Wisdom Teeth

At Crystal's last dental appointment the dentist told her that she was going to probably need her bottom wisdom teeth out and referred her to a dentist that does that. He could of pulled one of them in the chair, but not the other because it is growing sideways.

She had her appointment with the other dentist and he took some further xrays and then told her that he could pull the one very easily (the one coming in sideways) but the other one (the one that has come through the gum, and the one that our regular dentist could of pulled) was a different story. Her had gotten the additional xrays to check something out. On the xrays from our regular dentist he thought he noticed a nerve right under this tooth, and he verified it with his own xrays. He told Crystal that he could pull it, but there was a chance of nerve damage and it could leave that side of her face numb.

After some thought she has decided to have only the one pulled for now. The other one really hasn't given her any trouble and we can keep our fingers crossed that maybe it won't. Also she is hoping that by pulling the other one maybe her other teeth will shift just a bit and maybe it will move off the nerve enough to be able to be pulled without problem.

So she has her appt for Friday Feb 2 and that will give her the weekend to recover before having to go back to school. I hope that it goes okay for her and she doesn't have too much trouble.