Braces, palate expander, and a broken tooth fixed.

Well, I've had a number of cavities filled (as well as one instance of orthodontic decalcification), but as for actual removals...

*ahem*

I had eight baby teeth pulled because my adult teeth were coming in too fast for me to wiggle them out on my own. Years later I also had all four wisdom teeth surgically removed (they were growing in impacted and hadn't even grown roots or broken the skin yet), and then I had another four adult teeth pulled so that the rest would be able to fit once my braces started tugging them into place.

I have a freaking tiny mouth, as my orthodontist loved to point out. It's too small to house a full set, which is why all the crowding occurred. Thankfully they're all nice and straight now, and hopefully I won't have to part with any more.

I have four fillings. Since changing my diet in my mid teens, I've had no need for any more dental procedures.

I have had cavities filled and other minor things. I have had a few of my permanent teeth pulled before. Sometimes it can be a very unpleasant experience.

First, I hate having to have my jaw/mouth open for a long period, on top of that, feeling all the liquid, bits of teeth in the back of my throat *gag*. The constant pressure being applied and the grinding of the tools. Then comes the huge pliers gripping on the tooth being removed. Feeling it push back and forth and then finally out it comes. Almost every time I have not felt any pain expect the light sting of the injection for numbing purposes. The one time I felt pain was for whatever reason the nerves were extra tender, sharp jolts of pain shot through my jaw and it was not fun.

After the tooth is pulled, a fair amount of blood starts coming out, a quick rinse/suction then gauze to slowly stop the bleeding. The fastest a pulled tooth has stopped bleeding for me was 8 hours. The longest was 1 1/2 days.

I hope you're experience isn't too bad and that it goes smoothly and quickly.

I've had braces (top and bottom), retainers (top and bottom), and a tooth pulled out by an idiot dentist who said he was going to "shoot my tooth with sleep juicy". Just because I was 12, that doesn't mean I didn't know what Novocaine is. It still ticks me off that he treated me a like a 4-year-old.

I've had my wisdom teeth pulled (no cavities!) and I was fully awake for the whole thing. The assistant clamped this mask down on my face and I was like, "what? No," while not realizing that it was the laughing gas. They had to grind off part of my bone to get them out, too. Highly unpleasant.

none.

broken tooth, root canal

I've had six teeth pulled, braces, and a palate expander! That was hell.

I absolutely hate going to the dentist. I have had a terrifying experience, so now I am deathly scared of going.

Let's see...I had braces when I was in high school. Before I had braces, they had to pull 2 baby teeth (my upper canines were not coming down). Braces just made my mouth sore, but it was worth it.

In college, I had my wisdom teeth pulled. And the guy who did it was fantastic! I did not feel any pain. They gave me the best sedatives and pain killers. I was on cloud 9.

A couple of years later, I developed a cavity in one of my bottom molars. They said I needed a root canal, so I got one and they put a crown on it. Four years later, the crown fell off, only to discover that I had another cavity on that same tooth (they said bacteria got underneath the crown and started eating away at the dead tooth). So they took care of the cavity and put another crown on it. That crown ended up falling off and there was so little of my original tooth left, that it would not withstand a crown.

So now I have to decide on whether or not to get a bridge or an implant. I'm leaning towards the implant because of the horrible experience I had with a crown (which is basically what a bridge contains).

I got another cavity (in a tooth next to where I had that root canal done). So the dentist shot up my mouth to numb it and she went in to shave/dig out the cavity and I felt ****everything****. So she shot my mouth up some more and we waited for it to go numb. She came back and started working on it and I still felt everything!!! She got all the cavity out while I was crying and in pain. She said the root canal changed the pH balance to my gums and that shots wouldn't be able to numb that area. So now I'm scared to death of having any work done on that area of my mouth. That is the most absolute worst pain I have ever felt in my life.

I had braces as a kid. The biggest procedure I've had was my wisdom teeth surgery a couple of years ago. I'd never been put out before, so I was nervous about that, and the pain. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting though, and I had a quick recovery.

I've only had my wisdom teeth removed and a couple of fillings.

I've only ever had a few fillings. I do need braces. I'm not sure if I am getting my wisdom teeth removed, since they don't hurt now that they are done coming in.

Braces was no fun at all and they screwed my teeth up so much I have to get them all over again.

Wisdom teeth pulled. That's all I've had done.

I spent entirely too many days last summer in a dentist's chair after breaking a tooth and needing it fixed. It was a case of, well, while we're at it let's take care of a few other things...

Relatively painless, but not anything I want to repeat any time soon.

I had braces, a few cavities, and my wisdom teeth removed. I remember that it sucked real bad after I got them removed, but only for a few weeks. And hey, if it prevented chronic sinus infections and possibly losing the ability to move my jaw (from the way my wisdom teeth would have grown in) then I'm cool with the few weeks of downtime.

a few pulled

Basics, some baby teeth had to be pulled, all 4 wisdom teeth, cleanings, cavities. The biggest was when I was about 11 I decided kissing the bottom of the pool would be a good idea. Broke my top two teeth in half.

Spent the next six years going in constantly getting build ups before they would put crowns on because they weren't sure the roots were going to survive.

2 root canals. The first one was done by an endodontist that does nothing but root canals all day, it was done in 28 minutes, start to finish and was completely painless. The second was done in 3 appointments by a regular dentist and it got infected and was a whole painful torturous mess.

only braces. I hope to not have any problems with me teeth. I hate pain in my teeth. The braces gave me such bad headaches everyday.