hubby is interested in starting a practice while she wasn't as interested in the business side of things.

Just tonight, I seem to be able to confidently blow air out to cool off hot foods. I could not do that yesterday night.

My ability to chew and eat "cheat" foods came back much faster. I ate a rotisserie chicken yesterday night. It felt like last time, I stuck to the Chinese steamed eggs for at least a week out of fear of disturbing things.

Also ate some raw tofu (My mom bought 120+ box when it was 50 cents a pound at 99 Ranch) this time around. Plain tofu is better than the abomination that is fake meat.
I felt more secure with Swallowing even on the first day on this side.

Let's see, I ate today...
Chicken
Tofu
Scrambled eggs
Peanut butter(mixed with salt and sesame oil)
 
Looking into how to accelerate wound healing related to vitamin C, I stumbled across studies that suggest a combo of arginine, vitamin C and zinc may be effective (in other situations, not specfically wound healing).

Role of Arginine and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Wound Healing and Infection - PMC

Significance: Only a few decades ago, the primary focus of nutritional supplementation was to prevent deficiencies of essential nutrients. It is now recognized that, at higher than essential levels, selected nutrients can have a pharmacologic effect ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

My sis got a couple extracted and I want her to heal as quickly as possible. Kinda of interesting how my own tolerance and self-perception of competence in maintaining myself blinded me to looking for info to speed up recovery for myself but once I was concerned for another...that's when I bothered. (The other factor was the healthy food credits allows supplement purchases at Walmart and the like)
 
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