(Note: not my teeth.)
I need to decide whether I’m going to get my wisdom teeth extracted or not. My dentist recommended it, but they aren’t causing me any pain right now, and I could theoretically live my whole life with them (just barely) although I might regret having them later on when they start to rot. And I have to get a couple fillings in them anyway if I don’t get them out. So I’m leaning toward the surgery. The nail in the coffin (so to speak) might be this very calculation:
Assuming that I floss every day (more or less true) and it takes 3 seconds to floss each wisdom tooth (they’re hard to reach back there):
• 3 seconds × 4 teeth = 12 seconds/day
• 12 × 365.25 days in the year = 4380 seconds/year
• 4380 ÷ 3600 seconds/hour = 1.2 hours/year
• 1.2 hours/year × 60 years (say I live to be 80) = 72 hours
So by getting my wisdom teeth out, I save about 72 hours of flossing time over my lifetime. According to Kyle’s account, it took him about three days to recover.
• 15 waking hours a day × 3 days = 45 hours
• 45 < 72. Thus, having the surgery saves time.
*sigh*. There’s no getting around the math of it.
gosh, you logical types!
Luke, I had all 4 of mine done at one time when I was 40. I was fine and dandy the day after it was done. The hole left over feels weird for a while, until you get used to it. You might also have a little residual tooth bits show up months afterward, but its no big deal.
I think it is better to do it now than later.
Hey Luke, why not get your adenoids done and your appendix out while you’re there.. i reckon you could save your self about 3 boxes of decongestient before diagnosis (not to mention the trips to the store to get them) and you could have a ‘funny’ surgery.
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Why is it it funny i hear you ask? …
… cos it leaves you in stitches !! (that might only work as a joke in the UK, oh well
xXx
its painless…go to doctor slaughter in Watsonville..very good…terrible name
Hi Luke,
It’s your neighbor. Armando just got his out two weeks ago (2 of them) and felt pretty good by the next day! They were starting to rot and have problems and I know he’s so glad he did it—finally—at thirty-something. So I say go for it! I got mine out in my twenties.
Good Luck!
Danusha