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I remember when my wisdom teeth started causing me problems in my early 20s. The lower ones caused some kind of infection that wasn't treatable and my gums sta
by bane 11y ago
I remember when my wisdom teeth started causing me problems in my early 20s.
The lower ones caused some kind of infection that wasn't treatable and my gums started leaking a terrible puss that was pretty disgusting to be frank about it. Perhaps it would have all sorted itself out in a few months. But throwing up 4 or 5 times a day was making it hard to get nutrients so I went in, got knocked out, and them hacked out of my head.
The were so impacted the dentist had to break part of my jaw and I was unable to open my mouth for about 8 weeks while it healed and it was months before I could fully open my mouth again.
But guess what? No puss, no more barfing and I haven't had any problems since. So I think that was probably the right choice and if I had to do it over again I would have had them carved out of my skull 5 years earlier before they had become a painful and disgusting problem.