Dental Problems

I just went to the dentist to finally get my teeth checked out b/c for the longest I've been eating only on the left side of my mouth b/c there is this huge cavity (it is one big hole) on one of my bottom teeth that is preventing me from biting down on that side when I eat. Anyway, after they took a look at my teeth, to my surprise they told me that I had relatively healthy teeth. This sounded kind of wrong b/c I'm going to need a root canal for that tooth along with a crown for it. I also need all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out and I need a good cleaning of my teeth and gums done to get rid of the tartar buildup that was causing my gums to become a little bit swollen as well as some fillings for several cavities that I have. I was happy to hear that my teeth were "healthy" but looking at what I needed to have done on my teeth I was thinking otherwise.

Have any of you gone anything like root canals or having your wisdom teeth pulled out? If so, could you please tell me about it? It has been a really long time since I've had anything major done on my teeth so I am really nervous and a little bit scared. I always never liked going to the doctor or dentist.

Anyway, please share. ^.^

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I got my first cavity last month. I have pretty flawless teeth aside from that. I needed to get a front tooth extracted to better fit in my wisdom teeth, one of which needed to be yanked out after it got infected. If you want my advice, GET PUT TO SLEEP. I was awake for the infected wisdom tooth extraction, and I felt pretty much everything. It was fucking awful.

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I've never had a cavity and my wisdom teeth are growing in straight and with plenty of room. That being said, when I was about 12, I had a cyst grow over one of my molars (a baby tooth still), which had to be removed and the new tooth subsequently dragged out of my gums with a series of brace harnessed pullies. After the whole thing finished, I had this strange, oral cast for a few weeks, which eventually dissolved. I had to rinse my mouth with a special antibacterial agent for several weeks as well, which was less than pleasant.

My mom has had root canals in the majority of her teeth. She brushes regularly now, but didn't see the dentist as a child until the age of 14 due to the constraints of rural living, which left her teeth pretty weak. She probably has a root canal about once a year. It has gotten to the point where she can get a root canal without anesthetic. It's not something I can understand in any way.

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From your post, I take it you don't go to get your teeth cleaned every 6 months like they suggest people do? If that's the case, that's probably why they said your teeth are healthy, because they expect people who don't get regular cleanings to have terrible teeth.

I've never had a root canal, but I recently went to the dentist after not going for years(Didn't have dental insurance) and I had to have quite a few cavaties fixed. Cavaties aren't really that bad to have fixed as long as they numb you up. It's more of a thing where you sit there thinking "Are you done yet? This is annoying!"

I think with wisdom teeth it really depends on the case. I've never had to have mine removed, but this one girl I know had hers removed a couple years ago and her mouth got all swollen to where she couldn't eat solid food for a few days.

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At one point I didnt go to the dentist for a couple years (I HATE HATE HATE the dentist), and when I did go, I found out I needed THREE cavities filled. And that I had to go THREE separate times to fill them all.

And the first time? Guy didnt use Novocain. My folks wonder why I hate the dentist.

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When I had my wisdom teeth out they were still inside my gums so they had to cut open my gums, break the teeth and suck the pieces out through a tube. I wasn't asleep but I was pretty doped up for most of the experience. And then I couldn't eat for 2 days

For what it's worth, I am ALWAYS scared at the Dentists office, even for a routine cleaning. I'm not scared like a phobia or anything I'm just uneasy and unsettled for whatever reason. Probably I remember all the painful things that I've gone through there.

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I'm one of those people who won the genetic lottery. I have no wisdom teeth, I have very very strong enamel on my teeth and my teeth all grew in straight enough so as to not cause any issues with overbite or chewing and such. So I rarely get cavities. If I do, they are very small one's by the time I get to the dentists. Only thing is, I have sensitive teeth. So when I was getting those cavities filled, no matter how much freezing the put in, I could still feel that drill.

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I had two fillings when I was a kid, and had to have two baby teeth drilled out after they became impacted (would have resulted in the adult teeth clashing with them and coming out malformed and bullshittery).

Other than that I think I'm fine. They're kind of crooked, and back when I was actually seeing an orthodontist we came to the conclusion that we couldn't afford braces. I live with it.

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I've had all four of my wisdom teeth removed. It was done years ago when I was 16, and the teeth hadn't fully appeared yet when I had it done. But I just chose to get them out so I didn't have to worry about them. One tooth did cause minor pain anyway. I remember that recovering wasn't a pleasant experience at all since my gums were quite painful and I couldn't open my mouth or talk much. The bleeding lasted for a full week, and I only ate mashed potatoes. Even two weeks after the surgery, my mouth still hurt quite a bit while talking.

