February just happens to be my favorite month of the entire year!! for more reasons than one. This February is jam packed with wonderful activities! First on the list..
Wisdom teeth removal. Now I've been reading about these blasted things in my mouth and I'll share a little knowledge with ya. First of all... to crack the myth, you do NOT get less intelligent after you've had these teeth removed. They are called wisdom teeth because they tend to surface during your teen/young adult years aka.. age of wisdom. I've thought for a while that if my wisdom teeth never bother me, why get them out at all... well,this is why.. Our mouths are full of bacteria.. (I saw it under the microscope in biology today.. DISGUSTING). When a wisdom tooth breaks the surface of your gums, bacteria can slide on down and cause a painful infection in your gums and the crown of that big bad tooth! (This doesn't sound like fun at all! and if this does happen to you, they make you get those teeth out asap anyway.. so why go through the wisdom teeth removal and the hassle of infection.) Secondly, it can destroy molar number 2!! this had me worried, I like my pearly whites and want them to stay as healthy as possible. PLUS, most people don't even have enough room in their mouth for all these extra teeth.
Wisdom teeth removal. Now I've been reading about these blasted things in my mouth and I'll share a little knowledge with ya. First of all... to crack the myth, you do NOT get less intelligent after you've had these teeth removed. They are called wisdom teeth because they tend to surface during your teen/young adult years aka.. age of wisdom. I've thought for a while that if my wisdom teeth never bother me, why get them out at all... well,this is why.. Our mouths are full of bacteria.. (I saw it under the microscope in biology today.. DISGUSTING). When a wisdom tooth breaks the surface of your gums, bacteria can slide on down and cause a painful infection in your gums and the crown of that big bad tooth! (This doesn't sound like fun at all! and if this does happen to you, they make you get those teeth out asap anyway.. so why go through the wisdom teeth removal and the hassle of infection.) Secondly, it can destroy molar number 2!! this had me worried, I like my pearly whites and want them to stay as healthy as possible. PLUS, most people don't even have enough room in their mouth for all these extra teeth.
Here is a picture of how these teeth can grow in.. If they grow in on the Angular position they can defiantly cause damage to your molar #2. (not good). If they Partially erupt, this is that high infection risk I was talking about earlier. If they come in horizontally, I cant even imagine what a pain that would be, I feel sorry for anyone who has to experience that! But lucky for me, mine are coming in Vertically, and haven't shined through the lovely gum surface yet.. this means its prime time to yank those puppies out!! and I have even more fantastic news.. I've only got 2 wisdom teeth, both on the bottom! I've taken the entire 4 day weekend off from work to recover from this mild and standard procedure and its going to be fabulous! Besides who wouldn't want a weekend full of these..... Mmmmm..
I'm trying to look on the bright side, because I'm actually kind of nervous!
Thanks for reading!
Chultz
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ReplyDeleteoops! What I said was, when you fall asleep after your surgery, I'm going to drink/eat your jamba juice! Just letting you know ahead of time!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is more power too you! Sam keeps telling me I need to get mine out but I don't want to get them out!! So I'm putting it off! Although... Jamba Juice all weekends sounds AWESOME!!! Love ya! good luck!
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