Originally Posted by
Compulsiv
Ugh, wisdom teeth. Mine gave me so much hell. Mine were impacted though, which means that instead of pushing upwards through the gum they were pushing forward towards the front of jaw, towards my front teeth. This caused really severe headaches and a constant pressure in my jaw. And since they were pushing forward, it caused my front teeth to crowd, effectively ruining the 3 years of braces I had as a teenager. It messed up my bite alignment slightly, which actually caused me to bite my tongue and cheeks more often. The biggest characteristic for me was the pressure. My jaw just always felt sore, and I'd get headaches that seemed to radiate from there. Once I went in and got xrays, they were like omg these should come out. They had to put me under completely so that they could go in and break up the teeth into small pieces and pieces and surgically remove them. They were too far under the gum line to be removed normally, and turned sideways which made them impossible to grip without breaking into chunks first.
I know it sounds kinda like a horror story, but it wasn't so bad. Once they were out, all of the problems stopped. The headaches the pressure, it was all so much better. And if your wisdom tooth is growing too close to your other tooth, it will just get worse really. My honest advice is that if the surgeon says you need one out, you should ask about getting all 4 removed at once, that way you never run into these problems again. Some will recommend that you do the top set/bottom set, then come back for the other set. For me, getting 4 really wasn't that bad and I had a pretty extreme case. It was so much better to get it all out of the way at once rather than going back twice.