I’m german. I didn’t pay jackshit to get my wisdom teeth removed. As soon as a dentist deems it medically necessary, it’s fully covered by even the most basic health insurance. Even if it’s prophylactic.
Call it communism all you want, but it’s great.For me, they said my wisdom tooth was too impacted, so unless it was causing pain O should just leave it because removing it could damage a nerve and leave part of my face numb.
And I’m in the US, and dentists are constantly trying to upcharge you for whitening and other stuff, so I took that warning seriously.
So is yours still in there? Because I was told that just a couple of weeks ago and am scared it’s going to cause problems in the future. (Am in Austria with general health care though)
I’ve seen several dentists for a similar situation. The last one said that if they go by the book they should remove it. However if it’s all under the gum, not causing any pain or getting infected, then they’d recommend letting it be but getting x-rays every two years to monitor the situation, since otherwise it’s quite a proper surgery.
Ok, yeah thanks for the reply! Since I know that I’m a little nervous about it. But guess it’s not uncommon so hope it won’t flare up when I’m somewhere without dental care.
Another perspective here, I had my bottom wisdom teeth out over 20 years ago and they decided to leave my top ones in because of blood vessels wrapped around them or something. Have never had any issues other than my teeth being a bit crooked.
Still there. It acts up if I don’t keep on top of my oral hygiene for a while, I just brush twice a day, floss once, and get a cleaning done periodically, nothing crazy. And it hasn’t been a problem for a long time.
I got my other wisdom teeth removed like 10 years ago, so this one has his been chilling in my jaw for a decade without issue.
Anyone smart enough to be here knows socialized healthcare is better for people than the alternative.
As soon as a dentist deems it medically necessary, it’s fully covered by even the most basic health insurance.
Yeah, that’s the joke. Americans pull wisdom teeth left and right regardless of whether or not it poses a medical risk, it’s a part of their culture. Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/no-you-probably-don-t-need-to-get-your-wisdom-teeth-removed-ever
Er, your dentist still gets paid.
Obviously. But people are sharing how much they paid in the comments, so I figured to do the same.
Yeah, but your comment was still kinda pointless in the context of this meme/joke. (Bin auch Besserwisser.)
So?
Why is the tooth Italian and what’s wrong with an Italian tooth??
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I spent way too long looking for Saddam Hussein.
Where was he?
In every corner of my expensively empty mouth apparently
Had 4 done at once. Because asthmatic, had to be done at the hospital because of general anesthetic. 2/10
Was told to eat protein rich diet to support healing, but couldn’t chew meats like steak for months due to the risk of breaking my jaw. (Big holes left in bones when teeth removed.)
Invented meat smoothie.
1 steak, medium rare Montreal steak spice. 4 slices bacon 1 spicy italian pork sausage 1 chicken thigh deboned. Salt Water Yogurt
10/10 surprisingly good.
You do realize that whey protein shakes are a thing, right?
But mine was good.
You learn to love protein shakes.
Maybe ya’ll been doing it wrong and need to learn to love meat smoothies?
You do realize whey allergy is a thing for some people, right?
Downvoting me won’t make it any less true.
What a horrible day to be literate
Look, I ain’t calling you a liar or anything, but that’s going on the list with balut as the second thing that I won’t try at least once.
My doc only takes 2 out at the same time (from one side), so the patient can chew. 4 sounds risky
I had all four done with just a couple benzos and local anesthetic. Granted they were reasonably accessible and not impacted. I have vague recollections of making a pun while they were “elevating” one of the teeth. I don’t remember the pun, and that’s the worst part.
Even if they only do two at a time, if any of them are impacted into your bones, you won’t be able to chew. Something about physics but chewing anywhere in your mouth can cause the weak spot to crack.
Source: I had all 4 removed and one was impacted. Dentist told me I shouldn’t be chewing on one ‘safe’ side cause still can break my jaw.
The big holes aren’t the issue in this case, the issue is that your jaw was under a lot of strain from the pulling and yanking and microfractures are common under these circumstances.
HORK
Meat smoothie sounds terrible. Really terrible.
How about the mango mahi mahi smoothie I enjoyed instead.
I had them out at 18 in the Navy. At first I didn’t want to have it done, but then looking at the X-ray, I was all about it.
Loved when my impacted wisdom tooth that looked closely to that exploded in my jaw in 2019. Great times. Real glad my surgery was in February of 2020.
Do they still give you an almost 2 week script of hydrocodone after? I remember watching a lot of magic school bus high as fuck when I was younger for a few days after.
You mean the dentist who, when seeing me, told me immediately they don’t prescribe narcotics at that office and then immediately looked guilty when I said that’s fine, I just wanted a scrip for the big ibuprofen because taking 4 of the small ones at a time made my stomach sick?
No. No they did not.
Ugh, I hate that presumption among healthcare professionals. We’re not really in pain, we’re all just dRuG sEeKiNg.
I mean, I came to you with a medical problem, which is often solved by or improved by medication, so I guess technically, yes?
And if I’m in such pain that I require narcotics, wouldn’t you rather I see a doctor and take it with their supervision, or that I go find a dealer on the street?
