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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 5:30 PM Should i be scared? I am. —abcde |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 5:35 PM It's more of an inconvenience than anything. I forgot if you're male or female. You need to post a picture so I can remember. I just had mine taken out on March 27th. I was completely coordinated/with it as soon as I woke up from the anesthesia. I took my meds like a good little girl and there was never any pain. But I still have holes that I have to flush out multiple times a day, and I did bleed for like 4 days. —chix0r |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:12 PM ask for the gas. also ask for medical grade heroin. i had all 4 of mine out at once. they gave me many shots to the gums on top of a few codeine tabs i took an hour in advance. maybe 6 or 7 shots? i was a heavyweight, they had a hard time getting me numb. i shudder to remember. in retrospect, i wish they had put me out. the ripping sound of the teeth coming out of the gums is burned into my head for life. don't plan on doing much for a couple of days. i lived off slushies for awhile. —plurry |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:17 PM I just died, a little bit. Wait, I'm better. My foot was asleep, that's all. —jezebel |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:21 PM haha I'm a girl, I should have picked a better name. But plurry, that sounds terrible. :[ I only have two sort of underdeveloped ones on the bottom, hopefully it'll be a little easier, and I can look forward to being on drugs for the first time in my life. —abcde |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:24 PM Get them out while you are young and the teeth are underdeveloped. If you wait until you are old, the roots grow long and gnarly and they need to use a mini circular saw to cut the tooth out and you smell your own tooth burning and little chips of your own tooth are ricocheting all over your mouth and you swallow some. Plus the drugs are fun. —pookie |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:28 PM I'm trying not to click on this thread, but I can't help it, it's like a mini-trainwreck. But worse, even though it's not as noisy, and so far nobody's died. —jezebel |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:40 PM >>i lived off slushies for awhile. I ate vegetable beef soup my first night, because I rock. Also, I had 3 partial boneys and one soft tissue, whatever that means. I would've taken the "local anesthetic only" option because it was cheaper, but it wasn't offered. —chix0r |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:40 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:43 PM does she look happy? does she look like she's in pain? 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:42 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:43 PM That's a smile on his face, because oral surgery is fun. 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:42 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:43 PM Bwahaha. She doesn't look like she's in pain, and neither does he, really. I had to wear something similar to that, only it wasn't quite as gay. Having to keep the gauze in was probably the worst part. —chix0r |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:47 PM she looks like she's feeling great. 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:52 PM wow, what are those white things on thier heads? —abcde |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:53 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:53 PM 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:00 PM ok, time to get weird.. 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:19 PM Get them out while you are young and the teeth are underdeveloped. If you wait until you are old, the roots grow long and gnarly and they need to use a mini circular saw to cut the tooth out and you smell your own tooth burning and little chips of your own tooth are ricocheting all over your mouth and you swallow some. Plus the drugs are fun. I wonder - if I'm already 30 and haven't needed to have them yanked yet, have I escaped or have I just delayed the inevitable? —anobody |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:05 PM I'm getting my wisdom teeth taken out this Thursday. Should i be scared? I am. —abcde Mine worked out well. I didn't get dry socket or anything and didn't need (or take) any of the drugs they gave me. Don't put it off. Try to be cooperative. Follow the post operation instructions. You'll be fine. —ZT-In-Zapruder-Film |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:36 PM ^ Ah, the reassuring voice of reason. Another reason why I heart Zeet. —pookie |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:00 PM and I did bleed for like 4 days. Don't you do that every month? ha! I'm here all week. But seriously folks---definitely go for the gas, do not let them knock you out. Why? two reasons 1. It's good to get legally high. I was flying so high they took a needle, shoved it into the roof of my mouth, and I didn't give a shit. My friends were joking before I went in so I had my CD player repeating "The End" by The Doors. Meanwhile they were ripping the shit out of my teeth and I couldn't have cared less. Good times. 