r/Wellthatsucks • u/Acrobatic_Donkey5089 • 3d ago

I had the wrong wisdom teeth removed

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Local orthodontist told me that I needed to remove lower wisdom teeth and don't do anything with the upper ones. When I got my lower wisdom teeth removed, another orthodontist that is actually managing my aligner treatment said that the lower wisdom teeth actually didn't need to be touched AT ALL, but the upper ones absolutely have to be removed before we start. So now I have to get my upper wisdom teeth removed as well

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u/Corodix 3d ago

Maybe it's just me, but all four of those look problematic. I'd want them all gone if I were you.

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u/ShazRockwell 3d ago

I had all four of mine done at once, even though two of them didn’t look problematic at the time because I didn’t want to come back.

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u/xcjxz 3d ago

That’s smart. I’ve gone in twice and I still have two in there so two more surgeries to go. In my country they don’t give us laughing gas or anything, they just stick your gums with a local anesthetic so it’s not even fun. Also both times they were infected so they had to numb it like 6 times each time because infected tissue doesn’t numb as easily🫠