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Originally Posted by Jay
OUCH!!  I hope you are feeling better. My dentist has been telling me for the last two years I need to get mine out, but keep putting it off because I am scared to death. I would have mine done by an oral surgen and be put out for it though. I am going to have to do it soon.  |
That's the same situation I was in. He kept telling me for at least 3 years you need to get these pulled out and I figured since I have no shows or anything major coming up for at least a month, now would be a good time. I had the option to be put out entirely by a surgeon too, but the price would be nearly double and it would be the exact same net effect afterwards except I'd also be groggy for a few days. The pain now is doable (I'm not on any meds now that they're out of my system), the pain during the actual extraction was less than 5 minutes worth and the bulk of it was the needles that numbed me. I definitely didn't want to be groggy for days so I opted for the local. I feel much better now although my jaw is a bit weak but i can talk and work from home pretty normally now.
WG