*mutter, grumble, ouch*

[denny]

My right-upper wisdom tooth was being a pain from last weekend through to Wednesday, when it finally settled back down. At which point the left-upper one started instead. I suppose as I currently have money available, no sex life, my leg is mostly healed, and I'm not riding a bike this year, now is the time to get them removed.

Given the complete lack of all my previous excuses, I guess I now have to admit that I'm just plain scared :)

Does anyone have any dentist recommendations in South London? There seem to be a lot of them in my local area, but obviously I've got no clue if any of them are any good or not.

Comments

[world-of-skin.livejournal.com]

Wisdom teeth are currently giving me grief too. Went to a dentist last week and said both lower ones were bothering me but, after looking in my mouth, he told me only one was coming through, there was nothing on the left side.. turns out that on the left side, on the UPPER jaw, a wisdom tooth that's come through is (well, was, it's now been filed) very pointy indeed and had been chomping down on the gum below, where no wisdom tooth was showing, and damaging the gum to the degree that's it's going hard and white! :\

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

My bottom two are impacted (growing forwards) in a not uncommon fashion. If they're not removed they'll eventually damage the teeth in front of them and probably cause lots of problems. However, they've never hurt, ever.

My top two are growing outwards sideways - as in, trying to come out through my cheeks. I disapprove of this. They seem to get infected or something from time to time, or just carve through something tender, as they do hurt now and then. Apparently out of the four, the top two are the easy ones to get out, so I think their days are numbered.

[libellum.livejournal.com]

no sex life

*plots*

[booklectica]

I use Whitecross in Clapham Junction, as an NHS patient. I've been happy with them, but then I've never had anything done to my teeth.

[djlongfella.livejournal.com]

" Dentists " < shudder >

[(Anonymous)]

You don't know me (but I know one of your friends).

Get them done. I should have had mine out long before I did. The younger you are the easier it is. The operation itself isn't at all scary. I just had local anaesthetic and just needed one Ibuprofen afterwards. I had to sleep on my back for a week or so afterwards (not my normal position), but I managed it. The thing I was most worried about was the risk of getting dry socket afterwards because that is supposed to be painful. However, if you take it easy, follow instructions (like not spitting, rinsing gently only after 24 hours), you should be OK (as I was). After about three days the risk is mostly over and soon after that you can eat almost normally.

It seems like a big thing, but it's not really. Dentists are pretty good these days. If you want an objective criteria for choosing, I recommend selecting one who qualified about 10 years ago - it's a good balance of modernity of technique and experience.