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Wedding Etiquette Forum
Wisdom Teeth Dilemma
My wedding is next Friday, June 1st and I am having problems with one of my wisdom teeth coming in. Over the years they have always come up a little and gone back down, but the dentist has never wanted to remove them. This time it is really bad on one of my bottom ones. This started late last week and my dentist is closed on Fridays. I went to urgent care on Saturday and got some antibiotics because it was swollen and painful and I feared infection. I have been on antibiotics for 3 days but this morning it is oozing blood.
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow, but I am freaking out about them wanting to take it out this close to the wedding. I am scared I won't be able to have it done and recover in time, but I am not sure I should wait because after the wedding I will be in between insurances for a little while as I am currently under my dad's military insurance, but won't be when I get married and I am starting a new job in July with insurance.
What would you do? Try to get it done asap and hope I will be recovered enough by next Friday or see if it can wait? Obviously I haven't gotten a dentist's recommendation yet.
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I have a dentist appointment tomorrow, but I am freaking out about them wanting to take it out this close to the wedding. I am scared I won't be able to have it done and recover in time, but I am not sure I should wait because after the wedding I will be in between insurances for a little while as I am currently under my dad's military insurance, but won't be when I get married and I am starting a new job in July with insurance.
What would you do? Try to get it done asap and hope I will be recovered enough by next Friday or see if it can wait? Obviously I haven't gotten a dentist's recommendation yet.
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Re: Wisdom Teeth Dilemma
I think talking with your dentist about the timeline of your wedding/honeymoon/new job/insurance I'm sure they will be willing to have a realistic discussion and come-up with a plan for what to do.
I would go to your appointment tomorrow prepaired with someone who could drive you home just incase they decide that the best thing is to take care of it right away (like a dry socket it would also suck to have some kind of infection). There isn't a way the can squeeze you in for a consult today?
Of course there is no way to know, but if I was in a lot of pain from it, I'd just take it out. I'd rather know the pain would gradually decrease than wonder how bad it would be in another week. Just my opinion. Do what is right for you.
If you can wait, I would definitely wait, but not having insurance after the wedding is a big concern. Having to do the surgery without insurance could be extremely pricey. I think you have to talk to your dentist and listen to his advice. A week isn't as long to recover as you'd like, but you have to put your health and long-term finances first.
[QUOTE]If you can wait, I would definitely wait, but not having insurance after the wedding is a big concern. <strong>Having to do the surgery without insurance could be extremely pricey.</strong> I think you have to talk to your dentist and listen to his advice. A week isn't as long to recover as you'd like, but you have to put your health and long-term finances first.
Posted by aragx6[/QUOTE]
<div>I forgot about this aspect. I was still in college when I got them out and I remember my parents still paying quite a bit with pretty good insurance. </div><div>
</div><div>(Also I didn't mean to scare you about the dry socket... it sucks and hurts horribly bad, BUT if you are a non-smoker and haven't been on BCP since the day you were born you probably wont have any issues!)</div>
Obviously others have had a much more difficult time.
My husband had a hernia the day of our wedding (actually he'd had it his entire life). It had been hurting for a few months, but we didn't know what it was. We thought that he had an ulcer. He said that when the thinks back to our wedding, he just remembers how much pain he was in. I absolutely HATE that we didn't get it checked out before the wedding.
[QUOTE]Its not really painful at all anymore since I went on the antibiotics and 800 mg ibuprofen.<strong> I actually thought it was getting better until today when there was a little blood oozing out.</strong> When I originally went to urgent care it was very swollen, but it has gone down a lot. I am thinking it probably wouldn't be that bad of a surgery to get it out since it is definitely coming up, but I am just concerned about the recovery. I definitely wouldn't be concerned about waiting if it weren't for the insurance part. I just need to make sure I can wait until at least the beginning of July. And it is only one tooth since the rest are still in the same condition that they have always been.
Posted by snr1[/QUOTE]
<div>Now I'm on team "get it out." If it's oozing and whatnot I would get it taken care of. I would not want to be oozing blood on my wedding day. I'd take the taste of the dry socket meds over that any day.</div>
No matter what you do you're going to be in some sort of pain for some time. And given the no insurance thing, I would do it now while you DO have insurance. As Joy said- I'd rather know the pain is done and overwith and WILL be better in a week (even if it's still there a little bit)- you could be like me and wake up the day before your wedding and not even be able to open your mouth, let alone drink or eat anything (or smile for pictures, greet guests, say your vows...)
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[QUOTE]I would get it out. Yes, dry socket sucks but if youre <strong>REALLY REALLY careful,</strong> it can be avoided. If it's oozing blood that is NOT good at all! See if someone can get you in today?
Posted by spiment[/QUOTE]
<div>I don't buy this. (Not that I at all am trying to turn this into an argument about dry socket...)</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wisdom Teeth Dilemma : I don't buy this. (Not that I at all am trying to turn this into an argument about dry socket...)
Posted by lbarr088[/QUOTE]
Yeah I have known people to have very different experience with getting their teeth out. I don't think you can predict it at all which is why it scares me to do it so close to my wedding. I don't want to regret my choice either way, but obviously I will listen to what the dentist recommends.
[QUOTE]My two cents is wait and use antibiotics and ibuprofen to stave off any complications, unless the dentist says otherwise. My oral surgeon knicked the main nerve going through my jaw when mine were removed. I didn't peel myself off the couch for three weeks and went through three prescription pain killer refills. I was in excruciating pain for weeks and didn't regain full feeling in my face for almost two months. Worst experience ever. I would have never made it through a wedding, haha.
Posted by cnf2013[/QUOTE]
See this is my fear, well I didn't think it could be that bad. But I don't want to ruin my entire wedding and honeymoon by getting my tooth out. Ughh..