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I think this was the only heathcare thing I ever fought with my mom over, in high school. Demanded we get a second opinion. The oral surgeon agreed that my teet
by systems_glitch 4y ago
I think this was the only heathcare thing I ever fought with my mom over, in high school. Demanded we get a second opinion. The oral surgeon agreed that my teeth were fine. Still have them 20 years later, still no cavities. It just seemed nuts to me to remove something through surgery that wasn't causing problems.
My favorite "reason" for why they should come out was, "you're more likely to bite your cheeks."
- bombcar 4y agoOne of my wisdom teeth is laying sideways and I've been told I need to get rid of it for ... twenty years now and still haven't bothered, since the cost of getting rid of it now and when it starts to do whatever horrible thing it's plotting to do is basically the same, I continue to punt. My current dentist is ambivalent about it.
- collyw 4y agoDon't it bother you? I got constant minor infections with mine. Difficult to clean. Moved about occasionally causing a fair amount of pain.
- WalterBright 4y agoOne of my teeth is currently being resorbed. It has no known cause and is untreatable, eventually resulting in tooth loss. The dentist wanted to preemptively remove it. It could fail tomorrow, or 5 years from now. I opted to do nothing until it does fail. So far, it's been a year and a half.