My son's graduation gift - 4 wisdom tooth extractions

[seemunkee]

Think he'll like it?

Any of you Beantown folk gone to Harvard Dental school for treatment?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Poor guy! I have been avoiding those for years

[seemunkee]

2. He went to Mt Ida college and got a cleaning and Xrays

The teeth are coming in sideways. They have to come out.

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Honestly, better now than later.

If he waits, even if they don't bother him, they will at some point during his adulthood be impossible to remove. They will fuse to the bone and he could be in a serious amount of pain.

Best wishes to him. BoyMidlo has to have his four out as well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Yeah, that's no good. Mine are impacted ont he teeth in front of them and

sometimes hurt like a son of a gun.

[Adsos Letter]

6. If you can have them removed...

the post-surgical pain will be far less than what you probably experience now, when they try to push through.

That was my experience, in any case...and I have always put off dental work until I can't stand it anymore. I have one molar now that is missing about 1/4...snapped off about 3 weeks ago. :scared:

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Can't do it. Maine care only covers dental emergencies. I shoulda done it years ago in college when

I was still on my parents' Blue Cross.

[Adsos Letter]

4. Better to do all 4 at once...

It's the way I had it done, get if over with in one fell swoop. Besides, chances are the pain afterward will be less than what he may be going through now, or will in the future if untreated. That is the way it was for me, anyway....

Best of luck to him.

[Taverner]

8. Well if he doesn't like the gift, perhaps he'll like the vicodin that comes with it

Trust me, he will NEED THE MEDS!!!

I had this done for my 17th birthday...and at the time we just had percocet. I got the strongest prescription and it was barely enough...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. I had all mine done at once

I think it was before vicodin was invented. Demerol - awesome stuff.

Read up on how to avoid "dry socket" afterwards. It's no picnic.

Best of luck!!

All at once is the way to go. It would be tough to go back for seconds.

:hi:

[BreweryYardRat]

10. I had to get two pulled in '06. Try to find an orthodontist with small hands.

Mine did a good job, but he had huge hands. Which meant he had to pry my mouth open really wide to do the surgery. I had constant, painful jaw-muscle spasms for months afterwards, and they still twinge occasionally.

Fortunately, my top wisdom teeth never developed, or I'd have had two jaws screwed up.