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Doesn't play well with others...
187 posts
Location: CANADA
Posted:
What is the point of them? Really?
I had mine taken out today and I'm just wondering.
What is the point of them? Really?
I had mine taken out today and I'm just wondering.
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
355 posts
Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
I REALLY have no idea...I had one that started growing out in the top left and when it got to about 3/4 of the length of the tooth next to it, it stopped! what the hell?
Now I got another one that started poking through my gums in the top right about 3 days ago and it's just starting to get irritating...
What's most annoying is that I turned 19 this year and my free dental treatment ran out...
I REALLY have no idea...I had one that started growing out in the top left and when it got to about 3/4 of the length of the tooth next to it, it stopped! what the hell?
Now I got another one that started poking through my gums in the top right about 3 days ago and it's just starting to get irritating...
What's most annoying is that I turned 19 this year and my free dental treatment ran out...
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Posted:
I think it's something to do with the fact we eat like wimps.
Back in the day, x00,000 years ago, our homo-ancestors used to hunt, and bring home the kill, which consisted of a lot of meat. Either raw or cooked, this was a hard-to-chew piece of food, so they needed huge wisdom teeth within a large jaw in which to decimate the meat...
Now-a-days, we steam/boil our vegatables, eat cereals, and all matter of "easy/soft" to eat food. This in turn, reduced the need for our huge jaws, wisdom teeth, "cramping" our mouth with teeth, which is why a lot of people need orthodontal (spl?) treatment.
Or so I read. Makes sense though.
I think it's something to do with the fact we eat like wimps.
Back in the day, x00,000 years ago, our homo-ancestors used to hunt, and bring home the kill, which consisted of a lot of meat. Either raw or cooked, this was a hard-to-chew piece of food, so they needed huge wisdom teeth within a large jaw in which to decimate the meat...
Now-a-days, we steam/boil our vegatables, eat cereals, and all matter of "easy/soft" to eat food. This in turn, reduced the need for our huge jaws, wisdom teeth, "cramping" our mouth with teeth, which is why a lot of people need orthodontal (spl?) treatment.
Or so I read. Makes sense though.
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Posted:
I assume they're called wisdom teeth as they come through around about the time you start to mature just before puberty (i think i was twelve-ish)
well they dont make me any wiser...
I assume they're called wisdom teeth as they come through around about the time you start to mature just before puberty (i think i was twelve-ish)
well they dont make me any wiser...
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
Erm...wisdom teeth come out around the age of 18 or so i think...not puberty. My sister had all 4 come out between 18-20 and she had to have 2 of them removed i think.
Just going back on the theory of eating tough foods...why would wisdom teeth appear at around the age of 20 instead of along with other teeth at the toddler stage?...i say toddler cos i honestly don't know when a child should have a full set of teeth.
Erm...wisdom teeth come out around the age of 18 or so i think...not puberty. My sister had all 4 come out between 18-20 and she had to have 2 of them removed i think.
Just going back on the theory of eating tough foods...why would wisdom teeth appear at around the age of 20 instead of along with other teeth at the toddler stage?...i say toddler cos i honestly don't know when a child should have a full set of teeth.
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Posted:
mine did come through early.
hell i matured early. when girls were still reading my little pony annuals i was reading readers digest!!!
mine did come through early.
hell i matured early. when girls were still reading my little pony annuals i was reading readers digest!!!
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Posted:
hmmm...freak(y)...
hmmm...freak(y)...
It's better to burn out than to fade away
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*sulks in the corner*
*sulks in the corner*
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
Well at least you had them out at 12. Mine are just coming through now
Hopefully there will be some good coming from this...I WILL get wiser...
Who am I kidding?...I'll never be wise enough to give advice.
Hopefully, in the future my grandkids or something will love me for that
Well at least you had them out at 12. Mine are just coming through now
Hopefully there will be some good coming from this...I WILL get wiser...Who am I kidding?...I'll never be wise enough to give advice.
Hopefully, in the future my grandkids or something will love me for that
It's better to burn out than to fade away
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Redneck Woman
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Location: Texas, Yeeeeehaaaaaw, USA
Redneck Woman
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Location: Texas, Yeeeeehaaaaaw, USA
Posted:
i dont know, my wisomd teeth decided to start to come out during this freakin hurricane we got hit by...the fact we had no water or electricity made it worse...that and the fact im pregnant...
i dont know, my wisomd teeth decided to start to come out during this freakin hurricane we got hit by...the fact we had no water or electricity made it worse...that and the fact im pregnant...
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Location: CANADA
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Posted:
Hmmmmm... Interesting. I don't think that mine made me any wiser, although I must say that after having them removed, my head is not so clear (I blame the painkillers!)
