How many teeth do you have?

EarlJam · Post by **EarlJam** » April 16th, 2009, 10:08 pm

I have not had a cavity in years, so I must ask, on a related question, how many teeth do you have?

-EJ

Miles · Post by **Miles** » April 16th, 2009, 11:03 pm

I have all of my teeth.

captmojo · Post by **captmojo** » April 16th, 2009, 11:05 pm

I had a an old woman, up in the mountains, ask me once...
"Zim yo own teef?"

Miles · Post by **Miles** » April 16th, 2009, 11:16 pm

captmojo wrote:I had a an old woman, up in the mountains, ask me once...
"Zim yo own teef?"

Welllll... are they?

Shammrog · Post by **Shammrog** » April 17th, 2009, 5:57 am

I actually have all of my teeth; including all 4 wisdom teeth which came in on their own.

Post by **YmoBeThere** » April 17th, 2009, 6:25 am

All 4 of my wisdom teeth were removed. I have all of my adult teeth.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » April 17th, 2009, 6:28 am

YmoBeThere wrote:All 4 of my wisdom teeth were removed. I have all of my adult teeth.

I had all 3 of mine removed.
I once had a student have all 6 of hers removed. Supernumery teeth stink!

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » April 17th, 2009, 9:28 am

Lavabe wrote:
YmoBeThere wrote:All 4 of my wisdom teeth were removed. I have all of my adult teeth.
I had all 3 of mine removed.
I once had a student have all 6 of hers removed. Supernumery teeth stink!

I had all 5 of mine removed.

OZZIE4DUKE · Post by **OZZIE4DUKE** » April 17th, 2009, 9:52 am

Sue71 wrote:
Lavabe wrote:
YmoBeThere wrote:All 4 of my wisdom teeth were removed. I have all of my adult teeth.
I had all 3 of mine removed.
I once had a student have all 6 of hers removed. Supernumery teeth stink!
I had all 5 of mine removed.

There is an old joke, of which I only remember the punch line - "get them young before they grow teeth!". I decided not to work it into the "older woman" thread, but thought I'd interject it here.

I have all except for the 4 normal wisdom teeth. Didn't get any stupider when they were pulled... (I know, I've left myself open to free shots with that line.)

colchar · Post by **colchar** » April 17th, 2009, 1:10 pm

Lavabe wrote: I once had a student have all 6 of hers removed.

I've had four of my six removed. The fifth is out (ie. through the gums) and causes no problems. The sixth is too far up in my cheek for them to get at it and they say there is no point in getting rid of it as doing so carries the potential of caving in my cheekbones (or nasal cavity or whatever) if anything goes wrong.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » April 17th, 2009, 1:46 pm

colchar wrote:
Lavabe wrote: I once had a student have all 6 of hers removed.
I've had four of my six removed. The fifth is out (ie. through the gums) and causes no problems. The sixth is too far up in my cheek for them to get at it and they say there is no point in getting rid of it as doing so carries the potential of caving in my cheekbones (or nasal cavity or whatever) if anything goes wrong.

Wait a sec... and I post this seriously. 6 wisdom teeth? Six???

I thought my 5th was an abomination. I'm fairly normal compared to these freaks.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » April 17th, 2009, 1:46 pm

Sue71 wrote:
colchar wrote:
Lavabe wrote: I once had a student have all 6 of hers removed.
I've had four of my six removed. The fifth is out (ie. through the gums) and causes no problems. The sixth is too far up in my cheek for them to get at it and they say there is no point in getting rid of it as doing so carries the potential of caving in my cheekbones (or nasal cavity or whatever) if anything goes wrong.
Wait a sec... and I post this seriously. 6 wisdom teeth? Six??? I thought my 5th was an abomination. I'm fairly normal compared to these freaks.

Both my brother and I had six.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » April 17th, 2009, 2:10 pm

colchar wrote:
Sue71 wrote:
colchar wrote:
I've had four of my six removed. The fifth is out (ie. through the gums) and causes no problems. The sixth is too far up in my cheek for them to get at it and they say there is no point in getting rid of it as doing so carries the potential of caving in my cheekbones (or nasal cavity or whatever) if anything goes wrong.
Wait a sec... and I post this seriously. 6 wisdom teeth? Six??? I thought my 5th was an abomination. I'm fairly normal compared to these freaks.

Both my brother and I had six.

'Nuff said.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » April 17th, 2009, 2:35 pm

Sue71 wrote:
'Nuff said.

And no, our parents were not closely related before marriage.

captmojo · Post by **captmojo** » April 18th, 2009, 3:39 pm

Miles wrote:
captmojo wrote:I had a an old woman, up in the mountains, ask me once...
"Zim yo own teef?"
Welllll... are they?

Why, YES! Even the ones I paid for. I still have two baby teeth.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » April 18th, 2009, 5:34 pm

captmojo wrote: I still have two baby teeth.

Haven't grown up yet?

captmojo · Post by **captmojo** » April 18th, 2009, 6:01 pm

colchar wrote:
captmojo wrote: I still have two baby teeth.

Haven't grown up yet?

Why, I hope I never!

Miles · Post by **Miles** » July 29th, 2009, 8:41 am

I'm starting to feel like it's taking a bit too long for my mouth to heal after my wisdom teeth were extracted. I've got three places in my mouth where little fragments are working there way to the surface. I'm also getting ear aches. I have an appointment with my dentist in a week or two. I'm ready for my mouth to feel normal again.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » July 29th, 2009, 8:44 am

Miles wrote:I'm starting to feel like it's taking a bit too long for my mouth to heal after my wisdom teeth were extracted. I've got three places in my mouth where little fragments are working there way to the surface. I'm also getting ear aches. I have an appointment with my dentist in a week or two. I'm ready for my mouth to feel normal again.

How long has it taken? I was 90% with almost no pain within a few days, and fully healed within a couple weeks. I wouldn't think it would take longer than that, barring infection.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » July 29th, 2009, 8:46 am

captmojo wrote:
Miles wrote:
captmojo wrote:I had a an old woman, up in the mountains, ask me once...
"Zim yo own teef?"
Welllll... are they?
Why, YES! Even the ones I paid for. I still have two baby teeth.

Fascinating! Which two? How old are you? That's just wild. Do you have permanent teeth below them, or were they just missing? My dad has a bridge about halfway back on his left side where the baby tooth fell out and there was just no permanent tooth to replace it. I actually just found that out the other day. I had always assumed he'd had to have one pulled or got it knocked out.