2. When they're done you'll be awake enough to ice your cheeks which is a good way to avoid all the nasty swelling that occurs post procedure. 10 minutes per side for about two hours and I avoided the chipmunk cheeks. If you're bleeding definitely swish with salt-water after two hours--it'll help close things up or at least slow it down. I also did not ues the Vicadin I scored from the dentist. I stupidly gave it to my addict girlfriend, but this was pre-Dr. Drew so i didn't know any better. —bguirk |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:14 PM ^ Ah, the reassuring voice of reason. Another reason why I heart Zeet. —pookie Thank you. That's something I don't hear very often. :) But seriously folks---definitely go for the gas, do not let them knock you out. —bguirk I had them put me out. I don't regret it. I remember after they injected me with whatever it was that was supposed to put you out, the doctor told me I'd be asleep in in ten seconds. Then I went to ask him a question, and feel asleep before I could finish. —ZT-In-Zapruder-Film |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:19 PM Unless you have an adverse reaction to the meds. Then you'll wake up midway through and fight the doctor, and they'll have to hold your feet and arms down. Seriously. Just, you know, watch out for that. —jezebel |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:21 PM i got the gas and anesthesia. my doctor had injected himself with botox shortly before putting me to sleep. it was fine though. —mandeemoo22 |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:47 PM I wonder - if I'm already 30 and haven't needed to have them yanked yet, have I escaped or have I just delayed the inevitable? —anobody I would like to second this question, except replace 30 with 21 and "haven't needed to have them yanked" with "they don't appear to have finished growing yet." Actually I guess that's almost a different question entirely. —Dark Laith |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:55 PM I would like to second this question, except replace 30 with 21 and "haven't needed to have them yanked" with "they don't appear to have finished growing yet." Actually I guess that's almost a different question entirely. As a dentist told my Dad "you don't want to be going through this at sixty." Then he drove off in his Porsche laughing to himself. —bguirk |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 10:22 PM My 80 year old masters advisor for virology drove a beautiful powder-blue Porsche. ... about the wisdom teeth - I just don't want to ever have to do it. My understanding is that we have them because it used to be common for people to lose teeth and the wisdom teeth coming in would push the remaining teeth together to fill in the gaps. I have no idea if that's true or not, but if it is, wouldn't it be easier to just pull one or two other teeth and let the gaps close? [now my teeth feel like they're being pushed together - dammit] —anobody |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 10:53 PM Now you've got me going ano, I love that color on Porsches! 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:01 PM i have a thing for old 928's. 
and old 914's 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:10 PM Have you ever seen a 914 with a Chalon kit? There is a guy in Phoenix trying to sell one on Rennlist. You can put a V-8 in it, which would be pretty cool. I don't really like the newer Porsches, I think they REALLY fucked up with the Cayenne, and the factory putting a Turbo or 19's on it just makes it look like an elephant with lipstick and a dress on. —John Lennon |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:21 PM
My understanding is that we have them because it used to be common for people to lose teeth and the wisdom teeth coming in would push the remaining teeth together to fill in the gaps. I have no idea if that's true or not, but if it is, wouldn't it be easier to just pull one or two other teeth and let the gaps close? In my case a popcorn husk got stuck under one without my knowledge, I didn't reach it with my brush, it forms an abscess that became infected, and I spent some not so fun time in the dental equivalent of the emergency room and they don't give you the happy gas in there (though they really should). I was told that your that it's far less likely for people w/o their wisdom teeth to have that happen. Maybe my dentist needed some new tiles for the pool, but after going through that I was convinced. I was pouncing on my girlfriend mere hours after the procedure--in my parent's basement no less. It's really nothing. —bguirk |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:29 PM
Edited Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:38 PM i prefer cars to be stock or, if modified, unmodified looking. the one exception being if the car needed bigger shoes like the orange 914 pictured above. seems like no one thought to give sports cars wide, low profile tires until the late 80's. edit: i tend to prefer (visually) pieces of shit from the 70's era.. i want one of these.. 
and one of these.. 
and.. 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:35 PM Here's the other thing that's weird about 70's Porsches, what's up with the weird ugly ass colors? There was a puce green and a shit brown (that one also went into the early 80's). 
