wisdom teeth

[gypsy_cream]

yo...anyone know how to calm down toothache caused by wisdom teeth?,,,,it aint even that sore, my gums and cheek are just dead swollen and inflamed...need to calm it down before i go to the dentist as i probly wont get a chance to see one until next week ...i got a fuckin hamster cheek..
:(:-p:(

[Sheridan]

take some motrin (ibuprophrin) for swelling as it is an anti-imflamatory. that should help the pain as well, but I think some pot will do the trick.

[KaOz]

damn man, i have the same problem at moment and my fuckin head explodes.. believe.

im with you

[gypsy_cream]

its throbbing....and i cant find any ibuprofen....arghhhh

[James]

whiskey...

[thesnailsshow]

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:)

[gypsy_cream]

hehehe

[James]

sex, whiskey, crack, morphine, tea [?]
think u should try too meet the dentist before tbh... can get ugly... :(

[narobi foss]

if you find a clove in your kitchen, put it on your gum.....it will numb it. honest i'm not making this up=] Ibroprophren is the dogs danglies for toothache tho.....

[Paddy]

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[Paddy]

Originally posted by James
sex, whiskey, crack, morphine, tea [?]
think u should try too meet the dentist before tbh... can get ugly... :(

[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by narobi foss
if you find a clove in your kitchen, put it on your gum.....it will numb it. honest i'm not making this up=] Ibroprophren is the dogs danglies for toothache tho.....

nah i believe you :) ...i use clove oil for toothache alot but i cant find it, also that wouldnt help the fact that my face/jaw is very swollen now,
i just woke up and my mum was like"yer no goin tae work like that hen!!" ....so yeh wish me luck, i'm off for a trip to the dental hospital now ..yikes

[gypsy_cream]

nik-nak behave...ffs

[cut out]

i've been told warm water with salt mixed in is the best natural thing (by a dentist) - it does kinda work but obviously tastes a bit rank.

interestingly dentists now-a-days seem to be of the opinion that it's not worth extracting these bastards - which i'm more than ok with

[goone]

every now and again mine hurt me
i just grin and bear it

[Spandex]

Had exactly this several times... hurts.

From what my dentist told me, the swelling is caused because your wisdom tooth is basically coming through and ripping your mouth apart a bit.. but this isn't what hurts, what happens is that things then get trapped in all the messy tissue and starts to irritate and inflame, so one thing to do is to rinse with some antiseptic, salt water is really effective for this... several dentists have told me this. Really swill it around as hard as you can and get it all cleaned and disinfected... hard when it hurts that much.. but it helps.

Also, one dentist told me I should try brushing the affected bit... he said it'll seem counter-intuitive and hurt a lot.. but actually getting a brush into the infected area and dislodging things that might be causing inflamation helps a lot... then rinse with salt water again. I've done this and found it effective... though it did hurt like hell while I was doing it. I'm no dentist though... so it's at your own risk init :)

Mine did this about once a year for 6 years or so... have finished coming through now.. thank fuck. Christ it hurt.

[skosh]

Originally posted by nik-nak


'james', i'll smash your wisdom teeth out with my bare hands if you'd like?

arghh stop it!

hope the gypsies teef are ok :(

[karitek]

just watch yourself. my wisdom teeth got infected and i had to have 3 operations and was almost hospitalized. it wasn't fun - i woke up one morning with one side of my face being twice it's normal size and having such a high fever that i was delerious.

[wheezer]

around here there's this kind of disinfectant toothpaste - from spandex's account it sounds like it would do the trick nicely for these purposes, and it tastes better than that saltwater thinger (also more expensive though...)

[Patrick]

I used to get that every so often when my wisdom teeth were coming through. The hard brushing and salt water treatment worked for me (although it's easier to tolerate the pain of brushing the infected area if you numb it by getting tanked up on whiskey first)
Ibuprofen is probably the best pain killer, as mentioned above, because of it's anti-inflammatory properties.

I thought my wisdom teeth had finished growing, but one of them hadn't and is now impacted. Basically it's cracked from growing slightly sideways so now I've got a hole in it all the way down to the nerve which hurts like a bastard if I forget and chew on that side and get anything in there. Got to go into hospital in a few weeks to have it taken out.

Hurray for wisdom teeth !!!

[Spandex]

Originally posted by Patrick
The hard brushing and salt water treatment worked for me (although it's easier to tolerate the pain of brushing the infected area if you numb it by getting tanked up on whiskey first)


Other thing I forgot to mention (which is no use now I guess) is that if you do all this when you feel that first twinge, you can stop it getting to the "enormous face" stage. Next time eh? :)

[Sheridan]

I was told by many dentist I have gone to that I was not going to get wisdom teeth. all the x-rays I ever got never showed them. recently I have been noticing some pain in the back of my jaw from time to time. I think they may actually be coming in now. hope not as I hate the dentist. :(

[jukka]

good luck getting rid of the pain and the swollen face.

[gypsy_cream]

thanks jukka :)

well they were useless bastards, gave me some anti-biotics and said if it happens again to come back...also i didnt have any money on me (even though its NHS!!!???) so they were very nippy with me and said if i dont pay the £13.09 by tuesday then ill get the debt collectors on me , hahahahaaaa . what a palava!

"you wouldnt go into a shop without paying or asking to pay after" ..
it made me feel sick that they were comparing a dangerously swollen face to purchasing something from a shop...

we pay taxes which gives them their fucking salary...and you get treated for shit for not havin 13 quid when you clearly need surgery

[Mui]

I had to get mine cut out...they were coming in sideways and would have pushed my teeth together.

[gypsy_cream]

yeh my face is even more swollen than yesterday so im gonna have to go back

[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by Mui
I had to get mine cut out...they were coming in sideways and would have pushed my teeth together.

man they xrayed my teeth and told me the same thing ....one is pushing sideways towards the front of my mouth...they said "if they stay like that then this will probably happen again, and youll have to get them taken out" but they didnt say how or when or why they wouldnt do it now...

hurting like fuck

[Patrick]

You usually get referred to the hospital to get your wisdom teeth taken out.
Expect at least a 6 month waiting list.

[gypsy_cream]

shit ok....

maybe i should just go to a private dentist, wasnt registered cos of moving house and kinda needed immediate attention... im not waiting 6months

[kams]

start saving!

[jukka]

Originally posted by Patrick
You usually get referred to the hospital to get your wisdom teeth taken out.
Expect at least a 6 month waiting list.

you won't have to go to a hospital in germany, the dentist pull them out in his ??surgery??

[gypsy_cream]

yeh but it costs a bomb innit

[jukka]

dunno