Wisdom teeth

[BobD]

Well I just went in for a cleaning and checkup. The Dentist said he needed to replace a couple of my old fillings (metal type) and he would use the new stuff but they won't even look at the cavity by the gum line on one of my upper wisdom teeth. Get it pulled and while your at it have all of them pulled .



Had the consultation with the Oral Surgeon and while the two upper one's are fully out the two lower ones are partially erupted so those will be a bit more work.



I haven't set a date for the surgery yet, you guys are braver than me, I don't want nobody pulling out any of my chompers.



If the procedure alone is scary enough the price tag surely is. Close to $2,000 for all four and I pay 20% of that if the Surgeon accepts the Insurance I got other wise I pay the whole thing and file a claim.



moRbiD

It took me like 2 years to set up my consultation and another 2 years to actually have them done. LOL I was NOT looking forward to it at all. I only finally went because one was partially out and was bothering me.



I had to pay $600 the day of. The nurse tried to talk me out of having them all done until next year when insurance would cover more. I told her that I'm lucky I even made it this far so just do them all. LOL

 

[BobD]

Haha, don't you just love the amnesia you get after waking up? I didn't recognize anyone when I woke up until 2 hours later when I suddenly realized I was on my bed



Fun times...

I don't remember ANYTHING. LOL I remember hearing my parents over my house talking but don't remember ever seeing them. Hell, 10:00 that night I even had trouble getting up the stairs to go to bed. haha

 

[SuperBee364]

Glad it went well! When I had mine out, the surgeon suggested soaking kitchen sponges in water, put them individually in zip-lock bags, freezing them, then use a kitchen towel to strap the sponges on each side of your face. Doing this 24/7 for three days prevented any swelling. It also kept me from leaning on the pain meds.