Wisdom Teeth

[pdq1]

Can the high street dentist remove a Wisdom tooth? I say this because you often hear of having to attend a hospital to take it out. Do they face extra probems in doing so?

[ummmm]

Yes, if they can get at it properly.

[MadMen]

Your regular dentist can take them out, unless it's a more complex case, in which case you'll need to see an oral surgeon which would be at a hospital.

[Prudie]

I think they can if the tooth roots are in normally and straight. It's when they're curved, mis-shapen or involved with the tooth next door that it needs a hospital visit.

[MadMen]

On another note, if you do decide to go to a hospital and have it/them removed, then you'll be able to be knocked out - which is nice :-)

[DTCwordfan]

Shouldn't be any Novovirus in a dentist......

[Zeuhl]

Case by case (degree of 'impacted') but I got the impression that upper wisdom teeth were easier for the dentist than lower.

My dentist removed uppers but i needed hospital, general anaesthetic, hammer and chisel for lowers.

[Ann]

Well I always get a cold after visiting my dentist DT, it makes me worry they don't sterilise their equipment well enough and really puts me off going! Its the only NHS one in town.

[tonyav]

Had to have all four of mine removed at the same time in hospital ( impacted ).

[excelsior-1]

i know one or two people who need wisdom teeth putting in

[Zeuhl]

BTW

If its your teeth you're concerned with pdq I hope they are easy.

When mine were removed, my girlfriend visited next day and walked straight down the ward past my bed because she didn't recognise me

[Prudie]

I only got one

[tonyav]

Did you like me have a face like an hamster Zeuhl.

[MadMen]

Did I just read right... hammer and chisel? Ouch!!

I'm sure pdq1's won't be *that*... er.. bad :-/

They used a scalpel to cut my gum (lower wisdom) which managed to free it up.

[queenofmean]

They can...and the one they had to take out was an absolute NIGHTMARE as it was growing into my cheek....vaguely remember the dentist having to get on the seat to get at it...but she did :)

[pdq1]

From the above I gather its not a 1 visit procedure. For instance they would need to take x-rays and how they test whether its impacted or not beats me. As I no longer have regular checkups my history will not be available to them.

Personally I would rather have the tooth (filed...with the drill of course)) down to the near the gum as the nerve has already been taken out and its the protusion that gives me the trouble.

[MadMen]

QOM, I was going to say something similar, but didn't want to put the OP off too much... but...

I have this vision of the surgeon putting his knee up on the seat, so he could use it to push against. Eekk!

[Zeuhl]

You could be right mad

I was just surmising based on the after effects

Like tony; swollen face, head and large bruises across my chest. There were blokes in there having all sorts of serious ENT surgery who looked a lot better.
Even the bloke who died and was wheeled out on the Two Tier Trolley looked in better shape than I did.

Two days later they discharged me, so doped up I could hardly walk: Gawd bless the Central Middlesex Hospital!

[MadMen]

Jeeeesus! :-/

[queenofmean]

My apologies if I have scared anybody....wasn't intentional. My dentist is lovely though, she does breathing exercises with me which have come in handy :)

[Zeuhl]

/My apologies if I have scared anybody.../

Ditto from me

I should add that my wisdom teeth experience was in 1980 when children cleaned chimneys and surgeons wore blood soaked rubber aprons

I am sure that nowadays they use some aromatherapy, ultrasonics and slip the old wisdom teeth out through your keyhole

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