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Ms. Dove
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Hello all,
I have also had a very similar experience. I had wisdom teeth extracted at around age 19—two up top and one on the lower left that was impacted. I am now 31 and in the last few weeks of my second pregnancy had the sharp pain begin on the lower left side (tongue side) behind my second molar. I went to the dentist and x-rays revealed a wisdom tooth still there (I thought it had been removed!) which they wanted to schedule me to have extracted. When I showed the dentist the white piece of bone, tooth, or whatever the stuff is cutting through the gums he was quite stymied, saying “Very interesting.” He had me monitor it over the 2011 Christmas holiday and then another one started cutting through on the same spot but the opposite side of my mouth, where there never has been a wisdom tooth. Over the holidays both bits dislodged from my gums after I noticed that the hard thing was movable and I could eventually wiggle it out with my fingernail, since I was in intense gum pain. I was quite shocked to have the piece come out in my hand, about the size of a grain of rice. A couple weeks later the other one on the opposite side was also expelled from the gums and I felt much, much better. There’s a depression in the gums now where the pieces came through but otherwise I feel fine. So much so that I just went back to the dentist and asked him if it’s really necessary to remove the wisdom tooth since I’m no longer in any pain now that those pieces came out and he said sure, just monitor it and leave it alone if I’m not experiencing any pain. I saved the pieces in a bag and also hope to find out some day what the heck the material is and why it seemed that my body just wanted to expel the pieces from somewhere inside my gums. The whole process took about two months. I happen to have great dental hygiene, but I was pregnant, which can wreak havoc on even a “good brusher.” Please report back to the forum if anyone learns more about this strange condition.
I have also had a very similar experience. I had wisdom teeth extracted at around age 19—two up top and one on the lower left that was impacted. I am now 31 and in the last few weeks of my second pregnancy had the sharp pain begin on the lower left side (tongue side) behind my second molar. I went to the dentist and x-rays revealed a wisdom tooth still there (I thought it had been removed!) which they wanted to schedule me to have extracted. When I showed the dentist the white piece of bone, tooth, or whatever the stuff is cutting through the gums he was quite stymied, saying “Very interesting.” He had me monitor it over the 2011 Christmas holiday and then another one started cutting through on the same spot but the opposite side of my mouth, where there never has been a wisdom tooth. Over the holidays both bits dislodged from my gums after I noticed that the hard thing was movable and I could eventually wiggle it out with my fingernail, since I was in intense gum pain. I was quite shocked to have the piece come out in my hand, about the size of a grain of rice. A couple weeks later the other one on the opposite side was also expelled from the gums and I felt much, much better. There’s a depression in the gums now where the pieces came through but otherwise I feel fine. So much so that I just went back to the dentist and asked him if it’s really necessary to remove the wisdom tooth since I’m no longer in any pain now that those pieces came out and he said sure, just monitor it and leave it alone if I’m not experiencing any pain. I saved the pieces in a bag and also hope to find out some day what the heck the material is and why it seemed that my body just wanted to expel the pieces from somewhere inside my gums. The whole process took about two months. I happen to have great dental hygiene, but I was pregnant, which can wreak havoc on even a “good brusher.” Please report back to the forum if anyone learns more about this strange condition.