How a wisdom tooth is removed

Animation to show how a wisdom tooth is removed.

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• Bupa
• health
• wisdom tooth
• mouth
• surgery
• remove
• jaw
• teeth

[ekkamai6]

Thump up if u think the animation makes it looks easy..

[Dogzarcool29]

I hate needles and injections

[aariku14]

@GagasHooker thanks :) im perfectly fine. I still have to go back to do the rest. But it was very hard trying to sleep :{ Im all healed now. Thanks so much

[koalacool1234]

did u know llamas are kool?

[koalacool1234]

when my llama gets his wisdom teeth removed i will celebrate with toast o3o

[koalacool1234]

llama

:D

[electrogeek77]

@ekkamai6 Mine wound up being pretty easy. Two of mine were rupturing and causing problems, and the other two were about to do the same, so my surgeon just put me under and took out all four, which apparently slipped out no problem.

My husband, on the other hand, had a harder time with his. He was only under local anesthesia, and one of his was so hard to remove that his surgeon actually had to put his foot on the chair to keep his balance while he pulled.

[Solitude075]

@hotpost101But mine is just pain!! It feels like something growing on the wisdom tooth due to side effects of medicine. It really annoys me sigh.

[luvmusicheart]

they forgot something...  ALL THE BLOOD THERE IS!!!

[hotpost101]

I don't know why everyone says it hurts so bad... I didn't feel a thing during the extraction, and it's just a bit sore and still bleeding a little bit. It's really not that bad...

[GagasHooker]

@aariku14 theres a possibility of them hitting a nerve is very slim. No need to worry. The oral surgeon knows what he or she is doing. I just got 4 removed today and the numbing wore off from the anesthesia and i can feel everything fine im just sore. If you're young the probability is even slimmer because at a young age, the wisdom teeth are given time to grow around or touch the nerve. Hope this helps and calms you down a bit!