Comments on: A Little Less Wise

By: fazzbech

fazzbech — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:19:36 +0000

I still think you are wise beyond your years ;)

By: KylieM

KylieM — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:11:20 +0000

yuk .. i hope you are feeling better .. I had 5 teeth out in quick succession (4 wisdom teeth under a general and another molar rotted from impaction against the wisdom tooth about a month afterwards) Must admit all my throat infections have dissappeared since then!

By: rivertam

rivertam — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:21:23 +0000

De-lurking here to challenge you on the worst teeth in the world. I believe that particular gold medal is mine. I’ve inherited a tendency to abcesses from my mum along with thin enamel. So far I’ve had 12 root canals all because of abcess, 7 teeth removed and the rest are each about 95% filling except five in front in the bottom jaw, they seem to have escaped the curse.I can’t afford caps so I’m getting around with badly shaped and discoloured teeth. Doesn’t stop me from laughing at your stories though.

By: Carole

Carole — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:24:07 +0000

coudn’t agree with you more – I love my dentist too.
My mother never took us as children, the first time I stepped into a dentist EVER I was 27. August 2005, while we were on holidays, I had an absyss in one of my wisdom tooth. I’d been refusing to get it looked at because of this inane fear of the dentist I’d developed, largely due to having never been taken as a child. The absyss turned into Trismus (lock jaw) that we tried for a month to clear up with various antibiotics, just so they could get in there to remove the tooth. No antibiotic worked, in the end we just had to get in there as best we could.
I lived on soup, toast and macca’s french fries as it was all I could fit between my teeth while my jaw wouldn’t open. One of the most painful things ever – a few times a day it would “spasm” and try to open, but as it couldn’t, the pain was intense and most times it did that I wound up in tears.
Anyway, since then, I have had 4 wisdom teeth and 2 molars (that had rotted as well because the wisdom teeth had been left there so long) removed (1 when I was pregnant with Brodie), all in surgery, 3 fillings and one root canal (still waiting the cap). I would marry my dentist if I could – despite the fact that he and his assistant always start the most interesting conversation, right when I can’t talk and participate! You go in with pain, and come out fixed (or as good as)
I’d also add that people cringe when you say you have had wisdom teeth out in surgery, but I have seen many people get them out in hospital, and the pain is worse, longer, recovery time is longer, and except for the one that was ultra infected they have all been relatively pain free in the surgery.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:09:34 +0000

ah yucko-I had mine out a few years ago-it’s such a relief once they’re gone and the pain stops tho!And i found the thing about breathing through your nose interesting-i also hate the dentist for another reason beside the discomfort of dental proceedures- I cant open my mouth wide without it absolutely killing-dentist always complain but I just cant!! hate it hate it!