Wisdom Teeth

[pdq1]

Can the high street dentist remove a Wisdom tooth? I say this because you often hear of having to attend a hospital to take it out. Do they face extra probems in doing so?

[CheekyChops]

I had one out 6 months ago, a lower one. It took about 10 seconds and was no problem to get out at all. Now I'm a proper scaredy cat and cried all the way through 2 fillings, the wisdom tooth extraction was a piece of cake in comparison!

[Eve]

I had one out by an emergency high street dentist when one got infected (a bottom on but he took the top one out!). It was nowhere near as bad as I thought - had never had anything done to my teeth before - not even a filling (still none).

I had the other three out under general. All back in 2001. They said I was about a week away from them becoming impacted and them being harder to abstract but it was fine and recovered very quickly. The stitches are hard to leave alone though :)

[MadMen]

The stitches are horrible. I kept on poking at them with my tongue.
I also had some lovely, bloody, bright green gauze constantly stuffed in my mouth. I was a bit of a bleeder :(

[sara3]

I've had one of mine out, from the top.. apparently they have shorter roots and come out easier. injections then whoosh, out in about 2 mins.

no problem, although not great fun!

[Canary42]

I think these sort of threads should carry a Health Warning for people who are already terrified of dentists :-)

[MadMen]

I asked a similar question when I had mine out, and I found the answers really helpful. Scary, but helpful.
It's always best to be prepared :-)