I understand there are some people with addiction issues, but allowing a patient (especially one with no drug abuse history) to suffer, on the off chance they might use pain killers for fun, is so fucked up. I already have to jump through hoops to get ADHD medication for the same reason. It seems that in the US, you’re assumed to be addicted by default.
I get treated like a drug seeker even when I’m openly allergic to opiates. And yeah the adhd meds are such a pain in the ass to the point of counterproductivity
The dentist slipped when pulling one of my non-impacted teeth and hit me in the back of the throat with his whole body weight. He prescribed me 10 days of hydrocodone and when I called back and said the default dose still left me with a sore throat he called me in another 10 days of a higher dose.
Needless to say, my throat didn’t hurt anymore and I played WoW a lot (~2007)
Good ole days haha. Doctors totally overestimate the addiction potential of a short term prescription and underprescribe now.
I was told I could go to school the day after my wisdom teeth were taken. I took my dose of hydrocodone before heading to school and have no memory of that day at all. I never took the rest. Somehow I had no pain whatsoever after my wisdom teeth were removed and it was almost as if it never happened. Other people I know needed to take a week off.
When I got all 4 out at once, they gave me 4 pills, each is supposed to last about 12 hours. I had to do the math on how to efficiently take them on a longer schedule than once every 12 hours to minimize the pain spike when I switched to ibruprofin.
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“Impacted” sounds like unbearable pain. No? Got a good story about mine. Bear with me.
Got my top 2 out because they erupted sideways, actually cut my finger, thought it was a stuck Dorito. Shit had to go. Got the bottom 2 while I was under general.
First time completely under. Dentist said I wasn’t going home until my gf could drive me. Great! Woke at home with her hovering over my face. She was a little bitchy when I asked how I got home.
“You don’t remember that? Nothing?!”
I had refused to leave the comfy office bed, fought and cussed. Whole waiting room heard:
“FUCK YOU! I’ll take you back there and do to you what they did to me!”
Jesus. (Nurses right about now: Yep. And I know OP is a guy.)
One of mine is like that. The dentist said to just ignore it unless it gives me trouble, or if I’m planning extended stay in the developing world, then I should get it removed before I go, just in case.
“wisdom teeth”
Dumbest fucking teeth!
can someone explain this? I don’t get it
I had that. The 8th (wisdom) tooth grows in that position. At first there’s no problem but it starts to create pressure on all other teeth and eventually starts to hurt as it’s pushing against the 7th tooth. The solution is to take out wisdom teeth, which is a quite common procedure any way. Don’t know what the “infinite money” is about. Maybe this is some USA thing.
Costs like a thousand dollars or more to get them taken out here
It only cost me $15.8 to take the both of them out where I live. (I only had two for some reason)
Seriously?? Where the hell is that?
Or free if you do it in the military like I did
By the time this is a problem, going through boot camp first isn’t exactly viable for 99 percent of people.
It took a while for me but after some thinking I believe it is a joke for Americans, for whom dental care is infamously expensive. Probably this type of wisdom tooth causes problems so frequently that a dentist could pretty much live off a single patient with this condition, that’d be the joke. Full disclaimer I’m not American, not a dentist and my wisdom teeth also not like that
Nah, just a joke about there always being more to remove as it becomes problematic for a new person
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I lucked out. I never had to have my wisdom teeth removed. I had enough room for them.
Lol yeah, something like the colossus titan, but put a large underbite on him. Wish I could see what my actual physical skull looks like. I have a gold tooth in the back, too. Would be a gnarly skull.
Dude. How wealthy are You, that You can afford gold? I have a ceramic tooth and could barely afford that.
I’m poor as all hell. Like I said, my adult teeth have always been fragile. My mother was mid-class and worked a lot of OT at the local mill. I think the dentist smooshed her into getting a gold one. I vaguely remember him saying that it was the overall longest lasting, since I was so young and I’d need it all my life. I guess in his defense I’m mid 30’s now and never had a problem with it, so he could be right?
My left front tooth (the one between my actual front tooth and canine) is actually a cap that I can’t even afford to get finished. It’s been on for two years now. Basically covid hit and the dental office I was in went under. Then there was a 100-person waitlist to find ANY dentist in my area and I’m still waiting… Not to mention I’ve been laid off…
So yeah, I’m just as broke as most of my generation, lol.
I lucked out even more by not having any wisdom teeth at all.
Had this surgery done this march for two teeth… 2 weeks on painkillers. Here in Denmark all I got was store bought painkillers… ibuprofen and paracetamol… and a bill for 8600DKK ~1000$
0/10 - will not recommend
stundents 😭
i thought that was a hand with too many fingers. teeth make more sense.
StuNdent? Can’t people spell check?
Graduates, sure, but stundents are still learning
Don’t you mean “granduates“?
Typos in meme captions or post titles really trigger me.
It’s okay to make mistakes in comments or posts, but ffs check your titles and captions at least.
Had six done at once with local anesthesia. Yup, whole two supernumerary teeth.
It sure was an experience that I wouldn’t want to experience again.