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:40 PM The old Porsches (especially that 914) just look like ass to me. The Boxsters may be cheap, but a new one looks a hell of a lot better than that old 'classic' [spits] junk. A new 911 is just a thing of beauty, though. —anobody |
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Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:55 PM Ano please. Go down to 20th Street Auto, those old wrecked ones still look a hell of a lot better than any newer overpriced amalgamation of plastic, leather, and aluminum that has a badge with the prancing ponies on it from Stuttgart any day (save for the Carrera GT or the Cayman). By all means pleasure yourself to the Boxster, put it in your spank bank for later use, just think about this, for as "beautiful" as you believe its rounded bulbous curves are, it is still the German equivalent of the girl from The Hills Have Eyes with lipstick on. My mechanic knew a guy who bought a Boxster brand new in 1997 and 500 miles in, the engine blew. He didn't drive it hard, normal driving, and the engine blew up. It cost him $5,000 for a new engine. And he probably bought it because "it's a cheap Porsche", and it "looked good". —John Lennon |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 12:12 AM Ano please. Go down to 20th Street Auto, those old wrecked ones still look a hell of a lot better than any newer overpriced amalgamation of plastic, leather, and aluminum that has a badge with the prancing ponies on it from Stuttgart any day (save for the Carrera GT or the Cayman). You are clearly insane. —anobody |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 12:29 AM 1 bottle of vodka, A pair of pliers and some thread tied to doorknob can suffice as well :), just be sure to save me some hydro codine. —rAnCIDsICk@!!! |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 6:54 AM I had mine out and it was no big deal. Don't sweat it. —Beat It! |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 8:38 AM
Edited Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 8:40 AM Ugh, this thread has been car-berted. Those white things are to put the ice in so you don't have to hold it up to your face. My face didn't swell at all. —chix0r |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 7:24 PM I had an awful time at 30 when I had mine out. Delayed it as long as I could. Was dropping like 4-5 advil every day before. Severly impacted. That is your only major problem, if your wisdom teeth are impacted. otherwise no problem. I used to have (pre-divorceland) a red 914 similar to the orange one above. Those WERE wide shoes for the early 70's. Very amazing ride, that mid-engine. Off ramps at 90mph. Those crazy Germans. I love the look and motors on the new ones, but the 356's will always be my favorites. Inverted bathtubs :-) —oh-for |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 7:31 PM I just had mine taken out on March 27th. My birthday. fate. I really don't like porsches, they look kida weird and too small. But I bet they're hella fun to drive. I want to drive an IRL or F1 car, that's my dream —Stryker311 |
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 8:33 AM
Edited Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 8:36 AM DON'T WAIT, kiddies, when they tell you to have them out. I grew
up across the street from my dentist. A great family friend, a
great neighbor, and a great dentist. And he told me since I was
around 16 or so to have my wisdom teeth out. And I always talked
him out of it. Given the layers of our relationship, he wasn't
able to tell me as a patient that I was making a really BAD
and he was unable to change my mind. So I was 37, some shit went down with two of them when they finally
came in, and they told me that they all had to come out. And when
you've waited, it's messed up. The expression 'long in the tooth'
meant in this case that the roots of my wisdom teeth were long. Long lower roots mean they can (did in my case) straddle a
sensory nerve that runs out to your chin. When they hork out the
wisdom tooth, it jangles the nerve, and you get a form of an
enervation - pain, weird sensations - for several weeks until the
nerve calms down. Long upper roots mean you can have a pronounced chamber in the
space where the roots were. That chamber, called an antrum, can
bump right up to your sinus cavity, can be only a few millimeters
away when your roots are big.....and when they hork out the upper
wisdom teeth, it can actually pull the floor of your sinuses out,
causing a friggin hole between your mouth (not sterile, not ever)
and your sinuses (sterile space). The danger of infection is a
problem. So, they put some inert material, I was told it was a
plug of cellulose, in the hole, suture it up, and hope for a good
seal and that it will heal up tight. Lucky for me, it did. All this shiz added to the surgery time (four hours) and recovery
time (six months). All or much of it could have been avoided had
I listened the first time I was told to have the damn things
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 10:16 AM You hearing this ano? —bguirk |
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 1:40 PM My wisdom teeth have not even come out yet. I hope they never do. My health teacher used to drive a Porsche, he said that he almost died because some dude wouldn't let him in the lane while they were on the freeway near Neverland Ranch.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 9:28 PM You hearing this ano? [whiney / high pitched] but I don't wanna get 'em out! —anobody |
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 5:37 PM The Tooth Sasquatch. But very skilled, the oral surgeon was an awesome doc. Very nice touch. I was gassed of course, so I'm making that assessment on the post-op rundown of the work he had to do. Tight quarters, and the guy did a great job. I work on cars (or used to, back when you could), and I've often complained that an engine compartment is tight. But imagine your mouth. No room for tools or hands. —Ed Thunderbear |
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 5:52 PM weho has it worse the dentist or a vaignal srgeon. both stihgt spaces. unless its rosie odonell hers probaly looks like Drooopy's cheeks. —John Lennon |
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