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Dental problems? After a tooth ache back in March, it was discovered, like aliens in a pyramid, that I'd have to have my wisdom teeth removed, one of them was pretty crucial because it was shoving a tooth out of the way. I couldn't afford a proper dentists $6000 oral handjob (?!) fee so I went to the public health system, they shoved me on a waiting list and everytime I was called up to get it done they'd push me back again. Last I heard it was going to be another nine months or something, that was two months ago, if I mention months a few more times and subtract my shoe size divided by how many months I could wear a pair of shoes then wow. Since then I've lost the tooth that the wisdom tooth was pushing on and I've been taking these fancy pain killers for what.. seven months now? Because pain killers usually don't do shit to the mouth type area. But my body got addicted to these (SHOCK) and now rejects them causing vomit and fun times.

I eventually got the money together to go to a proper dentist, and he was supposed to do it.. uh.. last month, but surprise, now it's next year. DENTAL PROBLEMS?!

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In seventh grade my dentist realized i had crossbite, sent me to an orthodontist. First visit there, Orthodontist practically shit a brick - i had class 3 crossbite which is as bad as it gets. My lower jaw stuck out enough that even with my jaw shut i could still fit my tongue though the gap. He knew i'd need surgery, so he sent me to an oral surgeon. Surgeon was like "yep, you need surgery. But we can't do it till you stop growing or else the crossbite will just come back." So in the five to six years they waited for me to stop growing i had braces twice, for two and then one year. And then my wisdom teeth taken out.

Then i got to have the surgery. That amounted to the surgeon breaking off my lower jaw, shaving off some of the bone, and screwing it back into place after cutting my upper jaw in half and widening it.

My teeth were wired shut for 2 months, it was 6 months before i could open them all the way again. I lost 60 pounds in that 2 months because i was basically pouring soup into my clenched mouth and hoping that some would make it back into my throat.

Year after than i got my tonsils out. Not because i really need it, but because the surgeon said they were particularly huge and, what the hell, we might as well.

You ain't lived till you get juiced up on nitrous and have 2 inches of stainless steel ripped out of your mouth. Just sayin.

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Ugh, I got 4 wisdom teeth yanked but not all at once. I hate pain killers more than pain so I just toughed it out for like a week.
Brutal just brutal. Dental work is probably one of the governments most effective way to get people to talk.

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I'm lucky to have strong teeth, so even if I usually forget to brush my teeth sometimes I've almost never gotten cavities (in fact I've only gotten 1 in my life so far). What sucks though is that I usually get a lot of tartar on the back of my underteeth, and because that's where my tongue's at (most of the time) I tend to lick it and get blisters on the tongue. So whenever I get alot of tartar I actually ENJOY going to the dentist to take it off.

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

If you want my advice, GET PUT TO SLEEP. I was awake for the infected wisdom tooth extraction, and I felt pretty much everything. It was fucking awful.

Yeah, I had pretty much the same experience. Usually insurance doesn't cover anesthesia and it can be very expensive. The novacaine didn't work for shit and good lord, that's probably the worst pain I've ever felt in my life.

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Don't worry about wisdom teeth; everyone else who's responded so far complaining about them is either actually a girl or a pussy.

I had all four yanked at once when I was fourteen or so, and like Fire on Ice's they hadn't broken through the gums yet. I don't like the feeling of being doped up so I opted to stay awake during the procedure and just get local anaesthetics and it really wasn't a big deal.

I'd say the only part that was a little weird was hearing the cracking noises as they broke the teeth to remove them piece by piece and realizing that those wet crunching sounds were coming out of my face.

They bleed for a bit afterwards, but just keep biting down on the gauze they give you. Mine stopped after a couple of hours and it didn't take too long to heal. Just don't drink through a straw or anything like that 'cause you can give yourself dry sockets, and I hear those hurt like a bitch.

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I was shot up with some kind of time-displacement liquid, so I wasn't aware I had been out, or the fact that all of my wisdom teeth were already pulled by the time the doc was finished.

That was nothing, but getting a filling sucked. You can feel the sour sensation of the drill literally shooting into your brain, and then the doc gets out a ray gun and blasts your face.

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Hrm...I have had cavaties and had my wisdom teeth pulled.

For wisdom teeth, I got out lucky. I went in with my bro (who was also having his teeth pulled) at around nine. I then laid on the table, and after they finally had me lie correctly (that being totally on the chair), they gave me some gas, said for me to count, and before ya knew it, i was out.

I was asleep as they worked on my mouth, and when I woke up, I was outside with my parents. My first instinct was to get up, in which both my 'rents and the nurses stopped me as I would have fallen flat on my face (not recovered from the gas). Apparently, although I don't remember this AT ALL, my 'rents also said that before that time I tried to help my dad with his crossword puzzle among a few other things.

