The Picard ManeuverIt's basically a cheat code
Evil KittyItalian tooth
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Venus_ZiegenfalleâWords can never hurt meâ mfs havenât had their world rocked by the sign language double ender
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I spent way too long looking for Saddam Hussein.
[deleted] in lemmyWhere was he?
Gradually_AdjustingIn every corner of my expensively empty mouth apparently
can someone explain this? I donât get it
I had that. The 8th (wisdom) tooth grows in that position. At first thereâs no problem but it starts to create pressure on all other teeth and eventually starts to hurt as itâs pushing against the 7th tooth. The solution is to take out wisdom teeth, which is a quite common procedure any way. Donât know what the âinfinite moneyâ is about. Maybe this is some USA thing.
Probably because more people keep getting born with wisdom teeth to take out
Costs like a thousand dollars or more to get them taken out here
It only cost me $15.8 to take the both of them out where I live. (I only had two for some reason)
Seriously?? Where the hell is that?
Or free if you do it in the military like I did
By the time this is a problem, going through boot camp first isnât exactly viable for 99 percent of people.
I suppose the idea is that most people have this set of teeth and for many it becomes problematic at some point. Removing âwisdom teethâ isnât the cheapest stomatological procedure.
MothraIt took a while for me but after some thinking I believe it is a joke for Americans, for whom dental care is infamously expensive. Probably this type of wisdom tooth causes problems so frequently that a dentist could pretty much live off a single patient with this condition, thatâd be the joke. Full disclaimer Iâm not American, not a dentist and my wisdom teeth also not like that
Nah, just a joke about there always being more to remove as it becomes problematic for a new person
RebekahWSDLoved when my impacted wisdom tooth that looked closely to that exploded in my jaw in 2019. Great times. Real glad my surgery was in February of 2020.
CorkyskogDo they still give you an almost 2 week script of hydrocodone after? I remember watching a lot of magic school bus high as fuck when I was younger for a few days after.
You mean the dentist who, when seeing me, told me immediately they donât prescribe narcotics at that office and then immediately looked guilty when I said thatâs fine, I just wanted a scrip for the big ibuprofen because taking 4 of the small ones at a time made my stomach sick?
No. No they did not.
Ugh, I hate that presumption among healthcare professionals. Weâre not really in pain, weâre all just dRuG sEeKiNg.
I mean, I came to you with a medical problem, which is often solved by or improved by medication, so I guess technically, yes?
And if Iâm in such pain that I require narcotics, wouldnât you rather I see a doctor and take it with their supervision, or that I go find a dealer on the street?
I understand there are some people with addiction issues, but allowing a patient (with no drug abuse history) to suffer, on the off chance they might use pain killers for fun, is so fucked up. I already have to jump through hoops to get ADHD medication for the same reason. It seems that in the US, youâre assumed addicted until proven sober.
I get treated like a drug seeker even when Iâm openly allergic to opiates. And yeah the adhd meds are such a pain in the ass to the point of counterproductivity
When I got all 4 out at once, they gave me 4 pills, each is supposed to last about 12 hours. I had to do the math on how to efficiently take them on a longer schedule than once every 12 hours to minimize the pain spike when I switched to ibruprofin.
I was told I could go to school the day after my wisdom teeth were taken. I took my dose of hydrocodone before heading to school and have no memory of that day at all. I never took the rest. Somehow I had no pain whatsoever after my wisdom teeth were removed and it was almost as if it never happened. Other people I know needed to take a week off.
Same. I barely even took Tylenol and was fine
The dentist slipped when pulling one of my non-impacted teeth and hit me in the back of the throat with his whole body weight. He prescribed me 10 days of hydrocodone and when I called back and said the default dose still left me with a sore throat he called me in another 10 days of a higher dose.
Needless to say, my throat didnât hurt anymore and I played WoW a lot (~2007)
Good ole days haha. Doctors totally overestimate the addiction potential of a short term prescription and underprescribe now.
Had this surgery done this march for two teeth⌠2 weeks on painkillers. Here in Denmark all I got was store bought painkillers⌠ibuprofen and paracetamol⌠and a bill for 8600DKK ~1000$
0/10 - will not recommend
Had 4 done at once. Because asthmatic, had to be done at the hospital because of general anesthetic. 2/10
Was told to eat protein rich diet to support healing, but couldnât chew meats like steak for months due to the risk of breaking my jaw. (Big holes left in bones when teeth removed.)
