After two years of living with BROKEN wisdom teeth in my mouth they have finally been removed.
2mon 20d ago by thelemmy.club/u/bdonvr in nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.works from thelemmy.club
When they first broke it was hell. Not exactly suicidal but sometimes when driving the call of the void would get louder.....
But back then I couldn't get treatment setup. I was a truck driver and always moving. Dentists hours were hard to hit and they always told me it would take multiple visits - but by then I'd be across the country.
Then they... stopped hurting. Even when I got a local job it was low priority. I knew it was a problem but eh.... Bills to pay. I took a qtip twice daily and scooped out anything caught in there.
Until recently when they started hurting again. Got setup with a local dentist. Got them out and a few fillings too. Price wasn't as bad as I thought and I don't know why I let it go on so long.
I was baffled that some people just don't have them in the first place.
And some people get extra! A friend of mine had 5 wisdom teeth removed.
I feel you. Different reasons, but I had to live with bad wisdom teeth for a few years too. I know exactly what you mean about the call of the void being louder as well.
Glad they got handled for you!
I just had a tooth pulled myself and it was $250. Sounds like you just didn't want to handle it? Bc a doctor absolutely will emergently yank a tooth if you need it (like I did like a week ago).