Nevermore Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Okay, long story short, I'm phobic about mouth disease/infection of any sort and, thus, I'm about the most anally retentive person you'll ever meet about brushing teeth. Plus, I am terrified of the thought of getting any dental work done. Problem is... my wisdom tooth seems to have some sort of strange hole in it. So, either it's just a very strange shape (which apparently can be common) or I've got a cavity forming. YAY! I'm off to the dentist tomorrow but I've always been a person who likes to prepare for worst case scenario. So, I guess the question to anyone who's had fillings/dental work done/wisdom teeth extracted... is this gonna hurt like buggery? I am literally bricking it right now . Quote The Raven Nevermore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Jim Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 <p>It depends if they can get the needle to the right position to give you the anasthetic. In which case, the needle for that injection will hurt a fair bit but nothing too bad and not for too long.</p><p> </p><p> If they CAN'T give you that anasthetic, you might have the option for a full-on surgery with general anasthetic but I really, really doubt your dentist would recommend that and I would presume the NHS would be reluctat to offer it so you could well be left with the worst option, which is what my father had... and that's to have it removed without any anasthetic. Which hurts. A lot. A lot, a lot. His dentist was a woman and she conceded that it would likely be worse than childbirth, and to get a woman to admit that... yeah, it'll hurt.</p><p> </p><p> You have my deepest sympathies <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperOwens Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 The pain will be more than pokers, fire, women issues and bike riding combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINisher Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 <p>I hate going to dentists aswell yet I have only recently started taking better care of my teeth. I have a really sensitive mouth and crappy teeth for some reason (It seems as if when the milkteeth dropped and the "adult" (<img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) teeth replaced them, the new teeth had really bad mineral structure in them right from the start so I've had several fillings done, some temporary (when I have gone to .. I don't know what's it's called in English.Well, when the tooth is really hurting and it's sort of a first priority, ehh) and some permanent of course.. I've had 3 / 4 wisdom teeth extracted with no problem at all.</p><p> </p><p> Due to the area of my mouth and gums being really sensitive they usually have had to give me twice the amount of anesthesia which makes the whole mouth go numb. The dental care (And medical care in Finland in general) is really good so I've not had any trouble with it. The only time it hurts is when they apply the meds with the syringe and/or when they try to see if it has had any effect yet.</p><p> </p><p> Yes, I've jumped out of the chair couple of times.</p><p> </p><p> All in all: I'd rather take a punch to the face, or between my legs or anything similar than going to the dentists. I just had two holes taken care of with temporary fillings but I should call and reserve two more times with the dentist to take care of those.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlingfan1 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 <p>Worst case scenario you'll have an impacted wisdom tooth which can lead to a cavity on top of other mouth problems. With wisdom teeth they tend to pull it rather than fill anything with them. </p><p> </p><p> The actual extraction won't hurt provided you don't use some back alley dentist that's never heard of anesthesia (SP?). Afterwards there will be some minor discomfort but, if you're lucky enough to find a dentist like I went to, right before he pulls my molar and adjourning wisdom tooth he asks the best thing i've ever heard a health professional ask " Do you want vicodin or percoset?" (My reaction was, in as excited a voice as I could after being injected with novicane) You mean I get to choose!</p><p> </p><p> So with the prescription the discomfort is managable. The worst part for me was the not being able to smoke for 24 hours (recommended 36). Another thing they suggest (that wasn't a big problem) is not to drink through a straw, which makes it kind of hard because you're not going to want to open you're mouth like you normally would when you consume beverages.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Jim Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Slim Jim" data-cite="Slim Jim" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="23672" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>If they CAN'T give you that anasthetic, you might have the option for a full-on surgery with general anasthetic but I really, really doubt your dentist would recommend that and I would presume the NHS would be reluctat to offer it so you could well be left with the worst option, which is what my father had... and that's to have it removed without any anasthetic. Which hurts. A lot. A lot, a lot. His dentist was a woman and she conceded that it would likely be worse than childbirth, and to get a woman to admit that... yeah, it'll hurt.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> You'll be happy to know you can ignore this. Just spoke to my dad and the reason for such painful complications was because of the awful job done by his previous dentist that screwed up some crowning and root canal work. So unless your mouth has been butchered by a psychotic DDS... you'll be fine.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINisher Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 <p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Slim Jim" data-cite="Slim Jim" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="23672" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So unless your mouth has been butchered by a psychotic DDS... you'll be fine.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <span>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Isaacyankem.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 <p>I had a bad experience getting a wisdom tooth out. The doc nicked the bone and it altered my bite.</p><p> </p><p> It wasn't too bad in the grand scheme of things, just my jaw ached for awhile and it swelled up, but I can't fully close my mouth anymore because there's nothing to support my back teeth anymore <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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