I have the same thing on both lower wisdom teeth. If the teeth are not exposed (mine are both still well within my jaw) you shouldn’t worry. My dentist said if they ever get exposed I would need to have them both removed but otherwise just leave them alone. I’ve seen x-rays and unless I break my jaw, I should be safe.
If you can see your wisdom teeth I would probably have it checked out. I’ve had 2 upper teeth removed because my upper wisdom teeth came in but “pushed” my 2 first molars (whatever they’re called) into my mouth. I didn’t have “dry socket” though and only had mild pain for about 8 hours.
The first few hours though sucked. My tongue was covered in slimey blood…yummy.
The dentist will tell you what to do to avoid dry socket.
Do exactly what he says. And nothing he says to NOT do. (Carbonated beverages are the most common problem, followed by drinking with a straw. DO NOT disturb the healing process.)
I would have another total abdominal hysterectomy, this time with a chainsaw, rather than have dry socket again.
I had dry socket thirty-three years ago. To this day I can point to the exact location of the infection. It hurt all the way down into my shoulder.
This was my first year of teaching and I took the lightest medication that I could get away with and carried on with my duties as best I could. The principal called me into his office and chewed me out for “being on drugs.” They never found his body.
Is there any theory why the teeth in general cause such astonishing pain when there are problems? Why do teeth problems seem to cause so much more pain that most other health problems?
I don’t really have a theory except to say that infections in the head and jaw are very VERY dangerous because of the close proximity to the brain. So maybe it’s God’s little way of saying “you better get that looked at”.
Just had my wisdom teeth out in August, here’s the dilly-o:
Bottom two were laying down along my jawline, basically sitting on the nerve that runs along your jaw. I never had any problem with them, was quite attached to them in fact. Dentist said they had to come out because the chewing surface of the impacted teeth was pressed up against the root of the good molar in front of them, & since there was no gum in between, was a good spot for plaque and food to get caught & decay. Eventually, it would destroy the root of the good molar. If it got bad enough, could decay the jawbone, & then you have bone disease. I said pull them suckers.
Had two dry sockets- the analogies provided above are apt. To “help”, the dentist packed the sockets with gauze soaked in clove oil, which has a natural numbing effect. Which was fine when they stayed in, but mine kept unravelling in my mouth. And now I can never look another cloved ham in the eye again.
I agree with metroshane. You also have a monstrous nerve serving all your teeth. For what purpose I have no clue as to disturb this nerve in the ancestral environment by way of a tooth fracture would mean certain death via starvation–my guess anyways. Cave Matchka would just slither into the darkest pit of the cave and enjoy the starvation visions.
Treatment of my dry sockets (4 impacted hook-rooted wisdoms with novacaine only: 3 hours) wouldn’t have been nearly as bad had my dentist, an unpleasant man with a light German accent, not kept asking me if it was “safe.”
I had that done as well and always left the dentist with tears in my eyes. In addition to smelling peculiar, it only seemed to make the pain that much worse.
I also think by the time the whole ordeal was said and done with I had developed a tiny little vicodin addiction.
Why would tooth fracture mean certain death? I would think that this would only apply because you get horrendous pain with a tooth fracture. So what purpose is the pain? Warning us about starvation? The pain is what’s starving cave Matchka!
but Cave Matchka choose not eat because it hurt Cave Matchka. Cave Matchka go sit in corner. Wait for pain leave. Cave Matchka die from hungries.
pain in Cave Matchka’s broke biter come from monstrous nerve. No nerve, no pain. Know nerve, know pain. Cave Matchka not know he to starve, Cave Matchka want pain go away. Want pain go to prisoner6655321 for a while. See if he want eat THEN!
Cave Matchka sleep now. Have visions of yummy, tender tofu-saurus.
