Who has their wisdom teeth removed ???

[gtrcivic]

Came back from the dentist the other day... gives me a referral to an Oral surgeon to get all 4 removed... 1 impacted the 2nd molar, 1 about to impact.. top 2 are fine....

So i call the insurance and they will "cover" only due to disease (infection, cysts, decay) and not for impacted, pain, braces.

So i have to get the Oral surgeon to "recommend" me getting them out or total cost will be out of pocket.


Did your insurance cover the removal of your wisdom teeth???

 

[Irie]

Had 6 removed at once, still got 8 meals in that day, blended chicken breast, beans, rice and almonds then drank it, along with a lot of blood, get ready for some fun times, yes my insurance covered it.

 

[KillahBee]

Had 6 removed at once, still got 8 meals in that day, blended chicken breast, beans, rice and almonds then drank it, along with a lot of blood, get ready for some fun times, yes my insurance covered it.

I thought we humans only had 4 wisdom teeth? My insurance covered it. I lived on mashed potatoes. Not too much pain, just discomfort.

 

[Irie]

I thought we humans only had 4 wisdom teeth? My insurance covered it. I lived on mashed potatoes. Not too much pain, just discomfort.

For some odd reason this human had 6.

 

[NoDaddyNo]

I had 4 impacted and the roots were intertwined with the roots of the other teeth as well.
I don't think my insurance (my mom's at the time) totally covered it.

They were so bad that I had one side done right before Spring Break since it was so painful that I couldn't sleep without handfuls of pain killers (and I never usually take pain killers, I think they are a bad idea - we are meant to have a feedback mechanism via pain). Then I had the other side done that summer.

The first time it hurt like hell for a long time but there was no swelling in my face.
The second time there was very little pain, but I was swollen like a chipmunk for a few weeks.

The dentist said it was the worst he had seen in his 20 years of doing it - but then again I don't know how many he has seen.

After they were taken out, all of my teeth moved - I had thousands of dollars of braces and shit done by the orthodontist when I was a kid and that has changed a lot now that my wisdom teeth are out.
Has also caused the gums at the back of my mouth to receed off of my molars as the skin pulled back to fill in the holes where my teeth were.

I think detists just hate me. When I was little, they looked at my x-rays and told me that I would never even have widom teeth.
Then when I had them, they were totally sideways and intertwinded with the root structure - and all of the milk I have been drinking all of my life apparently made them hard to cut up as well.

The whole thing has been the most uncomfortable thing I have ever gone through.
The drugs they gave me didn't really do jack either.

 

[onerepmaximum]

I was in the Marine Corps at the time. I would have gladly paid someone who cared what they were doing than go through that torture.

 

[KillahBee]

(and I never usually take pain killers, I think they are a bad idea - we are meant to have a feedback mechanism via pain).

I second that, my friend.

 

[Stangfriik]

only 60% of it. I think I had to pay around $500 out of pocket

 

[strangebrew]

dont do it.

they will kill you.

 

[Bullit]

I had mine removed... it was nothing.
After all the 'hype' I was terrified, but it was a breeze.
Almost no pain whatsoever.

However, mine had 'erupted' so there was no need to cut the gums.

 

[strangebrew]

I had mine removed... it was nothing.
After all the 'hype' I was terrified, but it was a breeze.
Almost no pain whatsoever.

However, mine had 'erupted' so there was no need to cut the gums.

Your such a liar. I bet you were bawling like a baby.

Stupid baby.

 

[NoDaddyNo]

My friend had 4 removed, they were all erupted - basically just like any other tooth, just in the way way back.
They did it in a few mins, there was very little bleeding, no stitches, and he could eat normal food again in a few days.

That lucky bastard.

 

[XBiker]

3 of 4 out.

 

[Lumberg]

I had it done and I don't remember it being that bad. Don't remember if insurance paid for it.

Get put under! They offer general anaethesia. Not for me cos I haev asthma but that is the way to go. Dope up on PKs and just sleep for a couple days. You'll be fine.

 

[Lestat]

i have all 4 out.

They give you vicodin after that man.. its great.

I was under general anesthesia.. but some people do local with a lot of nitrous.

 

[Stangfriik]

As for pain, I ended up getting dry sockets in both lower sockets. That was THE most painful thing I have ever experienced. Having them jab that clove flavored medicine strip down in the sockets was almost unbearable. Of course, the women doing it were hot as hell so I tried my hardest to not look like a bitch.


Word of advice. Follow everything they say. Do not use a straw, smoke, or anything that creates suction. Believe me you DO NOT want to get dry sockets

 

[OlavZipser]

I heard that if you didn't have your wisdom teeth, let's say, if you only had 2 of 4 wisdom teeth removed, the other two wisdom teeth became part of other area in your body such as bones, spinal cord, etc.