Advice for those yet to have them removed...be diligent about putting ice on your cheeks. 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off for the first 24 hours (except when sleeping of course) I am hardly swollen at all!
Hmmmmm... Interesting. I don't think that mine made me any wiser, although I must say that after having them removed, my head is not so clear (I blame the painkillers!)
Advice for those yet to have them removed...be diligent about putting ice on your cheeks. 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off for the first 24 hours (except when sleeping of course) I am hardly swollen at all!
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
One real thing that scares me though...when I went for a check up after my first one poked through, they x-ray'd my jaw to give them a little record of what state my teeth are in and to see what stages the other wisdom teeth were in...I
I was shocked to see that both my lower ones were COMPLETELY horizontal i.e. growing INTO my teeth at the back...I never realised this could actually happen. I only thought that because there's not enough room at the back of your jaw, they grow out at a weird angle...but erm...90 degrees to the direction they should be growing at?...
One real thing that scares me though...when I went for a check up after my first one poked through, they x-ray'd my jaw to give them a little record of what state my teeth are in and to see what stages the other wisdom teeth were in...I
I was shocked to see that both my lower ones were COMPLETELY horizontal i.e. growing INTO my teeth at the back...I never realised this could actually happen. I only thought that because there's not enough room at the back of your jaw, they grow out at a weird angle...but erm...90 degrees to the direction they should be growing at?...
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Posted:
Hey! Same thing happened to me! The top left tooth came out about 3/4 of the way and then stopped. Thankfully my others dont seem to be giving me problems though.
Hey! Same thing happened to me! The top left tooth came out about 3/4 of the way and then stopped. Thankfully my others dont seem to be giving me problems though.
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Posted:
I'm currently teething.
Its hurts
I'm currently teething.
Its hurts
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Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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Location: NJ or DE, USA
Posted:
That's what happened to my bottom wisdom teeth. I had a stupidly busy schedule at the time, so I had to wait months before I could get them removed. During those months they conviniently plowed into the rest of my bottom teeth so I now have crowding. You might want to get yours out 'fore the same thing happens to you.
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I was shocked to see that both my lower ones were COMPLETELY horizontal i.e. growing INTO my teeth at the back
That's what happened to my bottom wisdom teeth. I had a stupidly busy schedule at the time, so I had to wait months before I could get them removed. During those months they conviniently plowed into the rest of my bottom teeth so I now have crowding.
You might want to get yours out 'fore the same thing happens to you. Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Posted:
Mine are horizontal too... but they decided against moving them, as they were afraid of damaging a nerve, and they think that they won't move...
Mine are horizontal too... but they decided against moving them, as they were afraid of damaging a nerve, and they think that they won't move...
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Posted:
Mybottom wisdom teeth are growing horizontally too! This is wierd...
Hy top ones are growing outward into my jaw ligaments at the sides of my mouth. I cant brush em...
My top ones are coming out next week, and my bottom ones are coming out the week after. At a total cost of 100 quid. Bloody teeth...
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Well, they will be afterwards
Mybottom wisdom teeth are growing horizontally too! This is wierd...
Hy top ones are growing outward into my jaw ligaments at the sides of my mouth. I cant brush em...
My top ones are coming out next week, and my bottom ones are coming out the week after. At a total cost of 100 quid. Bloody teeth...
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Well, they will be afterwards
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
oh damn, i have to get mine out when i get back to aus...
oh damn, i have to get mine out when i get back to aus...
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
Having a rummage around my mouth with my tongue earlier (as you do), I discovered that I have the very small beginings of my wisdom teeth comming through on my top jaw.
They don't hurt, but on a search to find a small mirror to inspect my grown up grown up teeth I cracked my head on the extrator fan in the kitchen. Very ow
Having a rummage around my mouth with my tongue earlier (as you do), I discovered that I have the very small beginings of my wisdom teeth comming through on my top jaw.
They don't hurt, but on a search to find a small mirror to inspect my grown up grown up teeth I cracked my head on the extrator fan in the kitchen. Very ow
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
When I went to the dentist when I got home, he said not now, but next year. So late 06/07 its seeming.....
When I went to the dentist when I got home, he said not now, but next year. So late 06/07 its seeming.....
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Posted:
i hadd 1 wisdom tooth and the one infront taken out......i hate dentists, i been sedated, gassed you name it but they refuse to treat me.
i had to be knocked out (like i asked for at the begining)
i hadd 1 wisdom tooth and the one infront taken out......i hate dentists, i been sedated, gassed you name it but they refuse to treat me.
i had to be knocked out (like i asked for at the begining)
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Location: Swansea, Ma (US), USA
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Posted:
i got mine out last week icky very makes you feel poopy but gettin outa skool/work is fun! ^__^
i got mine out last week icky very makes you feel poopy but gettin outa skool/work is fun! ^__^
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