I then went home, went to bed, and slept it all off. OF course, I had cotton in my mouth (as while I had stitches in my mouth, it would still take time for it to properly heal). By that evening, I was pretty much good. Still couldn't eat much of anything save for Jello, but I was in good shape. Three or four days later, I couldn't take it anymore, caled the dentist and got their OK to go back to solid foods.

My brother didn't get so lucky. For whatever reason, the bleeding didn't stop. So, they literally had to go back at like 2 in the morning and put new stitches in or something like that. DOn't worry about that though...my dentist said he had not seen something like that in ten years.

As for cavaties...I had...seven...at once. All due to not flossing (so floss people!). It wasn't that big of a deal. You come in, they put a very thin needle in to numb your mouth, and then they go one too after another. The basically drill out the cavity, then put the filling in, and then harden it. The WORST is not the procedure, but the actual expense (250 U.S.D., OUCH). you are fine to eat and drink later that day, although you have to wait off your mouth from being numb (as you can't really move it much).

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A few nights ago, a girl asked if she could see my teeth. I obliged her. I then asked if I could see hers. She responded as if I had asked to see her kooch. (which is fine considering she was Fatty McBoBatty.) She shut her mouth and couldn't be asked to do differently for the rest of the night. Jeez.

People are fairly insecure about their teeth. I've always had good teeth (I've never had a cavity or anything and I have very straight teeth) but I am starting to get a bit of plaque buildup on the upper portions of my top teeth.
I also chew a lot of copenhagen so it is starting to destroy my bottom gumline.

However, I have a fairly healthy set of choppers, all things considered.

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I was talking to some people at work and they said that although getting teeth pulled hurts like hell, it's not super bad. Also, all of my wisdom teeth are out of my gums so you can see them which I guess means that the dentist won't have to cut into my gums but I still don't know. When I was little I had my gums cut into by a dentist. I don't remember what for but it hurt like crazy for the first day or two and after that I was alright. If it's the same thing for my teeth pulling and root canal, I guess I'll be alright. I just don't want to miss anymore days at work. Looking at my bill, I have $500+ dollars to pay. Without insurance, it would have cost me like $1300+ so I guess things aren't so bad thanks to MetLife.

The dentist just gives me the willies!

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Well as of right now, I've had 2 of my back teeth pulled, one on each side, both bottom. Mainly got that done because one of them was hurting like HELL at times. And he just looked at the other one and said it needed to be removed as well. I got a shot to knock me out and then when I woke I had absolutely no pain at all but a mouth full of bloody gauze.

Ever since then Ive had no problems until recently when I started having these 5-10 minute bursts of pain in one of my teeth. Its so bad that when it happens, one of my other teeth starts to hurt a bit and my ear hurts along with my head. Happens about 3 times a day on average now. Usually when I brush my teeth it goes away but coems back later. Im guessing I need to go to the dentist but Im wondering what he'll say that has to be done.

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Originally Posted by Diss

Don't worry about wisdom teeth; everyone else who's responded so far complaining about them is either actually a girl or a pussy.

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Anyway last year I started a new job which afforded me health and dental insurance, so I got nine cavities filled, my wisdom teeth removed, and some assorted cleaning and whatnot. The most painful part of the wisdom teeth was the price tag - I took a five day weekend and I was able to eat normally by the end and use a straw a week after.

My sister had a root canal and it's not that big of a deal, you're not in pain for as long as you would be for your wisdom teeth.

I've had a few medium or large cavities drilled without anesthetic as a child (shitty dentist) - I don't recommend it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

As bad as it is to admit it, I don't have great teeth. I plan to save up and get them fixed in a couple years, or wait for my job to give me Dental once I've been there long enough. Like lurker, I had a bad dentist as a kid, but I also drank too much soda / ate too much Candy =\ And thus my terrible secret is unveiled.

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I haven't been to a dentist in some 14 years and recently I had a plan of getting some work done since my lower wisdom teeth cause unbelievable amount of pain that makes it impossible for me to sleep. When I usually ask the person at the desk the payment arrangement I'm usually told that it costs half a grand upfront, which that leads me to do a 180 and go out the door (still withering in pain).

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Wisdom teeth extraction is no biggie, just glad to get it done. Reading up on comments here and realized that I got really good dentists over in Texas. I had a bit of sweet tooth as a kid and got tons of cavities in my molars. My dentists would compliment on my teeth for being "perfect". I do have a perfect lower bridge for sure.

The one I have right now... sigh... he's uber frickin shitty and I regret going to him. Lets just say when he was giving my two upper molars their fillings, he literally fractured them. In other words, in any crunch of a chew I'll feel the damn pain.

ARGH. I guess I'll have to go to one of those decent expensive dentists that my insurance won't cover til after I pay upfront.

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Getting my wisdom teeth pulled out, was a little weird. They pulled out all but one, because there is one tooth that is just below my eye, and that was like 3 years ago. They don't know how it moves up there, but apperently it those happen.

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