I had mine taken out just after the new year by an oral surgeon (totally the way to go, IMO). I was out cold...the last thing I remember him saying is, "You're going to feel a little tingly now." The first thing I remember after coming to is the end of the car ride home.
The gauze he stuffed in there got pretty bloody, but there was no blood after that and no pain whatsoever. I only took Advil the first day and nothing afterwards. I was eating solid food in less than 24 hours, and he used dissolving stitches, which were gone in less than three days.
All in all, it was a very pleasant experience (well, as pleasant as it can be when someone violently extracts three of your teeth 😀 ).