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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 05:49 PM
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You know the second-worst thing about having wisdom teeth pulled?
Edited on Thu Aug-24-06 05:49 PM by seawolf
Although the pain (#1) goes away, it's possible for food to get caught in the empty sockets until your jaw completely heals. I just pulled out a half-broken down piece of turkey that had been in there since last night and stank abominably. Eeeewww!
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 05:50 PM
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1. Ugh.
I had mine done about a year ago.

Bad, bad memories. :scared:
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 05:51 PM
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2. Well, it wasn't my wisdom teeth (thank gods)
but I did get a molar pulled out just two hours ago x(
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 05:55 PM
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3. Ouch.
Eat lots of ice cream and drink lots of iced tea to numb the pain.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 05:56 PM
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4. Nasty
I know the feeling though...I usually swallowed food, when I had multiple wisdom teeth pulled...no chewing, just...chopping the food up with the fork/knife, and then swallowing little bits/pieces...
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 06:01 PM
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5. worst pain of my life...
way worse than having teeth pulled, broken limbs, dislocated limbs, kidney stones, slipped disk, etc. (and I'd know, I've had all of the above) was a sudden and intense toothache I got due to a cavity in my wisdom tooth. I agonized for four days without a wink of sleep because of that pain, slowly overdosing on aspirin. We couldn't find a dentist. So the next best thing was an old guy who wasn't a dentist but had pulled plenty of teeth before. So he grabbed a bottle of whiskey and a pair of pliers. And an hour later all four of my wisdom teeth were out. And you know what? I laughed and laughed through the whole damn process, because getting your teeth pulled out with pliers by somebody completely unqualified to do it felt a whole lot better than that damn cavity.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-24-06 06:57 PM
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6. Been there, done that, but the 1st best thing
Edited on Thu Aug-24-06 06:58 PM by RebelOne
is getting some great pain pills, so you don't care what is stuck in the socket.
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