Never had my wisdom teeth removed because they didn't develop. Can anyone verify this if it is true?

 

[strangebrew]

I heard that if you rub your penis long enough, lets say for 2-4 hours, your pee becomes white.

Can anyone verify if this is true?

 

[NoDaddyNo]

I heard that if you didn't have your wisdom teeth, let's say, if you only had 2 of 4 wisdom teeth removed, the other two wisdom teeth became part of other area in your body such as bones, spinal cord, etc.

Never had my wisdom teeth removed because they didn't develop. Can anyone verify this if it is true?

That makes no medical sense beyond the concept that calcium is calcium and maybe your body is going to use it elsewhere to make other bone matter.
But for it to actually be a tooth and then all of the sudden just get slid over and become part of your spine makes no sense.

That said - the danger in not having wisdom teeth removed is that their roots keep growing - unlike normal molars where the root structure stops after some predetermined amount of time - the wisdom teeth have much longer roots and can interfere with jaw muscularture and nerves.

 

[Shak]

i still have mine, but i have to get them out soon. my insurance covers 60%, but next year i'm bumping up my plan so that insurance will cover 80%.

i hate the dentist, so i'm terrified to have them pulled out.

 

[gtrcivic]

Well if insurance covers the removal, then it'll cost me the min $40/ max $80 for each tooth , plus the cost of general anesthesia $115 for first 30 min and $60 for each add 15min...

Prob wait til Jan to do it....birthdays and christmas coming up and hate to spend more $$$

 

[NoDaddyNo]

I wanted to be put out for mine, but the dentist said that due to the nature of mine I had to be awake. Beforehand he gave me Valium to take the day of the operation - he said to take two and get a ride over to the office since I'd be in no shape for walking.
I took 4 and couldn't find a ride and walked over just fine - never felt any effects of the drug.

Then he put a nitrous mask on me and I never felt a thing from it, he kept cranking it up and I heard stuff coming out, but never felt any effects of nitrous.
He finally turned it off because it was obviously doing nothing for me and he said he was starting to feel it from what was coming out of the mask at that level.

He had to reinject me some stupid number of times because the pain killers kept wearing off - the needles into the gums and roof of my mouth were very unpleasant.

The corners of my mouth got torn wide open and were perhaps the most painful part since they took forever to heal.

He had to cut open the gums and then use a circular saw to chop of the tooth into small parts and then slide those out.
My enamal was too thick and he was going through too many blades he said, so he scored the surface of them and then took a hammer and chisel looking thing and told me to make a fist and press it as hard as he could against my jaw.
Then he just smashed away at my mouth with the hammer and chisel.

It hurt like a motherfucker.

I just sat there thinking that I will look back at that in a few years and wonder why I had to endure such a barbaric thing now that we have all of the new technology that is available.

Oh well - no pain now.
But that experience is how I rate all pain against now - nothing has ever hurt that bad in my life.
I now get fillings drilled out without novicane because it doesn't hurt compared to that shit - and it saves me money and the numb feeling that I hate (can't eat for a bit after it either).

 

[Seashell]

I have all 4 of mine in, no problems. Anyone else keep all 4?

 

[Shak]

The corners of my mouth got torn wide open and were perhaps the most painful part since they took forever to heal.

holy crap dude. that's horrible.

 

[from zero]

I have all 4 of mine in, no problems. Anyone else keep all 4?

I have all of mine. From what I've been told frmo the dentist, they should be fine.

 

[Lumberg]

Lestat: I had nitrous. Cool thing about that is amnesthesia. You forget what happened. Works for me. I was telling stupid jokes and overall just being stupid. That's pretty much all I remember.

Happysc: I have a small mouth and the corners woudl get torn a lot when I went to the orthodontist. I think there was some stretching from the wisdom tooth extraction but not too bad.

That sounds like a horrific experience. You are weird how you don't feel some drugs.

 

[ZKaudio]

damnit I have to get mine done soon

 

[Nonerz]

Mine were covered under my parents insurance at the time...they are union workers (Crane Operator & Marine Clerk) so even facials and massages were covered at the time. Oh yeah, there was no co-pay but they have since upped the R(x) co-pay to a buck!

 

[FitFossil]

I had 6 too

Had 'em all out at once. They put me under with IV sedation. Then after what felt like 15 minutes, they were waking me up saying I was done. It made me mad because I wanted to keep sleeping. I'm pretty sure my parents' insurance paid for it, because I was still living at home. Mom made me milkshakes out of ginger ale and lime sherbert - MMMM!

 

[yabbozabbo]

i had all 4 done at the same time.. minor operation.. didnt hurt or bother me at all really... i had to get root canals on my two back molars though cause my wisdom teeth crushed right into them...

get your wisdom teethe pulled before they fuck with the rest of your teeth.