r/OralSurgery

Okay so I’ve had one side upper and bottom wisdom teeth removed. The other two never bothered me in my early 20s so the dentists said it would be too risky to extract and if they don’t bother me - don’t touch em. Now I’m 27 and my upper wisdom tooth erupted and it’s bitting down on the gum on top of my severely impacted and long bottom wisdom tooth.

I’d like to get pregnant relatively recently so I’m trying to be proactive by getting this upper wisdom tooth removed in two days bc I can’t clean it with such severe clouding. But the bottom… idk. The surgeon said he would do it but there would be risks involved. Judging by my xray - is the bottom wisdom tooth too close to my nerve to be removed? I’m looking to get this done all in one shot (and sedated through iv lol). I’m also hoping it can be removed completely bc the risk of infection scares me more than never feeling my chin again lol

Thank you in advance!

Any opinions?

I am looking for some advice please. I saw an oral surgeon who recommended taking all 4 of my wisdom teeth out. The top ones are not bothering me but the bottom ones are causing a lot of pain. I am quite anxious about surgery.

I have opted for IV sedation and to get them done in the chair.

What are your thoughts and opinions?

Hi there, my dentist referred me to an oral surgeon to get my wisdom teeth removed. I’m a 21 year old female. I went to the surgeon and made the surgery appointment to get all four out, but my family keeps telling me to wait to get them out because I haven’t experienced any complications from them, and that the surgeon just wants my money. Can someone who is experienced in this field tell me if there’s a chance that I don’t need this surgery? I trust the opinions of my dentist and surgeon, but my family thinks I’m making a bad decision and I’d like more opinions from those in the field.

Some background:

I am 34. I’ve had braces. Been to dentists regularly. I have NEVER been told to remove my wisdom teeth. I have one bothering me now (only one that is erupted) which is why I got a consultation.

So now a little anxious after my appointment this morning with an oral surgeon. He’s recommending extracting my bottom left wisdom tooth, which is erupted and causing inflammation. But he was also pretty aggressive about shaming my previous dental care and not getting my wisdom teeth taken out as a teen. I didn’t really know what to do with this information, as it’s never come up until recently with this erupted tooth.

The bottom right side (the sideways tooth) he is more or less telling me to forget about it and monitor, as extraction would bring more risk than reward at this point, and would require me finding a specialist. I don’t have any pain or other symptoms associated with this side

Should I get a second opinion about this? Everyone on the internet seems to think it’s better to remove a tooth like this ASAP.

I had a dental hygienist piss off a gum, and a dentist fix a tooth that wasn’t the issue, possibly by stabbing 4 times with the anesthetic! My face swole crazy, and my gum/tooth hurt so much I couldn’t sleep for a night!

And as a result have a crazy periodontal abscess between my teeth draining into my jaw. I went to the dentist, she just said antibiotics and wait(Which didn’t cure it when it was minor issue). Clindamycin later, I am on day 6 of 10.

I got rec. for an endodontist and they said we can help the possibly infected/lightly potentially infected tooth pulp but it’s not gonna stop the jaw swelling/pain. Saying the jaw swelling had nothing to do with tooth, by process of elimination.

I finally got an exam with a periodontist, as the gum is where this started!

Here is my question(s). Periodontists first? Then have the tooth removed or root canal? Or just have it removed/or root canal and deal with the gum 2nd? It seems if the gum abscess is where this all started. The infection will not go away until that is solved and should be done.

My face has gone down and pain is manageable now with ibuprofen/tylenol. But I don’t want to go back to my face swelling, in pain all the time and calling off work!

Thank you in advance!

It started with routine cleaning and my gum and tooth hurting past the usual timeframe. I was on antibiotics in between, only thing that helped temporarily. Two weeks later I got back into my Dentist. She was uncertain what the problem was so she tried a filling where my gums had receded and there was small opening for stuff to get trapped in my tooth. During the filling the numbness wore off, she then stabbed my gum like another 4 times with numbing stuff, She had migraine and trying rush stuff. It hurt in after continuously, 10 days later my gum started swelling up and my face! Plus major tooth pain. I could literally feel a tiny balloon form between my teeth! I have been so tired and in pain, lost sleep and work!

The Doctor said get seen for this with a week. Dentist admitted it was probably her filling that made it worse. Might be gingival abscess but has not formed a bacterial center, put me on clindamycin. Three days later my face swelling is starting to go down.

I finally asked for a referral and was able to see a Endodontist and they told me, I probably need a root canal although the infection doesn’t show up on X-ray. And by process of elimination that the gum is what’s causing my facial swelling. Also that the gum abscess formed on top of the gum line. Here is my question do a need oral surgeon or endontist for what is likely a gingival abscess of worse? Who should I have this seem by or are both qualified? Should I get the gum abscess taken care of before the root plus left over drainage., or visa versa? Or could I just do gum and extraction? I am mostly worried about getting a jaw infection, or further infection as I already have an infected lymph node. Both dentists and endodontist just want to see if the antibiotics will clear the gum up , but clearly if have been on them before and they didn’t why would they now? Please help!! the past 6 days have been a nightmare! I have never had pain or swelling/infection like this. Also anything else I should know best course of action?!