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	seiberwing 2007-08-21 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Why exactly (or to put it better, under what conditions) would they do that? Because I haven't been to a dentist in over a year and I'm pretty sure mine are bursting in now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

onyxnoir
2007-08-21 07:35 pm UTC (link)

I think it mostly depends on how your wisdom teeth are growing in. Mine were comming in very crooked and for a few years before I had the actual surgery I had my dentist tell me every time I saw him that I should get them pulled before they started to hurt.

Sound advice that I opted to ignore until the teeth started to hurt. Pain is a wonderful motivator.

I hear some people never have to have them removed. Lucky them.

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	seiberwing 2007-08-21 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Any way of telling if they're coming in crooked before you go to an actual dentist? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onyxnoir 2007-08-21 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know. Mine were clearly visible on dental xrays for years before I got them taken out. If you've still got the phone number for the last dentist you saw, perhaps a quick phone call to their office could get you some more information? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rachel_pi 2007-08-21 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	If they really, really, really hurt or feel like they might be crowding your other teeth, that might be a sign. Mine were insanely painful because they were growing in against my other teeth. But it can be hard to tell on your own, because some people's teeth don't even come through the gums, but they do weird things to the other teeth. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seiberwing 2007-08-21 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Mine feel fine atm, so I suppose I'm cool. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rachel_pi 2007-08-21 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, you're probably good for now. It's possible you won't need them out at all. One of my friends only got two and didn't need them extracted. Lucky bastard. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seiberwing 2007-08-21 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Yay! Although if I do, I hope I get to keep them. (Reply to this)(Parent)

hitchhiker42
2007-08-21 11:41 pm UTC (link)

Pain is a wonderful motivator.

Indeed. I was hoping to get away with keeping mine, but they started shifting (I guess) in such a way that my entire mouth hurt. The best part was when I started getting shooting pains down the full length of a tooth that was broken on three separate occasions and is almost entirely fake. I have to get the two on my right side extracted at some point later the year.

My favorite part of the whole experience was seeing the vaguely disgusted looks on my friends' faces when I told them my dentist let me keep the extracted teeth.

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	onyxnoir 2007-08-23 12:16 am UTC (link)
	Awww, my dentist didn't even offer to let me keep the teeth, and I didn't think to ask at the time (other things on my mind..like how much I wanted the surgery to be over). I would have kept them too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-08-27 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	...I thought that was standard practice. All four of mine (in their many splinters) are in a sealed medical jar-thingy in my closet. You mean I could have been scaring my friends all this time? -marchingocelot (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lessis 2007-08-22 06:03 am UTC (link)
	I'm 28 and mine seem to be happy hiding in the back of my gumline. Which is a good thing as the bottom two, are sideways. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onyxnoir 2007-08-23 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, mine were coming in sideways too, that's why I had to get them all pulled. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Yay! Another pointless personal story!

lizzypaul
2007-08-22 07:17 pm UTC (link)

Sound advice that I opted to ignore until the teeth started to hurt. Pain is a wonderful motivator.

My dad is 48 and never had his removed. Every 6-8 months, they start to come in, and his face puffs up. He lays in bed and moans like a baby until they go away, and has done so for the LAST 30 YEARS. Apparantly, the thought of getting them pulled scares my (big, manly, cop) father so much that he'd rather deal with pain twice a year.

/my thoughts on fathers AND wisdom teeth.

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	asira 2007-08-22 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	I guess I'm lucky then, cos my dentist says mine will never grow in. Seems my mouth is too small and there's no room for them to go anywhere. 0__o (Reply to this)(Parent)

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