Extraction of my first permanent tooth

I had a wisdom tooth removed as well, didn't get stitches thought. Got injected a bunch of time to not feel anything, and then the dentist held my held and basically pulled the tooth out, I heard a bunch of cracking sounds as it was pulled out of my jaw. I was just given a few cotton wads and told to replace it every few minutes when it gets to bloody until it stops bleeding (took about half an hour then it completely stopped bleeding).

I've seen the dentist my whole life and he always makes the experience painless haha (apart from one time when he had to drill directly through nerve in order to get an infection out of tooth, even after being injected twice I still felt him drilling, It was bloody torture haha).

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（・θ・）…Did you guys see anything?🤫

I have just one of my wisdom teeth and it is still growing, got outside just a spike and it hurts as hell when I bite wrong on it. I really wanted my dentist to pull it out, but she said its not possible yet.

Talking about teeth and dentists often leads to a "my horror story is scarier than yours" and while I can win you by far, I don't want to start a toothwar with unpleasant things to read.
But, glad you're ok now. Wisdom teeth can be really awful.

I was 14 maybe. Horrible experience in a horrible clinic.

I was lucky enough to lose my first one after 35, that's pretty decent. The dentist herself was also really professional. But damn, her assistant, a boy barely out of med school, was so clumsy, he behaved as if it was his first time with a syringe for anaesthesia, and stitches untied themselves literally the next day. Yeah. But the procedure itself was surprisingly... not scary at all.

I've had many horror stories since the childhood, but a few years back (in the olden times before the pandemic) was crazy lucky to find an amazing dentist who changed my life, and I went from "enduring pain until it's root canal time" to "happily going every 6 months for a checkup and having no new cavities".

Dentistry was part of a barber's job. It wasn't as bad as you'd imagine as opium was in use as painkiler since millennia.

I think 2-3 wisdom teeth, it's why i don't have much wisdom left, it hurt like hell, and it did bled for awhile, yet a friend got hers pulled and she said she barely noticed a thing.

The good news is, that none of you lost a permanent tooth.
Because permanent means forever and if it is possible to remove it, then it is not permanent anymore.

What would be a more fitting name?

I had 3 removed, it was long enough ago that I really don't remember. 4th one is impacted and would need to be surgically removed, but hasn't caused any issue, so leaving it alone.

Teeth lost to decay so far: 0
Removed for other reasons: 8

That reminds me I really need to get some fillings done to keep that first number where it is. I really hate going to the dentist and the bill , though. 😥

(I'm 25) I just had my wisdom teeth out in February at an oral surgeon, the top 2 were removed and the bottom 2 cut in half with the root left in since they were really impacted and too close to the nerve that runs across your jaw/chin I guess... (One tooth was literally grown horizontally) I was fully put to sleep and all of that only took less than an hour! My recovery took a longer time than normal though... I was on 2 pain meds (after about 8 days I felt it was okay to stop them) But I was still swollen mostly in my lower jaw and was hard to open it all the way for almost a month! Also took about 2 weeks to finally be able to chew food well enough that it was worth to do and enjoy lol :s What a weird evolutionary thing to happen when almost everyone needs to get at least some of them out... Useless, bothersome teeth :( I'm someone who can get really anxious about things but everything worked out good, they were really amazingly kind and it's never as bad as you may feel! Most are probably luckier as well with the way they grow in :)

I hope you thought about the blacksmith after the operation :D
Miss the option: I'm under 60 and have a full set ;)

im 35 and still have a full set of teeth. :)
no plans to remove anything that doesnt need removal

I don’t have a “full set” as I’ve never received my wisdom teeth and I’m over 40.

Almost 40 and none. 4 with root canal treatment and so they basically dead, two of those are my wisdom teeth. But I found a dentist who was willing to do that instead of removing them. A fake tooth is a lot more costly than a crown, So I do what I can to avoid tooth pulling.

I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed at once in 2021 I think, at around 25. It was a very weird feeling, at least I was numb.

I'm 24 and I'm getting 3 wisdom teeth removed this month and I'm scared 😭

My nerves were damaged during my wisdom teeth extraction! I lost sensation on the left side of my tongue and my bottom left gums. That was over 5 years ago. The sensation has mostly returned over the years but I still have some tongue numbness. :\

I have 2 removed. One was I believe around 18-19 .. And the other last year when I was 28.

Both times was actually quite decent for me. Anesthesia, some cracking in the jaw and tooth was out. No huge complications afterwards or during the extraction. It does seem that I will have to pull the third out some time soon - it has already come out, but I can feel it is pushing on other teeth as well. But I remember I did an xray 10 years ago or so and all 4 wisdom teeth were sideways, so lucky me. But overall not afraid or worried much.

Cost me about 130 EUR back then and 170 last year IIRC.

But yeah, Ive heard some horror stories. Good friend of mine had his wisdom tooth removal last 3 hours and blood was everywhere. And he had horrible recovery as well. He does have shitty roots as I understood, but IMO his dentist was no good either. My GF and her sister though simply have some bad luck when it is to do with dentists. Both of them had wisdom tooth removed some time ago and while the extraction itself was not bad, the recovery lasted for about a month and with complications with the gums and having to go back to clean and stitch 2-3 times.. They are twins btw, both have very good dental hygiene, but apparently lack something to be able to recover easily. Takes longer and much more care.

Had 3 wisdom teeth removed, were removed in 2 visits. All went smoothly. They were growing in the wrong direction and had to go. Honestly was a really good doctor. Had a blanket over me so saw nothing and he was talking about everything that was being done to keep me calm. Got stitches and all healed nicely. One of the two procedures took a little longer to heal than the other and slightly more of a pain to eat afterwards. But honestly went well and I am glad I got it done, though I was nervous about it at first.

I think I only grew two wisdom teeth rather than all four and they were smaller than usual so there was no need to remove them, it did hurt when they cut their way through tho, specially because it took them like two years to slowly make their way to the outside.
Haven't lost any adult teeth so far, although I think I have a cavity in one and have been procrastinating going to the dentist for months.

I'm 36 and still have all of them, all 4 wisdom teeth included. Just one tooth with a big filling that my dentist says will have to go when it makes any problems.

Man I m 8 years old and people keep telling me about wisdom tooth pain and Grandpa lost almost all of his teeth