Always have taken the attitude that if my wisdom teeth are leaving me alone, that is, not causing me a problem, I leave them alone. 1 dentist told me he should recommend I get them out but when I asked him," Would you get yours out?" he said, probably not, unless they gave him trouble. That was Australia 30 years ago. Still got my wisdom teeth at 66.
Had mine removed at 18 with no thought to question it. Had no problems recovering but I could sure use those extra chewing surfaces now at 72. When it was recommended for my daughter in the 90s, I questioned the oral surgeon about the rates of removal and what he reckoned the percentages were and how so many of an existing body part could warrant removal. He got very huffy and never answered my questions
Except that during convid, my impacted wisdom tooth which had some months earlier, started to erupt and had been treated previously with excessive amounts of antibiotics which turned out to be a temporary measure. Difficulties in accessing a dentist aside due to irrational closures and an emergency dentist refusing to see me; the uncontrolled infection and subsequent dry mouth as a direct result of a refusal to extract caused damage to the tongue which turned cancerous. Yup, the UK's policy of leaving be and treating always works well doesn't it?!
You know what's pathological? These medical professions and those in them. They're mal-and-miseducated. On top of that, many of the individuals (most?) are fetishistic in their approach to the body. That's my assessment anyway. I've felt this way for decades.
When I was in my early late teens (?), I asked my then-dentist about my wisdom teeth. When will they come in, doc? Many of my friends are getting theirs and some are already having them taken out. (I was afraid I have to go through the pain of extraction if there were a problem.)
Well, he said, let's take a look at your x-ray. He comes back into the room with a strange look on his face. "What?" I asked.
He had some news for me. I had nothing to worry about. I wouldn't be having any issues with my wisdom teeth. I won't? Really? How come?
You don't have any. They're not even in your head. Here's where they should be, showing me the x-ray, and there is nothing there. Top or bottom.
Turns out, according to this dentist (whom I actually liked a lot), wisdom teeth are evolving out of the species. They are? Yup, and you, he said, are about 1,000 years ahead of your time.
I had mine removed when I was 18 years old and didn’t know enough to question the system. For 10 years I had intense ear pain and jaw pain. I watched documentary called Root Cause and learned about cavitations, aka holes that becomes diseased and infected in the place of removed teeth. I went to a new holistic bio dentist who identified the cavitations on 3D scan in 2 of the 4 places where my wisdom teeth were removed. He went in and cleaned them out with ozone and packed new PRP blood clots into them and i recovered well and my symptoms have greatly improved. Last week they re looked at a new scan (for an unrelated implant) and the cavitations have grown in and healed. So greatful to be free of the terrible ear pains! You need to update your article to include ‘cavitations’ as a result of wisdom teeth removal. This is a common side effect.
Jeff, I watched that documentary yesterday - wow! I have shared it with a couple of people who have dental procedures coming up and with multiple people who currently have chronic health issues.
Like the allopathic medical field, dentists are not being taught the importance of treating the body HOLISTICALLY. The mouth is not a separate entity from the rest of the body, and it only makes sense that oral health impacts overall health. How knowledgeable your dentist is on this fact can determine your risk of future disease.
I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed the Root Cause documentary and shared it with others! It was on Netflix for some time until the AAE filed a class action lawsuit against it alleging misinformation. I am lucky to live near a holistic dentist who repaired my cavitations and recently a zirconia implant to replace a pulled tooth instead of root canal. People travel from all over to get help from Palmer Dentistry and I recommend them.
I've been going to a holistic dentist for the past few years, and 6 months ago, our insurance informed us that she is not longer in our network. Doesn't matter - I will not return to the allopathic dentritry. I replayed the documentary again yesterday so my hubby could listen. He actually paid attention! He had a lot of trauma to his jaw as a child and multiple root canals, a bridge, and extractions. For years now, he has dealt with back pain (degenerative discs), TMJ, tinnitus, etc. Today I am contacting our dentist for recommendations of thermography options in our area. 😁 Doesn't seem like there are many options without a 3-hour drive, but maybe she has some suggestions.
Thank you for pointing out that documentary. It may help a friend whose dentist scheduled her for all 4 wisdom teeth to come out because 1 has come in sideways. (Why all 4?!?) I, too, let the dentist talk me into having my wisdom teeth taken out at the age of 30. Never had a problem with them prior, but he said eventually I will due to how hard it is to clean way back there. 🤦🏼♀️ Thankfully I haven't had any issues due to the procedure.
What about wisdom teeth that are pressing on the next molar causing à non fillable cavity between the teeth? Is it best to have the molar removed rather than the wisdom tooth?
