Similar story here, dentists want to yank a couple teethies that have not caused any trouble at all for entire life.
(SO far, I’ve chickened out of the procedure....coward as I am...ha! .... my parents used to say, “Don’t fix what ain’t broke” but of course I’m no dental expert, just chicken...)
chicken BIG TIME, ha ha.
I didn’t have them out until I was 30. I should’ve had it done a dozen years earlier. I would urge having them out ASAP.
Thank you!
I’m 40 & still have mine..I’m a big chicken too :)
If you have Great/Good Dental Ins and thet will pay a good %age of the cost and there is a Possability of them causing her future problems I say PULL “EM!
I had supernumerary wisdom teeth and they used to get infected about every 6 months. Really annoying and painful. Finally had them taken out in my late 20s and haven’t had any problems since - I’m 49 now.
One day, she might find herself unemployed with no Dental Insurance....and that’s when they’ll go bad.
Had mine removed because, despite my reputation as a Big Mouth, I had no room in my mouth for these teeth. I had braces as a teen before the wisdom teeth great in, and the dentist wad concerned that these teeth would crowd the others and basically undo the correction effected by the braces.
So I had the teeth removed and I’m happy I did. No problems at all.
Get them done now before you lose any semblance of dental insurance.
Our teeth may not move much after our mid-20s, but getting them removed later in life, esp. if they become impacted or infected, could be life threatening.
It’s a simple procedure with little downtime. I had mine out, local anesthesia, and I was out eating steak the same night.
It would appear that at least one is aimed at another tooth, which will likely cause problems later.
My take would be keep a close eye on it and don’t do anything until you need to. However, if you have insurance that will defray costs, I’d consider doing it while you do. Bad outcomes are unlikely.
Each time I’ve had elective surgery it was because the situation would not improve with time (as this one won’t) and I was about to lose my corporate insurance. I have been glad I did it each time.
I am a baby boomer and I had my last wisdom tooth removed two months ago, after all of the others molars were pulled when I was young many moons ago. Still having sinus drainage issues now though through the hole in my gum.
The last time I visited the dentist was about 20 years ago... he had insisted that I go to an oral surgeon for fancy pananamic head x-rays (not a fan), and after I was told that they wanted thousands of dollars for a procedure that I really didn’t need, I asked that I be given the x-ray negative because I paid for it.
Mine was similar to your 25 year-old’s... It was completely obvious to me that I had sufficient room for them to grow in... without making my teeth all crooked. The only “problem” i have is when i eat popcorn the hull fiber can sometimes get wedged between the tooth and gum. Solution? AVOID POPCORN.
I guess I am fortunate as I haven’t had a cavity my entire 40+ year life... I have no use for doctors anymore... not now, no way, no how...
“I was just going in for a routine teeth cleaning and next thing I know I am at home and my door is kicked in and a boot is on my neck as they conficate all my guns from the cabinet”.
No, thanks, I’ll keep my wisdom teeth.
I had mine done at about that age. Doc said do all four at once. I am glad I did.
I had similarly impacted lower wisdom teeth (tipped forward against the molar in front). I delayed too long because I’d have had to go to an oral surgeon. They weakened the enamel on the adjacent molar, leading to a bad cavity below the gum line, then came the root canal. I wish that I had got mine out sooner!
Is he also suggesting that he do the work, or is he sending her to an oral surgeon? Taking out wisdom teeth is not that easy and she would likely best be served by an OS.
If the local dentist is suggesting that he do the work he may have a $ummer trip to Europe or Hawaii in hi$ future plan$.
I still have three of my wisdom teeth. The one I don’t have anymore cracked and I had it surgically extracted about ten years ago.
Don’t know how things are in the military now but when I was in they routinely had us get them removed. I later asked my civilian dentist if this was a good idea and he said yes.
Those look like they’re going to be trouble, J4J. They need to go. Get an Oral Surgeon to do the job, not the Dentist. They’re buried, so I imagine the Dentist isn’t going to want to do it anyway.