<p>They're not growing out. He says if I don't remove them now, I risk having to take them out when I'm an adult, which would be 999x more painful. He said the thought of taking out his wisdom teeth as an adult would make him crawl under his desk. I asked him, "If you were me, would you do the surgery now?" and he said yes.</p>
<p>Does he have money on his mind, or do I really need to take out my wisdom teeth now?</p>
<p>Can't you wait a little bit longer?</p>
<p>....sometimes I swear money is what they really want.</p>
<p>do it, make the money back by selling the painkillers...semi-joking</p>
<p>I've heard the same thing. That the process is much more painful for adults, and that if you don't get your wisdom teeth removed now, they could cause problems later on.</p>
<p>But I don't know much more beyond that. My dentist has never said anything about wisdom teeth. I should probably ask the next time I go.</p>
<p>so who will you trust, your surgeon with medical experience or a few anonymous strangers on a college discussion room lol? haha trust your surgeon and get them removed if you need it. If you're really concerned, get a 2nd opinion.</p>
<p>I got the same thing from my dentist (mine aren't in yet, either). Honestly, though, neither of my parents ever got their wisdom teeth out, and they're still healthy.</p>
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<p>99x more painful = 99x more painkillers = 99x more profitable</p>
<p>Take them out now. That way my parents would have to worry about the money, haha. Joking, sort of.</p>
<p>Ask him the chances of complications if you don't take them out.</p>
<p>Do it now. My dad got them removed in his 40s. Head swole up to the size of a watermelon.</p>
<p>I was 15 when i got them out. They were impacted, and couldn't grow out. They weren't bothering me but I got them removed anyway. It didnt hurt that bad. I was sedated during the extraction, then on pain killers for days afterwards. I really didn't feel much pain. </p>
<p>No biggie.</p>
<p>Yeah. My dentist extracted 4 of my teeth when I was 13, I believe -- may have been later.</p>
<p>I don't understand the impact, but he said that my teeth shifted, so other teeth couldn't grow out. I trusted him.</p>
<p>Here's what the oral surgeon told my daughter: the nerve in the lower wisdom teeth gets longer as you mature, becoming completely developed by the time an individual is about 25. This tooth nerve becomes entwined with (or grows close to) the lower facial nerve. (I'm sorry I'm not being clinical here; I honestly cannot remember all the specifics.) When this happens, it becomes more tricky to remove the lower wisdom teeth without affected the facial nerve. The chances of facial paralysis, while still small, increase dramatically.</p>
<p>Get them out.</p>
<p>99x more painful = 99x more painkillers = 99x more profitable</p>
<p>I agree. </p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>I can't afford downtime. The dentist said I'd have problems by age 18 when I was 13.</p>
<p>I turned 18. No problems. 19th birthday came. No problems.</p>
<p>Now they're actually in. They were impacted but my prayers were answered. Somehow they turned around without any surgery, braces, etc. GOD IS AWESOME.</p>
<p>The only complaint about them is I need longer toothbrushes to get back that far! But hey, they're in, not painful, and I avoided any sort of surgery.</p>
<p>I know a guy who's 50 and still has all 4. Some never came in. His dentist said the same thing when he was a teen.</p>
<p>These oral surgeons just want cash. They're almost as bad as plastic surgeons who seem to take five procedures to get things right.</p>
<p>I got mine around three months ago. Overall it was not a horrible experience the procedure was painless; however, the days after it were a little woozy. I got 20 Painkillers and used 10 of them within the next three days.</p>
<p>The doctor is right it's better to get them out earlier. There really is no point at a second opinion since most people need them out, you're probably one of them. Oral Surgeons make a ton of money-Money is not on his Mind!</p>
<p>The oral surgeon is right. Chances of complications (facial paralysis, nerve damage, a broken jaw, and other fun things) increase with age. You should be able to wait a year or so but the younger you are, the shorter the root of the tooth, and the easier it will be to extract. Plus, I've had a partially erupted wisdom tooth and let me tell you, it's sort of painful. Get them out now, before you have any problems. And as another poster said, do it while it's your parents' financial burden, not your own.
I stressed out before getting mine out two days ago, but really, it's not a big deal. I slept through surgery with a nice mix of nitrous oxide and intravenous sedatives and only had to take one of the heavy duty pain killers. My face is still swollen up like a chipmunk, but it's going down now. It's like a right of passage for teens. Go with your surgeon's advice.</p>
<p>Our dentist told us to get our sons out and we left it and they moved his teeth (on which we had spent a fortune in braces) and now they are a mess (he was away from home and we did not realise how bad it was till the damage was done). Our daughters were hurting her cause her mouth is so small so hers came out as soon as the dentist told us. I am 54 and still have mine - in fact I lost a molar and one of the wisdom teeth shifted to take its place and i ended up having it crowned (what can I say - i have awful teeth) so i am glad I still had it.</p>
<p>get it its a chill operation......it just hurt for like 2days</p>
<p>My wisdom teeth were impacted. Just get GA for surgery, you'll sleep like a baby. But don't try driving. I couldn't walk for like 3 hours after GA, I kept falling down lol. Its the miserable days after eating only soft foods that suck. </p>
<p>Get your mom to buy you a bunch of smoothies.</p>
<p>My mom is a dentist.</p>
<p>Get them out now, because it will hurt like hell when you're older and you get them out.</p>