It seems I have an impacted wisdom tooth.

[BreweryYardRat]

Dentist gave me a copy of the X-ray, and the damn tooth's growing in at a 45-degree angle. So I have to go and get that pulled at some point soon.

On the plus side, I was presuming the hellish toothaches I'd been having came from a bad cavity, and that hadn't happened, so...one bright spot, at least.

[Fredda Weinberg]

1. A couple of uncomfortable days, then it'll be fine

Good luck

[Deep13]

2. Piece of cake

Shoot you up with Novacaine. Yank takes like a second. A suture or two and you're ready to go. Getting knocked out is unnecessary and is the cause of the lengthy recovery.

[El Fuego]

3. That happened to me last year

It got really bad (some kind of infection) and I couldn't even open my mouth. It was horrible.

But, getting it pulled was a piece of cake. I was terrified because I thought it would be this big involved procedure. But the oral surgeon just reached it and plucked it out in 2 seconds. Like it was a just a little splinter. I couldn't believe it was over just like that.

AND, he gave me a prescription for really good drugs! :evilgrin:

[catmandu57]

4. Get it yanked

as soon as possible, you'll be glad you did.

[sarge43]

5. The price we pay for our faces getting smaller

I had all four of mine yanked at the same time. As everyone else said, doesn't hurt (killer drugs) and doesn't take any time. A bit of discomfort post op, but nothing that can't be handled. Get it done ASAP and do what the doctor tells you.