I had my five wisdom teeth out yesterday, ask me anything!

[WildClarySage]

psst... pass the vicodin!

[Demeter]

1. Five?

I thought the maximum allotment was four.

[Seabiscuit]

20. Yeah... my question: where did you learn to count?

[WildClarySage]

26. Bryson Elementary School

in Simpsonville, SC. I have no idea where my dentist, her assistant, the oral surgeon or his assistant learned to count though. :)

[Seabiscuit]

39. "Simpson" ville? As in the "Simpsons"? No wonder.

[meegbear]

2. Dont people have four?

[motely36]

3. Do you have any teeth left?

:P

[WildClarySage]

6. Yes. And I really do live in WV, too.

which means that even having lost 5 yesterday, I still have more teeth than average here.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. You're weird.

But I'm weird too, I only had 3 wisdom teeth.

[underseasurveyor]

14. I only had three wisdom teeth

Only one of which has been removed. The other two are still sittin' in there minding their own buisness, being good. :-)

I have an extra lumbar in my spine. Apparently most people have five, I have six :shrug: go figure. Somewhere along the line I musta traded a little wisdom for some extra spine :evilgrin:

[Inland]

5. What species are you?

RE: the five wisdom teeth.

[WildClarySage]

7. Human! Usually...

I just happened to have more teeth than most people. When I was a kidlet, I had 10 other teeth removed because I had too many (only four were permanent teeth) Just weird I guess.

My mom had 6 wisdom teeth, BTW.

[Sanity Claws]

8. Five??

I also thought you only got four. Do you think the dentist got one of your regular teeth?
If not, maybe you were just an extra-wise person.

[WildClarySage]

12. Dad said this was why I was always such a smartmouth.

[Cadence]

9. Eat mashed potatoes.

[Nothing Without Hope]

10. Enjoy all the jello!

Three wisdom teeth were my surgical quota, long long ago. You must have been extra-wise to have the extra, or else the pain meds are making you see double. Now you can be toofless and dumb like the rest of us.
:7

[WildClarySage]

13. fuck jello. It's nuthin but Ben and Jerry's vanilla dream

for me today. =)

[Nothing Without Hope]

22. Awright!!!

Yeah, I had forgotten that. I never ate so much ice cream in my life as after that surgery. But the flavors and choices available decades later are paradisical compared to the few that I had available then. Why, in those days I had to walk barefoot through 6 feet of snow, 10 miles a day....

Heal fast and be well.

[WildClarySage]

23. Thanks!

[Nothing Without Hope]

34. You're welcome!

With all this DU mojo coming at you, you're bound to set some recuperation records!
O8)

[purji]

11. my sister had 8 wisdom teeth removed.

two sets. the second set was trying to push the first right out.

[WildClarySage]

15. Ouch!

[purji]

17. yes

she was very very unhappy,for quite a while.She says shes afraid to go back in they might find more.

[underseasurveyor]

16. I only have one thing to say about that................

OUCH

:cry:

[edbermac]

18. Holy cow! You're gonna be eating Xmas dinner through a straw...

[WildClarySage]

19. Dear Goddess!!!

I hope not!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

21. You poor thing!

I, being not as wise as you, only had four. I had two removed and that was plenty for me. I can only imagine how bad your swelling must be!

[WildClarySage]

25. yeah, thanks, I went from a smartmouth

to a swelled head. =)

[Richardo]

24. Ithn't your faithe sthtill numb?

[WildClarySage]

27. No, it was last night though.

trying to suck down some mashed potatoes, I looked like my little 6 month old nephew with more going all over and my tongue completely confused as to how to push them taters back. Did NOT let dear hubby take photos, though he threatened to.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. I have three... too chicken to take 'em out, impacted or not

[American Tragedy]

30. How do you know if you have them?

Do they always make their presence known?

My parents and siblings had them, so it would seem that I should have them as well, but nothing has emerged thus far.

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. Oain from them prompted a series of X-rays, but since they only hurt maybe

twice a year when they try to escape from under the gum line..and make it far enough to open a hole where.. never mind.. that bit is gross. *g* I mostly don't mind them. We'll I coulda done without them making my front teeth crooked but hey, that's life.

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[American Tragedy]

29. Not that I'm an expert, but I didn't think there WERE five wisdom teeth

Maybe I was wrong.

I guess anything is possible. I supposedly have at least one extra rib. When I was a child, a doctor felt my abdomen and reacted in horror. She immediately diagnosed me with severe acute speen inflamation, and sent me to a specialist who luckily recognized what it was in the x-rays.

[PatriotGames]

32. Five? Are you a shark or something?

[Midlodemocrat]

33. Ugh, I feel for you.

I had two removed years ago and have two coming through now, (and I am 46). Not fun, but I had a reaction to anesthesia and didn't want to take the chance. Good luck on your recovery.

[WildClarySage]

36. thanks!

[American Tragedy]

35. Sounds like a hell of a lot of novocaine

[WMliberal]

37. 5 wisdom teeth? i think you need a new dentist

the meds must be very good. save some vicodin for me!!!!

[WildClarySage]

38. Heck no

I earned that vicodin! :silly: