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Wisdom teeth
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:48 pm
by shiznatix
If you have ever gotten your wisdom teeth removed, what did you eat for the first few days and how did you manage to eat it?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:49 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Cream of wheat and soup. Small bites, lots of water and motrin.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:50 pm
by Todd_Z
I'm still putting it off :-\

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:50 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Dude, I did all four at once. That was a joy

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:55 pm
by feyd
Whatever I wanted and carefully. Generally softer things, with a lot of mouth wash immediately after. Basically the same diet people should do after getting their tongue pierced.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:58 pm
by alex.barylski
Had the tongue peirced, but never my wisdom teeth pulled...although I think I need yanked...it's not compacted, but misaligned so my bite is off a bit...every 6 months or so...I bite something I shouldn't...
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:54 am
by Luke
my wisdom teeth all grew in fine. Seems like there is enough room... don't bite anything. I guess I got lucky.
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:05 am
by Jenk
I got lucky too, even though one of my wisdom teeth is literally perpendicular to the angle it should be pointing, it's not catching on anything.
*phew*
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:28 am
by patrikG
soup. Lots of soup. On a lucky day mashed potatoes.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:37 am
by Bill H
Never had any wisdom teeth. Dentist says there's room for them, so even if they came in they would not be a problem, but there aren't any. Not even the roots.
No wisdom either, probably.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:42 am
by GM
Mine came through when I was 17, and I've never had any problems with them. In fact, my teeth are pretty good in general - never even had a filling.
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:34 am
by Chris Corbyn
I've got all 4 of mine right through and I actually would like to have them out at some point since my grandad got his out when he was old and it was a hospital/operation job because the roots had wrapped around his jaw. Ouch!
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:06 am
by RobertGonzalez
I wouldn't have gotten mine removed, but my mouth is a little small and I was never able to clean my wisdom well enough. Two of the four ended up rotting to point they broke in half. I had no choice. I had to get them out.
Thank God for dental insurance. What should have cost me $2000 only cost be $200. I think that hurt more than the procedure did.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:15 am
by jayshields
Everah wrote:Thank God for dental insurance. What should have cost me $2000 only cost be $200. I think that hurt more than the procedure did.

This is why we British goons have the NHS

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:26 am
by Chris Corbyn
jayshields wrote:Everah wrote:Thank God for dental insurance. What should have cost me $2000 only cost be $200. I think that hurt more than the procedure did.

This is why we British goons have the NHS

Finding an NHS funded dentist with spaces these days is a nightmare though... I just pay for private in the hope that I only have to go every 6 months with the occassional scale & polish.