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I had it done on my 17th birthday. It was a memorable one!

I only have my upper ones! I was born without the lower ones, thankfully. One is in, and one is impacted... I need to get it over with and have them removed. Eek.

no i have all 4. my dentist doesn't see any reason to pull them if they're not causing any issues.

Yes, I had to get all four removed at once because they were all impacted. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be!

I had them extracted (all impacted) my junior or senior year of high school.

Yep, all four at once when I was 19 I believe.

@LuLu Mom: My dentist kept saying something to me about them as my uppers came in a year or two ago. Honestly, they aren't bothering me and I don't find it necessary to extract them since they came in straight, so I'm leaving them.

mine were all impacted when I had them removed at 23. I should have done it earlier--the nurse said my nerve endings "were as curly as my hair" and I have VERY curly hair! And then I had horrible, horrible dry sockets and it was a rough recovery. More than 6 years later, I still actually have a tingly feeling on my chin when I touch it in a certain place, my nerve endingss definitely got f*ed up! (excuse the language )

Yes, all of them after my freshman year of college. They were impacted and I had dry socket. I got sick afterwards because I was allergic to the antibiotics, so recovery was pretty miserable and I was weak for a long time.

I only had uppers (lucky me!). The first one was an emergency extraction after it got infected...and left me with a locked jaw (the infection, not the extraction) while I was in the middle of doing my master's. That was super fun. The second one was a planned extraction and it was super easy...I didn't even know he'd done it; I was still bracing myself for it when he was like,"You can open your eyes. It's over."

I had all 4 removed when I was 16? Wasn't a big deal because they kind of put me under a light sleep.

I had four extracted back in hs before i got my braces.

I had a really good experience tho, minimal swelling and i ate later that night, normal food... never filled my Rx either.

Yes. In January of this year. Two of them had finally started to poke through and my dentist recommended going ahead and extracting all 4 even though they didn't hurt. He told me it should heal quickly and be pretty painless since 2 of them hadn't even poked through. Also my insurance should pay for almost all of the procedure.

Well it took me 3 full weeks to be able to eat normally again and to recover. I was in so much pain. My insurance had also only covered 40%. I got screwed. Everyone told me I'd be fine in a couple of days and it took almost a month to get better. Wish I wouldn't have had it done.

@LuLu Mom: no one ever told me to do it before I was 30, they just said I should think about having them removed. Then I got a cavity in one and try said I should just do it now, but that it would be harder since I was over 30!

I had all 4 removed at once. It sucked for a few days but I took the hard core pain killers at night and Advil during the day, plus lots of time with the ice pack. I could eat sort of normal food within about a week.

@2PeasinaPod: None of mine have came through, they are still underneath (for the longest time they thought I might be one of those people who don't get them) but unfortatnely they showed up late. My dentist's push is that the surgery is a lot easier on a younger person & if they were to become infected when older it's a lot harder to heal. I would like to get them out and done with before my next pregnancy though.

I had mine extracted when I was 26. They were impacted and I was having pain.
I woke up and didnt realize he had already finished.
I was super woozy, but no pain. It was way easier than I expected.

I had all four out at once when I was 19 or 20. It really wasn't as bad as I'd feared.

One in my early 20s because it was impacted, and the other three came out at 27ish. The single was worse!