Please somebody pull out my wisdom teeth now.......

[Kells]

I'm having them extracted in 2 weeks. I know that it's not particularly painless, and am not looking forward to it too much, but it has to be better than this - I can't open my mouth wide enough to eat (which, lets face it, is what's getting to me most), my jaw aches, my head hurts. Yes, I'm a wimp.

And I'm listening to George Michael. It must be bad......I need some sympathy!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Poor Kells. Drink lots of gin - you'll soon feel better and won't need any food.

Steep some cloves in the gin and it will be vaguely medicinal.

[Peckwich]

I've been having a similiar problem with 2 new wisdom teeth for the past couple of months but am hoping that they won't need to come out(I already have one wisdom tooth which caused me only minimal pain when it arrived). They're not too painful today actually but I do still have the problem of not being able to open my mouth wide enough to eat. Quite embarassing really, I imagine I look like I am stuffing food into my mouth in a rather uncouth way. It's bad when I'm brushing my teeth as I have to stretch and bear with the pain to reach back in there. My dental hygienist told me the pain is mostly due to food getting stuck and causing the gums to become inflamed so I make sure to clean really well.

I've also been grinding my teeth a lot lately and I think this is due to the 2 new teeth as it seems to be on that one side(or it could be stress caused by the state of the economy). Does give me a jaw and headache as well.

[Peckwich]

...so you have my full sympathy!

[Kells]

Gin sounds like a good idea PGC!

When I got an infection a couple of years ago, a colleague recommended co-codamol, which definitely helped - that might help Peckwich? I think I'm trying to grind them down too, but it's not helping!

[RosieH]

When I got mine through, I found nothing worked quite as well as several whiskies and a spliff.

However I was a student at the time and suspect my prescription's not that conducive to having to work in the morning.

[Alabama]

had mine out in jan this year. worried all over xmas about it but i genuinely didn't hurt - i promise! the worst bit is trying to eat/clean teeth afterwards. it's not so bad...

[sanity girl]

Been there, so I sympathise. Ibruprofen with codeine is what you need.

Are they taking all 4 out at once? I hope not!

[SteveT]

Oil of cloves from any decent chemist, added to the painful bits of the mouth should create an effective anaesthetic.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

You been watching the Marathon Man again, SteveT?

[PeckhamRose]

Oil of Cloves works.

What dentist you going to?

[Kells]

Thanks forall the messages, sorry for feeling so sorry for myself....I thought I'd escaped wisdom teeth. I'm not registered with a dentist, so am going to the Dental School at Kings. I work at Kings anyway, so I have no excuse!

[Keef]

Clove oil is great, although try to avoid getting it on your tongue, as it is absolutely vile!

[bigbadwolf]

I've said this before (several times) regarding dental discomfort, and the results are near instant pain relief.

Nicotine patches.

[HonaloochieB]

Clove oil and co-codamol. It's the only way. I had an infected tooth a couple of years back and it was enormously painful, so yoy have my sympathy.

The treatment I received from Kings was top-notch.

[Kells]

I was impressed when I went, I was only waiting for an hour. I thought I'd be there all day! And I'm not worried about getting them out, it's afterwards. Can I have sedation for 2 weeks please?!

[bigbadwolf]

Has anyone actually suffered the barbaric method of extracting teeth on the cheap. My mum has told me that my grandad did it once to my uncle Keith (deceased).

He'd employ this savage technique because he'd seen it done on an all to inspiring level when he was in the R.A.F. During his adventures in the skies of the eastern Mediterranian one or two of his fellow airman developed toothache to the point whereby they needed to be removed. Now we all take the notion that tying a tooth to a door and slamming it as a humourous suggestion to an all too painful predicament.

When deployed in these remote forward air fields there was an alarming lack of doors to slam. My grandads bombardier developed toothache and their squadron leader suggested and executed an inspiring way of literally ripping the tooth from the unfortunate fellows mouth. They took a piece of strong cord and lashed it to the propeller of an aircraft. They tied the other end to the troublesome tooth. They fired up the engine.

Jobsagoodun.

[Jah Lush]

You have my sympathy the pain is bloody awful and the sooner you get it down and are out of the pain the better,

I had three wisdom teeth out at the same time at Kings about ten years ago and it was done fairly painlessly. Nothing worry about there. It just feels that there's a bit of a hole in your mouth for a little while afterwards until it heals up. You'll be needing to gargle plenty of Listerine afterwards to stop any infection forming.

[Kells]

Are there stitches? BBW I'm glad I'm not in the RAF and never will be, do people still pull out teeth on the cheap now? I guess they must. Doesn't bear thinking about though.

My bathroom is going to turn into a shrine to listerine, don't worry! No more infections for me, I've had enough of them! They did have a cancellation today, but I didn't think you should pull a tooth out with an infection?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Antispetic properties of whisky and honey are probably preferable to Listerine!

[Jah Lush]

I had a few stitches when I had mine out but the dissolve quickly enough.

[siousxiesue]

If it makes you feel any better, you will have a lovelier more defined jawbone/profile after...

[sophiesofa]

I had all four of my back teeth taken out in one go to make way for my wisdom teeth to come through and my teeth were too strong to be pulled out so the dentist went upstairs to get an implement called cow horns (i think it was while ago). He'd never had to use before and had to crack my teeth into bits one by one and there was blood everywhere. But on the plus side I was so full of injections that it didn't hurt. It's weird getting used to the 'holes' where the teeth were but it will definitely be worth it. I'd never heard of clove oil but it sounds great. Good luck, it will be worth the wait!

[bigbadwolf]

"BBW I'm glad I'm not in the R.A.F and never will be, do people still pull teeth out on the cheap now?"

Yes, I imagine it would've been an uncomfortable flight back to their base in Alex. I don't think the practice of pulling teeth out with a door (or propeller) and a piece of string is very widespread Kells, but I imagine that sort of thing still goes on in Gypsy camps and Irish households who are parishioners of the Christian Brotherhood.