Invented meat smoothie.
1 steak, medium rare Montreal steak spice. 4 slices bacon 1 spicy italian pork sausage 1 chicken thigh deboned. Salt Water Yogurt
10/10 surprisingly good.
What a horrible day to be literate
PsythikYou do realize that whey protein shakes are a thing, right?
But mine was good.
You learn to love protein shakes.
Maybe yaâll been doing it wrong and need to learn to love meat smoothies?
You really donât? Ever met a person that actually enjoys the taste of them? Like the least offensive taste is tasteless and it still tastes like milky-chalk? Mb itâs tolerable if you have like 10 different flavours and can change them every other day. Yet there are some great protein bars, weird!
Not to mention protein from sources other than meat⌠quinoa, lentils, whole grains, etc.
You do realize whey allergy is a thing for some people, right?
Look, I ainât calling you a liar or anything, but thatâs going on the list with balut as the second thing that I wonât try at least once.
My doc only takes 2 out at the same time (from one side), so the patient can chew. 4 sounds risky
I had all four done with just a couple benzos and local anesthetic. Granted they were reasonably accessible and not impacted. I have vague recollections of making a pun while they were âelevatingâ one of the teeth. I donât remember the pun, and thatâs the worst part.
Even if they only do two at a time, if any of them are impacted into your bones, you wonât be able to chew. Something about physics but chewing anywhere in your mouth can cause the weak spot to crack.
Source: I had all 4 removed and one was impacted. Dentist told me I shouldnât be chewing on one âsafeâ side cause still can break my jaw.
Meat smoothie sounds terrible. Really terrible.
woodenskewerHow about the mango mahi mahi smoothie I enjoyed instead.
Both my bottom wisdom teeth were this impacted and my dentist was screaming to take them out now. I didnât and for some reason they decided to both just rotate and ended up fine.
âImpactedâ sounds like unbearable pain. No? Got a good story about mine. Bear with me.
Got my top 2 out because they erupted sideways, actually cut my finger, thought it was a stuck Dorito. Shit had to go. Got the bottom 2 while I was under general.
First time completely under. Dentist said I wasnât going home until my gf could drive me. Great! Woke at home with her hovering over my face. She was a little bitchy when I asked how I got home.
âYou donât remember that? Nothing?!â
I had refused to leave the comfy office bed, fought and cussed. Whole waiting room heard:
âFUCK YOU! Iâll take you back there and do to you what they did to me!â
Jesus. (Nurses right about now: Yep. And I know OP is a guy.)
My dadâs are like that and he went to a dentist a few years ago that told him âwe need to get those out of thereâ. My dad was just like âwhy? They havenât a problem til now and Iâm almost 70.â He did not go back to that guy.
StalinwolfDamn. I went to the dentist for the first time ever (37) and my dentist was cool about it. She said if theyâve never bothered me, who gives a shit at this point. Fixed my cavities and told me I was awesome.
Same, they told me I would need oral surgery and to break my jaw open. No thanks. Occasionally they twinge and hurt, but I suppose I havenât died yet.
One of mine is like that. The dentist said to just ignore it unless it gives me trouble, or if Iâm planning extended stay in the developing world, then I should get it removed before I go, just in case.
EyedustI lucked out. I never had to have my wisdom teeth removed. I had enough room for them.
When did they break out? You better take excellent care of them or theyâll rot and have to be pulled anyways
A long time ago, around 15-16. I was frequenting the dentist and they said it would be no problem.
I actually had to have my molars removed. Soft teeth in the family and bad childhood antibiotics have made my teeth very fragile. The dentist said my wisdom might move to my molars and they did.
Now both my bottom molars are actually my wisdom teeth. Another cool thing, because my adult teeth have been fragile all my life, their roots have grown up to my cheekbones to compensate. My x-rays are wild. I have the longest roots my dentist has ever seen.
I lucked out even more by not having any wisdom teeth at all.
Lol yeah, something like the colossus titan, but put a large underbite on him. Wish I could see what my actual physical skull looks like. I have a gold tooth in the back, too. Would be a gnarly skull.