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I took the 2 in the right side first and then the other two... not a good idea. I would go for the whole four yards and get over it. Good luck, it sucks.

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[size=7][b]UUUUUUUUUUNNGHHNNNGH[/B][/SIZE] pain.

lots of pain.

need more applesauce.

I checked out invisalign, but it won't work for my teeth. apparently two of my teeth are rotated too much, which is something that invisalign can't fix. I'm going to get the ceramic/clear-colored braces, so it won't be a christmas tree in there.

[size=7][b]UUUUUUUNGHGGGNNUGH![/B][/SIZE]

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glad you are having fun! :D

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tom cruise had ceramic brackets too [IMG]http://gblx.cache.el-mundo.net/magazine/imagenes/2004/05/04/1083681988_1.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=jeffrey collins]I have only had one out so far. But regret not getting the other three out when I had the first one taken out. They've been nothing but trouble. What the hell is so wise about them???[/quote] it's nothing wise about them they are called wisdom molars because they erupt at ages when a lot of intelectual activity is developed by your brain

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I'm a dentist as well. I agree with Qwerty completely. I lean towards extraction (not in every situation) especially if I see the patient at an early age (18-25). Not only can they cause problems themselves (ie cavities, infections, etc) they can also sometimes damage the adjacent teeth depending on the postion that they are in. On numerous occassions, patients have come in with full-blown cavities on their second molars mostly due to the malposotion of the third molars and the tension that they are placing on the back side of the seconds. Also, upon eruption, if there is insufficient room in the arch, they can cause crowding of the rest of the teeth, most noticably, the anteriors or front ones.

If it has been recommended to have them extracted, do it now while the teeth aren't bothering you. Nothing worse than a patient coming in to the office a year or 2 after I recommended that they be taken out and in severe pain. The younger you are the shorter the recovery time.

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had mine taken out when i was 16 didn`t have any trouble with it really, i came ho;e fro; the hospital and ate solid food right away. it did remain big holes for a long time and food kept getting stuck in it that kinda sucked

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Poor Pickles...have a pill. Or a dozen.

Hope you're better in a day or two man. I had one taken out, and the only nasty thing about it was the tampon that brushed the region just above my throat, causing me to hurl every 5 mins for the time I needed to have the thing in. I might get at least one other removed, it sometimes cuts into my cheeck a little bit...

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I am sure you will be fine in a day or two...Hope you feel better soon!

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the top of my mouth is fine... the bottom is a different story. I have stitches all over both sides of the bottom of my mouth, it hurts to open/chew, and it tastes like my cat took a bloody piss in my mouth. the percocet is helping, but not as much as I'd like it to.

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you get all sorts of "goodies" to make it less painful too....

:)

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i'm glad you are fine after the surgery, the first days are the worst, but you'll feel better after, you'll see

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I haven't hurt this bad since the first day. ohmygodmakeitstop

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:(

maybe go see if they can perscribe something stronger....

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I had all my wisdom teeth pulled out a couple of years ago. It was actually quite painless. The only problem was that I had to avoid the al-key-hall for a bloody week. One of the worst weeks of my life.

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worst part was not being able to eat for 2 weeks, for me anyway

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I had all my wisdom teeth taken out when I was 18. It was actually a pretty good time. I woke up not remembering anything with blood dripping down my mouth and my mom making me a shake. I also got a whole bunch of goodies to take like hydrocodine and vicodine. I felt no pain, the only thing that sucked was having to sleep in a chair with my head up for two days and not being able to eat hard food for two days. Have fun.

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i had all 4 of mine done at the same time too- it wasn't that bad...

if u have lots of pain try having a popsicle or sucking on ice, i found that really helped me out- well that and lots of painkillers :)

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i'm out of pain killers. called the oral surgeon and told them i'm in a lot of pain. asked if my ear hurt. yes. asked if my mouth tasted funky. yes. told me i had a dry socket, but the surgeon was out so I had to wait until tomorrow to see him.

fuckthisshitmyteethhurtandihavenopills

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dry socket blows... resort to vodka?

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my gums overlap mine and sometimes the gums become sore.......

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I had all 4 removed when I was 19. I had no pain after and didnt take the pills. Only thing was I had a couple of holes that food now found its way into. I had to dig it out daily with a toothpick for a couple weeks. That wasnt fun.

Hope u get more pills and feel better man

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:( Mine are all gone thanks to Uncle Sam and the US Navy! I guess they felt that they would get in the way of me swobbing the deck!

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[quote=picklemonkey]i'm out of pain killers. called the oral surgeon and told them i'm in a lot of pain. asked if my ear hurt. yes. asked if my mouth tasted funky. yes. told me i had a dry socket, but the surgeon was out so I had to wait until tomorrow to see him.

fuckthisshitmyteethhurtandihavenopills[/quote] sucks big time man, there are several ways to trea dry sockets, but in dental office it must have been a traumatising extraction this thing happends in 5% of the extraction cases, mostly due to severe trauma of tissues and not really clean extraction it happends most often on the lower jaw, but still, if you're working clean and you take you're caution measures, this thing happends like once in 50 extractions cases i'm sorry it happend to you, see you're dentist and i hope he will treat it right this time he has to make some blood socket irrigation there, in order to form the blood clot take some antibiotics and some anti-inflammatory drugs from the pharmacy, or if you have some at home it's even better i dont know the laws in your contry, but they may not give you this pills shitty man, really shitty

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[quote=picklemonkey]i'm out of pain killers. called the oral surgeon and told them i'm in a lot of pain. asked if my ear hurt. yes. asked if my mouth tasted funky. yes. told me i had a dry socket, but the surgeon was out so I had to wait until tomorrow to see him.

fuckthisshitmyteethhurtandihavenopills[/quote]

:( :(

Sorry you are having so much pain....I was in alot of pain prior to mine being pulled as it got infected due to being impacted.........hopefully they are able to help you out;.....as tooth pain is unbearable

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[quote=glacius]worst part was not being able to eat for 2 weeks, for me anyway[/quote]

Yeah true. I'd never eaten so much mush in my life then I did at the time I had my teeth pulled.

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today at work i was forced to sit in an important meeting over lunch. boss had someone go get sandwiches for everyone while we sat in the meeting... they made a special Church's-Chicken-Mashed-Potatoes run for me. only person at the table gumming down mashed potatos and gravy :lol:

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eat a steak wuss :p

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i went through a shit load of painkillers.....i think 80 in a week

ask the doc for loratab 750

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[quote=picklemonkey]today at work i was forced to sit in an important meeting over lunch. boss had someone go get sandwiches for everyone while we sat in the meeting... they made a special Church's-Chicken-Mashed-Potatoes run for me. only person at the table gumming down mashed potatos and gravy :lol:[/quote]

lol @ church's chicken mashed potatoes

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hum i have all of mines....one of the bottom is horizontally, but no pain in no one of them, so its cool, i think i have space for them....but im thinking on removing it, its kinda of nasty getting stuck food...hehe...

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yeah i had mine out a few months back.. worst 2 hrs for a medical procedure ever.. i didnt get put to sleep since i had to drive & he tugged & pulled on 2 of them for what seemed to be forever.. i hope yours came out ok. not to mention the medicine got me sick then i was in so much pain, i was eating asprin out the wahzoo which tore up my stomach & made it bleed. ughh.. i m so glad it is over.. now i dred the day i may ever have to get dentures.