I wish I had gotten mine removed when I was younger. They said to leave them alone until something actually happened. And then suddenly I was in my mid-30's with a big problem, and was shown my x-rays. The roots had grown around the nerve, so I was at high risk of nerve damage. That wouldn't have been the case if I had been much younger.
Why are younger people supposedly at higher risk for dry socket and infection according to your report? I'd imagine it's because they're less careful or can't advocate to stay home and heal longer. It's hard to take this seriously when it feels like a half report.
I ended up getting mine removed at the same time my young adult kid did and she definitely healed much faster than I did.
My kid's dentist told me that both of my children had to have their wisdom teeth out because the roots of their wisdom teeth were about to penetrate the mandibular nerve in their jaws. I have been reading up on the reasons to get wisdom teeth out but that reason has not been addressed. Is it even a legitimate medical concern?
Yes. Because if there is ever a complication with the teeth later, they will be at high-risk for permanent nerve damage. That means numbness in their lower lip/tongue and metallic taste forever. Those roots will grow around the nerve eventually.
Hearing I was at risk for that recently made my heart drop and difficult decisions had to be made. I had my kids get theirs out right after it happened to me, so they wouldn't have to go through it later.
Has similar work been done examining the causes and consequences of root canal procedures and crowns? Is there evidence suggesting the underlying cause of tooth pain leading to root canals, and the longer term health implications of root canal procedures and crowning?
Our daughter almost died after have her wisdom tooth extractions. We had her on pain medication and she was so out of it that she didn’t let us know she had been constipated for 8 days. She was in the shower to get ready for us to get her to Urgent Care. She fainted and began falling, when I just so happened to walk into her bathroom. I could not hold onto her, as she was taller than me and was a dead weight. Her face was going under the water in the tub. I screamed and my so helped, so she wouldn’t asperate.She had no idea what had happened. Urgent care said her colon would have perforated had we not gotten her to them when we did. She was dangerously impacted and they saved her!
Always have taken the attitude that if my wisdom teeth are leaving me alone, that is, not causing me a problem, I leave them alone. 1 dentist told me he should recommend I get them out but when I asked him," Would you get yours out?" he said, probably not, unless they gave him trouble. That was Australia 30 years ago. Still got my wisdom teeth at 66.
Had mine removed at 18 with no thought to question it. Had no problems recovering but I could sure use those extra chewing surfaces now at 72. When it was recommended for my daughter in the 90s, I questioned the oral surgeon about the rates of removal and what he reckoned the percentages were and how so many of an existing body part could warrant removal. He got very huffy and never answered my questions
Except that during convid, my impacted wisdom tooth which had some months earlier, started to erupt and had been treated previously with excessive amounts of antibiotics which turned out to be a temporary measure. Difficulties in accessing a dentist aside due to irrational closures and an emergency dentist refusing to see me; the uncontrolled infection and subsequent dry mouth as a direct result of a refusal to extract caused damage to the tongue which turned cancerous. Yup, the UK's policy of leaving be and treating always works well doesn't it?!
Iatrogenesis is the name of the game in dentistry.
You know what's pathological? These medical professions and those in them. They're mal-and-miseducated. On top of that, many of the individuals (most?) are fetishistic in their approach to the body. That's my assessment anyway. I've felt this way for decades.
When I was in my early late teens (?), I asked my then-dentist about my wisdom teeth. When will they come in, doc? Many of my friends are getting theirs and some are already having them taken out. (I was afraid I have to go through the pain of extraction if there were a problem.)
Well, he said, let's take a look at your x-ray. He comes back into the room with a strange look on his face. "What?" I asked.
He had some news for me. I had nothing to worry about. I wouldn't be having any issues with my wisdom teeth. I won't? Really? How come?
You don't have any. They're not even in your head. Here's where they should be, showing me the x-ray, and there is nothing there. Top or bottom.
Turns out, according to this dentist (whom I actually liked a lot), wisdom teeth are evolving out of the species. They are? Yup, and you, he said, are about 1,000 years ahead of your time.
Thank the Lord above.
I had mine removed when I was 18 years old and didn’t know enough to question the system. For 10 years I had intense ear pain and jaw pain. I watched documentary called Root Cause and learned about cavitations, aka holes that becomes diseased and infected in the place of removed teeth. I went to a new holistic bio dentist who identified the cavitations on 3D scan in 2 of the 4 places where my wisdom teeth were removed. He went in and cleaned them out with ozone and packed new PRP blood clots into them and i recovered well and my symptoms have greatly improved. Last week they re looked at a new scan (for an unrelated implant) and the cavitations have grown in and healed. So greatful to be free of the terrible ear pains! You need to update your article to include ‘cavitations’ as a result of wisdom teeth removal. This is a common side effect.
