Is my tooth coming in or what?

For the past five days or so, I’ve been dealing with this persistent, nagging ache right around my lower jaw near the back of my mouth. Honestly, I can't quite tell if it's just a wisdom tooth trying its best to make an appearance—though, looking at how crowded everything is in there, I'm not sure there's even a single millimeter of space left for it 🙂—or if I'm actually dealing with some kind of inflammation.

Does anyone have any advice or perhaps a bit of wisdom to share? If it really is a wisdom tooth trying to push through, what am I supposed to do with it when there is absolutely zero room left in my jawline?

p.s. I'm 28 years old, just in case that context helps anyone out.

Your hips are widening

If there isn't enough room in the jaw, a tooth will likely start growing in somewhere else, and you might end up needing surgery to get it out.

You should probably schedule an appointment with your dentist. If that wisdom tooth is starting to come in, they’ll likely want to take some X-rays to see what's going on under the surface. If there isn't enough room in your mouth for it to sit properly, you'll end up needing it pulled—either once it fully emerges or perhaps even sooner if they refer you over to an oral surgeon first.

Ah... surgery... brings back memories 😢

rowdybadger41 said:ughhh... surgery... just memories now... 😢

man, you're gonna be feeling that in your teeth for a while 😁

darkviper7 said:Goodness, you and those teeth of yours... 😁

It’s just so sad... 🙏 🙏 How things used to be... 😬 I am approaching the final stage—the permanent appliance... 😍
Man, at the Mayo Clinic surgery ward, everyone already knows... "Oh, here comes Ivana again..." Unfortunately...

rowdybadger41 said:they're basically just 🙏 🙏 the same as they used to be 😬 I'm finally hitting the last stage—getting the permanent braces 😍
man, at the local Mayo Clinic, everyone in surgery already knows my deal... it's like, "Oh, hey Ivana, back again?" and I'm just like, "Sadly, yeah."

Maybe you'll marry some surgeon's son 😁
and then you can be loaded and start buying me stuff 😍

darkviper7 said:Maybe you could marry some surgeon's son😁
and then you'll be loaded enough to buy me everything I want😍

Perhaps I'll marry an old surgeon, become wealthy, and cheat on him with you...🤣

rowdybadger41 said:I might just marry some old surgeon, live the high life, and then cheat on him with you 🤣

😲 😲 You're such a deviant 😱
😬

darkviper7 said:😲 😲 what a creep 😱
😬

🙂 We've flooded the thread. Let's move on...

:next:

You certainly gave me quite a scare with all that talk about surgery, though it seems my wisdom teeth aren't actually making an appearance after all.

I've been flushing things out with some kind of Herxheimer reaction—or whatever the technical term for it might be—for three days now, and I'm finally starting to feel like myself again. It felt like some sort of nasty infection, didn't it? Does anyone happen to know how on earth I could have picked something like that up?