Minor annoyance
My jaw is killing me. My wisdom teeth are coming in again. Most people only have their wisdom teeth come in once, if at all, but not people from my family. For reasons that I don't understand, our wisdom teeth erupt through the gums, stay out for a day or two and then recede back into the jaw.
Basically, it means that for about a two-week span every 3 months or so, my face hurts. All of my teeth are being pushed out of place by the new teeth sqeezing up in the back, and I can't even close my jaw entirely because the wisdom teeth stab into unprotected soft parts of my mouth.
Ugh. If I weren't so opposed to personally taking medications to stave off my minor aches and pains, I think I would have spent a minor fortune on aspirin by now.
Basically, it means that for about a two-week span every 3 months or so, my face hurts. All of my teeth are being pushed out of place by the new teeth sqeezing up in the back, and I can't even close my jaw entirely because the wisdom teeth stab into unprotected soft parts of my mouth.
Ugh. If I weren't so opposed to personally taking medications to stave off my minor aches and pains, I think I would have spent a minor fortune on aspirin by now.
posted by The Academian | 8:50 AM
2 Comments:
Have you ever thought about getting your wisdom teetch taken out?
As I understand it, getting you wisdom teeth removed is a fairly specialized operation for which you need some kind of oral surgeon (one false move and they sever a tiny nerve that provides sensation to a good part of your lower face - just ask my mother who will never again feel anything on the lower-right part of her mouth). Unfortunately, oral surgeons cost money, which is something I tend not to have a lot of. After seven years without any form of health insurance, I look forward to getting a job in the next few years. Then I might be able to get the little buggers pulled out once and for all.
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