<p>S’s ortho said to keep an eye on them, and that they may have to come out. Recent dental xray showed that two of them are going to push straight into molars, screwing up orthodonture amongst other things. The other two have room. So the oral surgeon recommends just removing the two, which we hope to get done before he leaves for college.</p>
<p>Check your health insurance–many policies will fully cover the cost of extraction if the teeth are impacted. My son had all 4 out during winter break of his senior year for just the cost of the office co-pay. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>My oral surgeon was pretty upfront about mine. I had two fully in (for a year, at least), one partly in, and one just breaking through, by the time my dentist said it was time to visit a surgeon (winter in middle of first year) so I went that summer. The one that was the slowest to come in was very, very slightly impacted. The top two that had already come in were perfectly fine, and the third was okay. He told me that I would at least have to get the one out, and the other bottom one would be ideal to be taken out, so we just opted for all four. By this time, the top ones had already messed up 2 years of braces and retainers, so I’m still kind of bitter I didn’t get the out earlier, but whatever. I got them taken out that summer just because it was easier to do it then, and I was starting to have pain in the one bad one.<br>
My advice: get them out as soon as you can. If your insurance covers it, why not? Most likely they’ll be hard to take care of later in life, and it’s really not that big of a deal in surgery terms. I was in and out within 45min (again, mine were fairly easy though…he said it can take up to 1.5 hours with 4 impacted though) and I was laid up for two days of straight meds (Wed-Thursday), but by Friday night I was out seeing Harry Potter. I was very worn out by 11pm that night, so I slept in Saturday, but by Saturday afternoon I was off the drugs and was back to work on Monday. I had to eat soft foods for a week since I had to get stitches, but it was no big deal. I was very, very nervous at first, but honestly, it was a nice three days of rest and TV and eggs and potatoes. Oh, and the night of the surgery, my mom brought me home a small strawberry shake from McDonalds, and let me tell you, it was the BEST shake EVER ;)</p>
<p>Any one with the experience of an impacted teeth ? The oral surgeon said it was sitting on top of the nerve and removing it may cause permanent numbness. It was also touching his last molar and he said the teeth might have absorbed into each other. The s is not in any pain from it and his teeth are perfectly straight. Never wore braces. </p>
<p>The oral surgeon said it is highly unlikely this impacted teeth will ever cause him any problems. No decay since it is completely impacted.</p>