Teeth pulled or filled? WWYD?

[Heaven]

I need 3 fillings!! Pretty good I've got to almost 27 without having any yet though I think lol.

Anyways, 2 of them are in my 2 top wisdom teeth. The dentist says I can get them filled or else I can just get them pulled out because they are hard to clean and it's really common to need more fillings in them during your life anyway. It's only another $15 per tooth to get them pulled out instead.

But, gross! And ouch! Can't make up my mind what to do... any wise words of advice?

[Olive]

i was going to say fill fill fill buit seeing as they are upper wisdoms... get them pulled!
more hassle than there worth
its the only time i would recommend pulling a tooth!

[Charlotte91]

Yeah, get them pulled. I agree with Olive, more hassle than their worth.
If you get them filled now, chances are in a couple years you'll need another filling. And another. And another.
For another 15 bucks I'd get them ripped out in a heartbeat.

Mind you, mine haven't come through yet!! hehehe.

[helle]

Pull em! They'll cause more trouble as time goes on anyway

[Lulliloo]

pull them... top wisdom are really ok to get pulled. i got no pain and no swelling with my top one.
good luck hun.. dentists suck so i wish you well... take some rescue remedy before you go in if you are nervous.

[Heaven]

Thanks guys, I guess I get them pulled then. Ahh... scary! The thought of sitting there while they're pulling out my tooth! eek!! I hope it doesn't hurt too much after.

[Nai]

I agree with the others - wisdoms are pretty redundant and do tend to cause more ongoing problems. I had all mine out under GA when I was a teenager and it wasn't too bad afterwards. Mine were all impacted too so they were hard to get out. I was fairly normal again after a few days.

[toomanyshoes]

pull pull pull!

Wisdoms always cause more trouble than they are worth!

[butterfly_warrior]

Wisdom teeth - pull!

But before I read your post I was definitely thinking FILL! My mouth is fill at all costs - my wisdom teeth were impacted (and removed surgicall, I can tell you about that and it will make having your wisdom teeth pulled in the chair seem like a picnic!), and I had four pre-molars pulled to create room in my mouth and then braces. I've got one molar going a bit dodgy and if it needs the filling replaced again we are looking at root canal - but for me the loss of a molar would be significant given the lack of others!

Anyway, I may have only been 15 at the time, but having those molars pulled for my braces... well, it hurt. I won't lie. It was bloody hard work for the dentist, but you won't feel much other than pulling and tugging. The upper ones were easier to cope with than the lower ones because your lower jaw tends to move around a bit as the dentist pulls. Afterwards - I'd suggest some good pain meds. Panadol isn't likely to be enough, but it's probably only about a week or so before they heal up and you'll be fine. My four were done two at a time - one side of the mouth each time, a week apart. By the time the second side was done I was pretty ok to eat on the first side again.

BW