Re: Wisdom Teeth
Should have had 4 done when I was in college. Didn't do it and because of that bottom front teeth became crowded (a little overlaped & crooked). No problem with upper fronts cause I broke a couple of em and I think they adjusted the caps to avoid crowding.<br /><br />Back upper wisdom cracked 'cause things were so tight back there it was really difficult to keep clean, cavity left too long untreated, etc. I was amazed at how easy the extraction went. No pain, just a little pressure. I didn't even realize that he was done; I think I had subconsciously expected him to pick up a pair of 10" pliers, put one foot on my chest for leverage, and start pulling, lol.<br /><br />Little bit of an inconvenience for 5 or 6 days cause you need to keep the socket free from sucking (thats why no straws allowed) and food particles. <br /><br />My advice would be to definately get it done before it effects your other teeth (wish I would have). I'd have em do one side at a time instead of all 4 at once. Seems like it would be ALOT easier to keep food away from that side while the sockets healed over. Based on my experience, can't see the need for more than a local anesthetic, there really wasn't any pain, but maybe I was just lucky...<br /><br />The cost was around $100 to extract the one tooth, wonder if the $1700 was due to impactions requiring oral surgery?
