Re: Wisdom tooth - nerve

From: Alexander Vasserman DDS (purple543210_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: 29 Mar 2005 12:06:06 -0800

This sound like the standard disclaimer about wisdom teeth.
If you have to get them out then what is there to think about.
All of what you 've been told are risks it does not mean it will happen
to you just that there is a risk of it happening and perhaps by the
x-ray it is more so on you than anyone else.
The hospital and being under are just for your comfort. In a difficult
extraction there is a lot of pressure, cracking noises, bleeding,
having the mouth open wide and for extended periods that may make it
more comfortable for you to be under sedation. Frankly taking out
wisdom teeth you are going to feel like crap but in no way is it worse
than say getting a facelift. In a face lift you can have nerve damage
as well and more so and yet many people undergo this risky
unnecessary/cosmetic procedure every day just to remove some wrinkles
and saggy skin.
I would not worry but plan some recovery time.
good luck.

mo wrote:
> "Dr Steve" <nospam@home.net> wrote in message
> news:_7c2e.26478$hU7.12906@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
> > Deeply impacted wisdom teeth sometimes are either touching the
nerve or so
> > close to the nerve that contact occurs during removal of the
impacted
> > tooth. Rarely, wisdom teeth will even have roots which wrap around
the
> > nerve. In these cases, the patient ends up with some
post-operative nerve
> > damage. Most times, the damage heals itself in 1-6 months. A few
have
> > permanent numbness. Everyone's nerve sits in a slightly different
> > location. Each impacted tooth is different. It sounds like yours
are
> > either close together, or you are hearing the standard disclaimer
when
> > removing wisdom teeth and getting excited. From here, I cannot
advise you
> > about the odds of getting numbness afterwards.
> >
>
>
> i am going back tomorrow so I will ask him for more info

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