I was in the emergency room last night because of a tooth!

Don't teeth suck? Well, especially wisdom teeth but, generally speaking, teeth almost always cause problems. And dentists are right there to take our money.

I assume he's feeling better today. I haven't heard from him. But, not hearing from him is better than getting a phone call asking me to take him back to the dentist or the ER, I suppose. He's probably been sleeping off and on today with those pain pills of his. He said he's swearing off sweets forever.

You may have a point about losing our wisdom teeth and blond moments. LOL I've had my share of them, especially since my teeth were removed.

Lol well that explains the Blond Moments then

Uh oh! My son is blond, too! Geez, if this means he'll have more blond moments, I'm just going to have to lock him up somewhere. He's already pretty flaky. LOL

Lol well be warned lol

My son takes good care of his teeth but still gets cavities all the time. The first dentist I took him to when he was little told me he has soft enamel. He had his teeth treated to help but he still has quite a few fillings.

I hate teeth. Even if we take excellent care of them, they can still cause us problems. And those problems are always expensive to fix! My son's one tooth extraction cost over $500.00! That's insane. I need 2 or maybe 3 root canals right now. I have dry mouth caused by fibromyalgia so it doesn't matter how good I take care of mine, I'm going to have problems.

I don't want dentures, though. It would be much easier and far less expensive in the long run but I do like my teeth. Guess I'll just have to keep handing my money over to the dentist. Sigh!

We were very lucky that night, jonjee. We only waited a few minutes before he was seen by a doctor. Luckily, he only needed a shot of Novocaine and some prescriptions for pain killers and antibiotics.

I'm glad to see that you lived through that ordeal! I had food poisoning once and it's not pleasant! I wasn't as bad as you, though. I didn't have to go to the hospital, although I'm sure I would have recovered faster if I had gone. I'm sure I was dehydrated.

I think most people don't have the room needed by wisdom teeth. I read somewhere that they will probably disappear one day as part of our evolution. Our jaws have gotten too small for them. I just wish the teeth had disappeared first!

You are lucky to only have had three. At least that's one less problem for you!

I always took good care of my teeth and never even had a cavity until I was in my 20's. I didn't even see my wisdom teeth as they were all very impacted, well below the gumline. Mine were all surgically removed because, even though they never poked through the gum, they were moving and squishing all my other teeth together.

That sounds like a horrible painful experience.

I've had about 4 root canals already and need at least 2 more right now. I hate teeth. I think they're probably the biggest flaw we have as humans. Dentists love teeth, obviously, because I've never seen a poor dentist. They charge so much money! My mother was friends with our dentist and that man had MONEY! He couldn't say that his overhead is what made him charge so much money, either. No one lives like he did if they don't have way more money than they need! I wish more dentists could see that the average person just can't afford their fees.

I know that many dentists won't pull a tooth before the abscess is cleared up first but this oral surgeon my son saw pulled the tooth the day after we were in the hospital. My son had already been on the antibiotics for almost 24 hours so they did have a chance to begin working.

I think my son was in so much pain that this dentist thought it best to pull the tooth even before the infection was cleared up. My son told me the next night that the pain went away the night after the tooth was pulled! He's had no problems at all and his mouth has healed already, although he still has a hole in his gum where the tooth was. That will fill in over time.