Brain and brain--what is brain?
Sep. 13th, 2013 08:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feldmanMigraine today, which is now fading only to be replaced by a flare-up of the impacted wisdom tooth. This involves an ache in the joint and a faint pulsing in the back left corner of my lower jaw that builds and then recedes over the course of an evening.
I'm tempted to name that tooth as it's going to be my companion for a long while, lodged at an angle that made the dentist blanch and step back almost to the doorway of the exam room when the x-ray went up. I left with a consult for an oral surgeon and a warning that an extraction of that nature would require an OR.
Its enormous. Its sidled up against it's neighbor. Its roots are bulbous and either straddle or cross the nerve channel that carries sensation for my chin, lower lip and half my tongue. Its locked under the bone. It takes up a respectable percentage of the corner of my mandible like a keystone. Upon research, my best bet is to leave it the fuck alone unless it shifts tectonically, and take aspirin for the occasional grumbling. If I ever need it out, the first step will be a dental 3D CT scan and a possible maxillofacial consult because that sucker might just break my jaw.
As we are symmetrical creatures and the top wisdom teeth were equally ginormous, I'm sure it has a sister on my right, but there hasn't been a peep from that quarter.
I'm tempted to name that tooth as it's going to be my companion for a long while, lodged at an angle that made the dentist blanch and step back almost to the doorway of the exam room when the x-ray went up. I left with a consult for an oral surgeon and a warning that an extraction of that nature would require an OR.
Its enormous. Its sidled up against it's neighbor. Its roots are bulbous and either straddle or cross the nerve channel that carries sensation for my chin, lower lip and half my tongue. Its locked under the bone. It takes up a respectable percentage of the corner of my mandible like a keystone. Upon research, my best bet is to leave it the fuck alone unless it shifts tectonically, and take aspirin for the occasional grumbling. If I ever need it out, the first step will be a dental 3D CT scan and a possible maxillofacial consult because that sucker might just break my jaw.
As we are symmetrical creatures and the top wisdom teeth were equally ginormous, I'm sure it has a sister on my right, but there hasn't been a peep from that quarter.
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Date: 2013-09-14 08:21 am (UTC)Mine were headed for a similar fate but as I had braces, as soon as I hit wisdom tooth age (~17?) I had x-rays to see how they were placed. All four were lying sideways, heads facing my other teeth, roots facing back into my head and the nerves you describe, so I had all four surgically removed before they even had a chance to crawl. Which is good, given what you're describing here. I hope they keep playing almost-nice for you for a long while yet!
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Date: 2013-09-17 01:06 am (UTC)The top ones are also a mixed bag. I've been chewing with the left for over fifteen years, but when the right one came in it started dislocating my jaw--it took the dentist, the hygienist and me pulling counterpoint to get that sucker out. It was the size of my last thumb joint and squeaked like a hinge as it came free. Good times, good times.