4 of my wisdom tooth came out out already. 3 of them takes their own sweet time.. where once in a while I would feel the pain until head ache then its gone.

But the one at the lower left jaw was extracted in 2003. Crazy painful until I got migraine and fever (probably due to the infection). The tooth was growing at 90 degree as it was blocked by the jaw bone from above. Had it removed via surgery at the Ipoh government dentist. RM55 or something like that. But the process is cumbersome. First I had to go to a local government dental clinic. Then get referral for x ray.. go to another building. I had to press the x-ray tube to my cheek so hard on my own. Then take the x ray film to the surgeon in the Hospital.

From the x-ray can see the tooth was growing awkwardly that it was depressing the nerve in the lower jaw. Due to severity of my condition, the surgeon scheduled the surgery the very next day. During surgery, after extracting the tooth, the surgeons called in the students to look at my cut open gum. From what I heard, they could see the nerve that has depressed marked on it, almost like a hole but no cuts or puncture yet. The surgeons even took pictures of it. I tried to asked for a copy, but was politely denied. He said I was lucky that the nerve wasn't punctured yet. If so, I would not be able to feel anything anymore on my lower jaw. Then the gum was then sewn closed. After a week went to see the surgeon again for removal of the thread.

The thing is, after a few years, there is another tooth coming out at the same place again, but very small and causing food to get stuck. I thought once the wisdom tooth is extracted, that's it. How come I still got tooth there? Luckily it is not causing any pain. So i just let it be.

perhaps it's a paramolar

yes.... dental pain can radiate and cause headache...... dun worry about nerve injury..... the risk is very slim unless the roots of the wisdom tooth is hook around it..... I dun even bother to take xrays as it's very misleading.... 3D scan would be great but that's over kill for low risk procedure......

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Added on September 8, 2011, 10:12 amprobably a broken piece of your wisdom tooth was accidentally left behind.... there is a possibility of a 4th molar..... very rare case but I have personally seen a a few cases.... your previous xray should have detected it though......

This post has been edited by DrBarbarian: Sep 8 2011, 10:12 AM

Dr Barbarian

Thank alots for your reply.

Another question,
But my head like keep on paining, will this consider serious b'cause my appointment only on next Monday (12/09/11).


Thanks

there are 4 wisdom tooth?
i thought there're only 2!
if i not mistaken my friend said her 2 wisdom tooth came out.so i thought there's only two of them
nowadays i started to feel the pain...it seriously hurts
from my reading in this topic it's better to pull it out early right?

Thanks all for the information. very useful and i have read up all 7 pages!

just curious, if there is 1 wisdom tooth develop in my mouth, will i get another 3 as well? do they do grow at the same time?

a few days ago i thought i got an ulcer (experienced pain) at my upper molar but it turns out to be a small wisdom tooth i guess. cos i can now feel it is like a small tooth. not sure whether it is a new tooth or it has been there for long (sorry i just not sure).

should i go to the dentist now? or i should wait for a few more days and see if the pain subdues?

I got one removed not long ago, and I had to remove one more tooth because of the 45 degree wisdom tooth.

4 shots of painkiller, and they managed to get my wisdom tooth out, by sawing it. Cost me RM1k++ to do so.

most ppl will have 4 wisdom teeth... upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right..... but not all may be visible as it may be stuck hidden under the gum/bone..... some ppl may have one or more missing wisdom teeth... it's not 'hidden', it's missing... not formed at all.....

some... very rarely... have more than the complete 4 wisdom teeth! for example..... another wisdom tooth behind the lower left wisdom tooth....... wisdom teeth are known as 3rd molars... the additional wisdom teeth is known as the 4th molar.....

99% of the upper wisdom teeth can be removed by normal extraction.... 20% of the lower wisdom teeth needs surgery removal......

I've heard from my friend's dentist that sometimes wisdom tooth extraction would cause damage to the nerve and you won't feel your tongue and loose some sense of taste. Is it true that the risk of damage is there? And if yes, what can be done to the wisdom tooth?

there are 2 nerves that run pretty close to the lower wisdom teeth.... one is the lingual nerve that goes to your tongue and the other is the inferior dental nerve that goes to your lower lip....

if either one of this nerve is cut/damage, you will have numbness of the affected area.....

the risk of damaging the lingual nerve is practically close to 0%...... almost impossible to damage it.... the inferior dental nerve has a risk of 1% chance being damage......

I really need explanation. Goddamn, my upper ones are done 100%. Now, what I'm facing is my left one, like halfway thru, but two days ago it started pain again until now... I think the lower teeth started grow last year/last 2, but isn't wisdom teeth will only grow in a certain period not like mine stop for a period ( 8-10 months ) then start again.

My right one is still ok, about 70% completion. My gf told me ( she's a medical student ) it should be related to food I ate two days ago. The triggered factor is papadam ( she asked whether I had any keropok or etc ) and papadam instantly popped up in my mind ! Now I'm in HELL, it's so freaking pain ! I take painkiller now, my mom gave me. What I worrying now is the left one may infected....

I will consult dentist next month, cos ( this also bad thing ) I just started work this month I'm kinda like fresh grad...

took out my bottom tooth with Dr leong of melaka.

very good specialist. if you need his contacts pls PM me.

You can read my experience here:

http://boredomblogs99.blogspot.com/2011/10...sdom-tooth.html

saw your blog.... from the pix of your tooth, yours is not a 'true' wisdom tooth surgery....

thanks for your comment Dr Barbarian.

The dentist did made an incision on my gums and after that he just yanked it out or something. But he did not break the tooth into pieces, which I am glad...

anyway, in his report it was classified as surgery.

What is a "true' wisdom tooth removal?

why, only sectioning of the tooth tissue is considered true ah?

this case is just a little slit to create an opening for the wisdom tooth to be removed.... no impaction involve... so you did not go through what most ppl deem as surgical removal where normal gp are not well trained for....

1) I have 2 horizontal impacted third molar tooth on the lower left and right. Left third molar coming out a bit from the gums. Right third molar is still hidden under the gums.
2) I just extracted 4 tooth for my braces.
3) My problem is, should I extract the both third molar at one time or one by one? Extract it before my braces or after my braces? My doctor say, just don't do anything until it gives u pain.

Reen, it's better to extract those teeth while you don't have any problems with them.
During this time, extraction should be painless and recovery is faster.
It would also save you from worrying about those teeth because eventually you need to pull them out also because of problems due to their impactation.

And why do u need to extract 4 teeth for braces??!

Thanks kitco for the info. I have to extract 4 teeth for braces because the doctor say the were no enough space as I have overbite problem.