Bizarre...

[graculus]

I have a wisdom tooth coming through.

Way back when, I was under the impression my dentist had removed the wisdom tooth on that side (upper right, in case anyone's desperate to know... *g*). I remember the occasion distinctly since he was practically sitting on me as he pulled the damn thing out, only for it to shatter as he did so.

So, he told me that, since he'd not been able to remove it completely, I'd be getting little fragments coming out through the gum. Which is what I thought was happening, except that now (this must be 5 years ago at least) it's through enough to be recognisable as a tooth.

Very strange.

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ick--wisdom teeth

[khek.livejournal.com]

I had a wisdom tooth that came out, then went back in. It "erupting" (as my dentist said) a couple times a year, but then the skin would grow back over it. It didn't bother me, so I didn't do anything. Then one morning, I woke up with no neck. (Okay, so there was a neck, it was just hard to distinguish, being as it was as wide as my face.) I had to have immediate surgery to remove that wisdom tooth and the one on the other side (which had never erupted) because they were both infected and impacted.

Since they broke one getting it out, I had some shards still left too. They came out within a couple months...but were really shards. No more teeth, at least not yet!

You have my sympathy. Is it bothering you, or is it just a regular tooth? Maybe this one will be okay and just stay there...

Re: ick--wisdom teeth

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's not bothering me, I was just surprised when it came through the gum enough to identify it as a complete tooth.

And long may the 'not bothering me' continue!