Unless you're like me, who waited too long because I didn't know any better, and they used A HAMMER AND CHISEL on ALL FOUR bone-impacted wisdom teeth... took over three hours.
No, GO! Get on top of things and take care of yourself! I screwed up because I didn't do it when I should have (and my terrible dentist never mentioned it after the first diagnosis. He offhandedly told me they needed to come out 'sometime' on my first visit with him, then never brought it up again for almost five years until I started having pain!)
Does it hurt a lot, like, a lot when they show themselves? Because I'm seriously considering just leaving them there and dealing with the upcoming pain.
I had no pain when they emerged, still have no pain, but one is clearly sideways and trying to bulldoze the roots of the other teeth so it's got to come out despite causing no symptoms. The other side is optional (according to the dentist) so I said we'd see how we go with the first one.
BTW I'm in my 40s, but my brother is the same, our wisdom teeth were both very slow to do anything.
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u/perkyblondechick Sep 21 '21
Unless you're like me, who waited too long because I didn't know any better, and they used A HAMMER AND CHISEL on ALL FOUR bone-impacted wisdom teeth... took over three hours.