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Hi all, I'm fairly new to this forums so excuse any mistakes I make.
To start things off, I am 18. I've had my wisdom teeth come out sometime when I was 16 perhaps, although they never really caused me pain or discomfort. Food did always get stuck in there which is why I never go out without toothpicks at hand. However, for the past week, I've had difficulty and pain in my left jaw. At first I thought I just slept wrong and gave it 2 days. The pain didn't reside so I knew it was my wisdom teeth and that it was time to see the dentist. I went in and had my x-rays taken. They said I need to get my wisdom teeth extracted as soon as possible and referred me to an oral surgeon in Fresno CA (which is 2 hours away from where I live). Aside from that, they didn't really tell me anything else. I have no one to drive me back home especially after being high as a kite from the general anesthesia. I called up another dentist and had another x-ray taken. This time, being much more informative, told me that I have cavities building up in my lower wisdom teethes because it was an angle impact (I'll post a picture of my x-rays down below). They also told me that they were too close to a nerve. At first I didn't really understand what that that meant but after talking to someone that held off on extracting their wisdom teeth because it was too close to a nerve, I feel like I'm basically stuck having this pain and the constant toothpicking after every meal.
Tldr: Wisdom teeth causing pain, wisdom teeth too close to nerve, long term nerve damage. What should I do?
If you can't see the attached file clearly, here's a imgur link.
http://imgur.com/E90vCkG
To start things off, I am 18. I've had my wisdom teeth come out sometime when I was 16 perhaps, although they never really caused me pain or discomfort. Food did always get stuck in there which is why I never go out without toothpicks at hand. However, for the past week, I've had difficulty and pain in my left jaw. At first I thought I just slept wrong and gave it 2 days. The pain didn't reside so I knew it was my wisdom teeth and that it was time to see the dentist. I went in and had my x-rays taken. They said I need to get my wisdom teeth extracted as soon as possible and referred me to an oral surgeon in Fresno CA (which is 2 hours away from where I live). Aside from that, they didn't really tell me anything else. I have no one to drive me back home especially after being high as a kite from the general anesthesia. I called up another dentist and had another x-ray taken. This time, being much more informative, told me that I have cavities building up in my lower wisdom teethes because it was an angle impact (I'll post a picture of my x-rays down below). They also told me that they were too close to a nerve. At first I didn't really understand what that that meant but after talking to someone that held off on extracting their wisdom teeth because it was too close to a nerve, I feel like I'm basically stuck having this pain and the constant toothpicking after every meal.
Tldr: Wisdom teeth causing pain, wisdom teeth too close to nerve, long term nerve damage. What should I do?
If you can't see the attached file clearly, here's a imgur link.
http://imgur.com/E90vCkG
