Wisdom Teeth?

[torinsmom]

Weirdly, I only have 2 wisdom teeth and they have never come in(I am 38). My DS has NONE, I mean they are not there at all. I guess he is lucky!

Marsha

 

[Minniemama350]

Weirdly, I only have 2 wisdom teeth and they have never come in(I am 38). My DS has NONE, I mean they are not there at all. I guess he is lucky!

Marsha

I had four taken out and now I have 1 more, 5 total. I must have gotten one of yours?

 

[ZachnElli]

Weirdly, I only have 2 wisdom teeth and they have never come in(I am 38). My DS has NONE, I mean they are not there at all. I guess he is lucky!

Marsha

I'm 37 and I don't have any wisedom teeth either. I'm pretty sure my oldest child doesn't either, I know he's missing a regular molar and they didn't see any wisedom teeth yet either and said he may not have them. After reading this thread I'm feeling extremely fortunate!

 

[SeaSpray]

Both of my DSs (now ages 21 and 18) each only had 3 wisdom teeth develop. They both had theirs removed this summer.

DS18 never had a problem and thought his wisdom teeth were coming in just fine until we saw the x-ray and saw that one of them was laying sideways in his jaw and eventually would've eroded and ruined the roots of the adjacent molars. What he thought was the top of the tooth coming in straight, was actually the SIDE of the tooth, protruding through his gum. He recovered easily, except for dry-socket in the one area where the tooth had been laying sideways down in his jaw and needed a bit more extensive incisions for removal.

DS21 started to have trouble with his wisdom teeth this past year, so he was relieved to get his 3 removed. He didn't have any trouble with recovery at all, no dry-socket.


I agree with the previous posters who say that wisdom teeth removal, especially on the advice of professionals, is one of the best preventative moves you can make for your children's oral health into their adult lives.

Also, if your child is still on your dental insurance, even more reason to not put it off. For example, DS18 is a full time college student so he is still on our dental insurance and his was covered except for about $225. DS21 no longer has dental insurance, so his cost was about $1075. If only we had made sure to have his removed while he was still on our dental insurance, it would've saved him a lot of pain, and money. We planned on him having them out the summer after his senior year of high school, before college, but it just never got scheduled. Lesson learned, which is why we made sure that DS18 had his removed this summer before college started.

 

[snoopyluvsdis]

My 13yo dausghter had all 4 of her wisdom teeth out 3 weeks ago. Her ortho said it should be done before her braces go on. She will also need jaw surgery in a year or two to bring her lower jaw forward. Her pain wasn't to bad,only needed ibuprofen, but the sedative had her throwing up that 1st evening.

 

[Ilike2Lurk]

The last few times DS has been to the orthodontist they have been harassing us .....

Did you file a report with the local police department? Harassment should not be taken lightly.

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

My 13yo dausghter had all 4 of her wisdom teeth out 3 weeks ago. Her ortho said it should be done before her braces go on. She will also need jaw surgery in a year or two to bring her lower jaw forward. Her pain wasn't to bad,only needed ibuprofen, but the sedative had her throwing up that 1st evening.

I wish my ortho had done that. I got on my braces at 14, and within 6 months my wisdom teeth began developing right underneath my 12 year molars. He said I was unable to have the oral surgery to remove the wisdom teeth due to having braces , so he pulled all 4 12 year molars. I had huge holes in my gums for months- gross. It was painful and a rather nasty prolonged healing. The preventive surgery your daughter had sounds like a much better option.

The plus side is that at 18, all 4 wisdom teeth grew in. It was surprisingly painful, and 2 grew in sideways. But my orthodontist (who was also my regular dentist) said they would straighten out as they grew in. And they did! NO teeth shifting for me at all. I've had them in now for 21 years and not even a cavity.

 

[golfgal]

My 13yo dausghter had all 4 of her wisdom teeth out 3 weeks ago. Her ortho said it should be done before her braces go on. She will also need jaw surgery in a year or two to bring her lower jaw forward. Her pain wasn't to bad,only needed ibuprofen, but the sedative had her throwing up that 1st evening.

You might want to get a second opinion about the jaw surgery. I was supposed to have that done as a teen too but we found an ortho that did the same thing with an orthodontic appliance instead. I have heard that the jaw surgery isn't the best way to go with this.

 

[Green Tea]

Just from a financial standpoint, medical insurance may cover impacted removal, but it won't cover removal of erupted wisdom teeth.

My children have been fine with the removal.