I figured that since one side of my gums is hurting a bit right now, it would be an ideal time to write my first entry about this. I’ve been putting off getting my wisdom teeth removed for far too long, and it’s really catching up with me. I was secretly hoping on the inside that I wouldn’t grow them, so I ignored their existence for as long as possible. That is, until one of them broke through a couple of years ago and I was in excruciating pain for weeks on end.
Apparently that wasn’t enough to make me get them checked out then, so here I am now; 26 years old and still with all 4 wisdom teeth. When I was younger, dentists freaked me out a lot, so I avoided them like the black plague. The thought of them cutting and pulling inside my mouth wasn’t exactly appealing, so I never let the topic of wisdom teeth come up. It took me a long time to muster the courage to get them looked at, but I did it. Before I left to come up north, I had all of my teeth looked at and fixed (after a few years of avoiding the dentist), and got a consultation from a specialist about the status of my wisdom teeth.
When I saw the x-ray of my wisdom teeth, it really hit home about how badly I need to deal with them. One of them is straight and exposed, where the others are quite far down and all facing nearly sideways. It scares me quite a bit, but I’ve taken the first step at least. I was going to get them removed just before I came up, but they urged me not to, as my healing time was going to be a little longer than what I had assumed. Apparently it will take me nearly a week to heal, given how close they are to my sinuses.
When I move back down and get back on my dental plan at my office I’m supposed to get them removed. Hopefully I won’t put it off too long, because I don’t want to know what it feels like if those sideways teeth decide to move. All I have to do is call and make the appointment.