Jeff, I watched that documentary yesterday - wow! I have shared it with a couple of people who have dental procedures coming up and with multiple people who currently have chronic health issues.
Like the allopathic medical field, dentists are not being taught the importance of treating the body HOLISTICALLY. The mouth is not a separate entity from the rest of the body, and it only makes sense that oral health impacts overall health. How knowledgeable your dentist is on this fact can determine your risk of future disease.
Thank you again for mentioning that documentary!
I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed the Root Cause documentary and shared it with others! It was on Netflix for some time until the AAE filed a class action lawsuit against it alleging misinformation. I am lucky to live near a holistic dentist who repaired my cavitations and recently a zirconia implant to replace a pulled tooth instead of root canal. People travel from all over to get help from Palmer Dentistry and I recommend them.
https://www.palmerdmd.com/holistic-dentistry/
I've been going to a holistic dentist for the past few years, and 6 months ago, our insurance informed us that she is not longer in our network. Doesn't matter - I will not return to the allopathic dentritry. I replayed the documentary again yesterday so my hubby could listen. He actually paid attention! He had a lot of trauma to his jaw as a child and multiple root canals, a bridge, and extractions. For years now, he has dealt with back pain (degenerative discs), TMJ, tinnitus, etc. Today I am contacting our dentist for recommendations of thermography options in our area. 😁 Doesn't seem like there are many options without a 3-hour drive, but maybe she has some suggestions.
Thank you for pointing out that documentary. It may help a friend whose dentist scheduled her for all 4 wisdom teeth to come out because 1 has come in sideways. (Why all 4?!?) I, too, let the dentist talk me into having my wisdom teeth taken out at the age of 30. Never had a problem with them prior, but he said eventually I will due to how hard it is to clean way back there. 🤦🏼♀️ Thankfully I haven't had any issues due to the procedure.
Not to mention the bottle of opiates showing up in HS the week after. Many kids got hooked this way.
What about wisdom teeth that are pressing on the next molar causing à non fillable cavity between the teeth? Is it best to have the molar removed rather than the wisdom tooth?
I wish I had gotten mine removed when I was younger. They said to leave them alone until something actually happened. And then suddenly I was in my mid-30's with a big problem, and was shown my x-rays. The roots had grown around the nerve, so I was at high risk of nerve damage. That wouldn't have been the case if I had been much younger.
Why are younger people supposedly at higher risk for dry socket and infection according to your report? I'd imagine it's because they're less careful or can't advocate to stay home and heal longer. It's hard to take this seriously when it feels like a half report.
I ended up getting mine removed at the same time my young adult kid did and she definitely healed much faster than I did.
My kid's dentist told me that both of my children had to have their wisdom teeth out because the roots of their wisdom teeth were about to penetrate the mandibular nerve in their jaws. I have been reading up on the reasons to get wisdom teeth out but that reason has not been addressed. Is it even a legitimate medical concern?
Yes. Because if there is ever a complication with the teeth later, they will be at high-risk for permanent nerve damage. That means numbness in their lower lip/tongue and metallic taste forever. Those roots will grow around the nerve eventually.
Hearing I was at risk for that recently made my heart drop and difficult decisions had to be made. I had my kids get theirs out right after it happened to me, so they wouldn't have to go through it later.
Has similar work been done examining the causes and consequences of root canal procedures and crowns? Is there evidence suggesting the underlying cause of tooth pain leading to root canals, and the longer term health implications of root canal procedures and crowning?
Our daughter almost died after have her wisdom tooth extractions. We had her on pain medication and she was so out of it that she didn’t let us know she had been constipated for 8 days. She was in the shower to get ready for us to get her to Urgent Care. She fainted and began falling, when I just so happened to walk into her bathroom. I could not hold onto her, as she was taller than me and was a dead weight. Her face was going under the water in the tub. I screamed and my so helped, so she wouldn’t asperate.She had no idea what had happened. Urgent care said her colon would have perforated had we not gotten her to them when we did. She was dangerously impacted and they saved her!
Medical errors. Georgia Teacher, 28, collapsed at home... then woke up with no legs. Now she has won $70 million https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14669437/georgia-teacher-legs-amputated-overdose-70-million-payout.html
My lower were cut out, grew in sideways. Uppers never came in.