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TexasTowelie

(128,110 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 04:47 AM 13 hrs ago

The Hidden Side Effect of Wisdom Teeth Removal - Steve Shives

It turns out you lose a lot more than just bone and enamel when they take your wisdom teeth out. I learned the horrifying reality at this post-op dental check-up that definitely actually happened.

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The Hidden Side Effect of Wisdom Teeth Removal - Steve Shives (Original Post) TexasTowelie 13 hrs ago OP

Yikes! Explains a lot about my brother, I remember when he had his wisdom teeth out, he had to be hospitalized! Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago #1

My dentist prescribed Halcion before I had my wisdom teeth removed so I don't remember TexasTowelie 12 hrs ago #2

Yikes! That sounds dangerous if you don't even remember going home! Rhiannon12866 12 hrs ago #3

I had four (heavily embedded) removed at once as a young adolescent... hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #4

Same for me. Big teeth, big roots, small mouth. The oral surgeon did not anticipate ms liberty 4 hrs ago #5

Rhiannon12866

(258,247 posts)

1. Yikes! Explains a lot about my brother, I remember when he had his wisdom teeth out, he had to be hospitalized!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 05:05 AM

13 hrs ago

TexasTowelie

(128,110 posts)

2. My dentist prescribed Halcion before I had my wisdom teeth removed so I don't remember

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:05 AM

12 hrs ago

beyond taking the medication, walking 12 blocks to the dentist. I don't remember walking along "The Drag" next to UT which is the last 7 blocks.

One tooth had a cavity, another tooth was coming in at a bad angle, a third tooth never erupted above the gum line so it was necessary to cut it out, while the fourth wisdom tooth never arrived. I guess thar there is some latent wisdom to be bestowed upon me.

Rhiannon12866

(258,247 posts)

3. Yikes! That sounds dangerous if you don't even remember going home!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:22 AM

12 hrs ago

Or maybe you just lost your "wisdom" like the guy in the video...

And my dentist told me that I have a wisdom tooth that has yet to appear...

hlthe2b

(114,535 posts)

4. I had four (heavily embedded) removed at once as a young adolescent...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:32 AM

11 hrs ago

My Mom so underestimated (or at least told me so) the impacts she bribed me with a shopping trip immediately thereafter. Of course 7 days of Demerol haze later and a loss of probably 15+ pounds, I "came to." Fortunately, that was under the treatment of an oral surgeon and not a far less trained & equipped dentist. But, damn. I'm glad I had it done as my teeth were proportionately far too large for my smallish mouth (yes, really). But, wow.

And if they lost all that bone and had all those complications in the video, I REALLY have to wonder what an incompetent performed the procedure. Not buying the premise for a moment, beyond the fact that some people DO have complications. Chose your oral surgeon wisely for this procedure.

ms liberty

(11,342 posts)

5. Same for me. Big teeth, big roots, small mouth. The oral surgeon did not anticipate

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Mon May 11, 2026, 01:55 PM

4 hrs ago

The difficulties, which included the drill overheating. I was in there for about 2 1/2 hours. I missed close to 3 weeks of school, my junior year of high school. There was a week or so that I looked like a squirrel or a chipmunk, my face was so swollen and I was all yellow and green bruises.

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