Wisdom teeth...

[hzl eyed grl]

I never had any, so I had none to remove. My fiance still has his and has no problem with them.

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Oral surgeon. It's painless (they usually give you a pill to take that makes you totally high before hooking up an IV) and heals quick (took 2-3 days for me). Dentists will massacre your gums.

Painless? Pill? IV? Bah...

The Navy required that wisdom teeth be removed while in school just to make certain that there are no problems in the future where they would be difficult to deal with (on a ship or sub). I was asked to bring a CD to the dentist. He started off by giving me about 15 shots in the mouth and letting me sit for a while. Then he started cutting and chopping them up (none of them were in yet) until I couldn't handle the pain anymore and I let him know. He gave me another 10 shots or so and let me sit for a while. Then started up again. The pain was a little more bearable this time. It took about an hour and a half to my recollection (CD ended a while before it was over). I was numb for most of the rest of the day from all the shots I got (that took forever to work)...

Mark

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: mrchan
1. crowding. 2. a lot of times they come in crooked which messes up the rest of your teeth. 3. a lot of times they are left in.

All three applied to me. Two were coming in and pushing my other teeth together. One came in completely crooked and would have only caused problems, and the 4th on I actually used when biting down, so the left it in.

 

[Azndude51]

I had both of my bottoms taken out because they were coming out at a ~45 degree angle, pushing against the other teeth. The top two were taken out because if I used them to eat, there would be nothing but gum on the bottom to chew against.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Minjin

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Oral surgeon. It's painless (they usually give you a pill to take that makes you totally high before hooking up an IV) and heals quick (took 2-3 days for me). Dentists will massacre your gums.

Painless? Pill? IV? Bah...

The Navy required that wisdom teeth be removed while in school just to make certain that there are no problems in the future where they would be difficult to deal with (on a ship or sub). I was asked to bring a CD to the dentist. He started off by giving me about 15 shots in the mouth and letting me sit for a while. Then he started cutting and chopping them up (none of them were in yet) until I couldn't handle the pain anymore and I let him know. He gave me another 10 shots or so and let me sit for a while. Then started up again. The pain was a little more bearable this time. It took about an hour and a half to my recollection (CD ended a while before it was over). I was numb for most of the rest of the day from all the shots I got (that took forever to work)...

Mark

christ.

anyone have any *good* things to say about dentists in the armed forces? i dont think ive heard anything but bad stories so far.