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Mike Jacoubowsky
Guest
> It is not a question of parents thinking so in most cases. I was told
> that I would NEVER need my pulled, then six months later woke up and
> could not open my jaw because the teeth were impacted into the jaw bone
> and prevented normal jaw function. It is usually clear in a full mouth
> x-ray if the teeth will become an issue soon; if there is not room for
> them without impacting the jaw or pushing other teeth to the side, then
> they need to be pulled.
Ever since I was 15 I've had the dentist(s) telling me I had to get my
wisdom teeth removed, right then, or else it would be hell later. But I was
always suspicious of adults telling me stuff like that; I remembered in
school how they'd constantly be telling you that you had to do this or that
better because you weren't going to get away with it when you got to jr
high/high school/college. And seemed like things never did catch up to me.
So I figured the dentists were simply of a mindset that said wisdom teeth
had to go, whether they really did or not (kind of like how they used to
think everyone needed their tonsils removed).
So now I'm 49, have all 4 "wizzies", and every once in a while get some
soreness from a couple of them where they never really have broken the
surface. And one of the two that have is at quite an angle but hey, how many
people can chew with the side of their mouth? In retrospect, I should have
had them removed, as it would have reduced a lot of crowding.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
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> It is not a question of parents thinking so in most cases. I was told
> that I would NEVER need my pulled, then six months later woke up and
> could not open my jaw because the teeth were impacted into the jaw bone
> and prevented normal jaw function. It is usually clear in a full mouth
> x-ray if the teeth will become an issue soon; if there is not room for
> them without impacting the jaw or pushing other teeth to the side, then
> they need to be pulled.
>
> BTW, I am not sure that kissing a girl trumps playing a full 60 minutes
> of full contact basketball.
>
> - rick
>
> that I would NEVER need my pulled, then six months later woke up and
> could not open my jaw because the teeth were impacted into the jaw bone
> and prevented normal jaw function. It is usually clear in a full mouth
> x-ray if the teeth will become an issue soon; if there is not room for
> them without impacting the jaw or pushing other teeth to the side, then
> they need to be pulled.
Ever since I was 15 I've had the dentist(s) telling me I had to get my
wisdom teeth removed, right then, or else it would be hell later. But I was
always suspicious of adults telling me stuff like that; I remembered in
school how they'd constantly be telling you that you had to do this or that
better because you weren't going to get away with it when you got to jr
high/high school/college. And seemed like things never did catch up to me.
So I figured the dentists were simply of a mindset that said wisdom teeth
had to go, whether they really did or not (kind of like how they used to
think everyone needed their tonsils removed).
So now I'm 49, have all 4 "wizzies", and every once in a while get some
soreness from a couple of them where they never really have broken the
surface. And one of the two that have is at quite an angle but hey, how many
people can chew with the side of their mouth? In retrospect, I should have
had them removed, as it would have reduced a lot of crowding.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> It is not a question of parents thinking so in most cases. I was told
> that I would NEVER need my pulled, then six months later woke up and
> could not open my jaw because the teeth were impacted into the jaw bone
> and prevented normal jaw function. It is usually clear in a full mouth
> x-ray if the teeth will become an issue soon; if there is not room for
> them without impacting the jaw or pushing other teeth to the side, then
> they need to be pulled.
>
> BTW, I am not sure that kissing a girl trumps playing a full 60 minutes
> of full contact basketball.
>
> - rick
>