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What to expect from Wisdom Teeth extraction?

arkitect said:
Well next time pay more attention…
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Some of us consider ourselves very skilled and we like to be appreciated.
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By preoccupied, I mean I'm going "Guuuuhhhhhhhhhh" to be paying much attention to whether or not there's wisdom teeth in there. 😉
 
My sister had her wisdom teeth extracted and the "dentist" left a piece of jaw bone inside the gum.

So a week or so after it was all infected and she had to take morphin because it was extremely painful and go see a maxillo-dental surgeon to open the gum again and remove the bone fragment.

Not to freak you out, but it can happen.
 
I had mine done in two appointments. First he pulled one side, than a week or two later the other. He just numbed the area and went to work. It didn't hurt at all during or after. I would never allow someone to put me to sleep unless it was absolutely necessary. I don't see why it would be to have wisdom teeth out, in my experience it was no big deal at all.
 
why are some of my posts removed due to referring to a girl as a grand canyon..but this thread has none of the more explicit posts removed..?
 
I had 2 pulled out (both on the top) under a local. Didn't really hurt too much during and one split whilst being pulled and the other hadn't broken through so a scalpel was used to cut through the gum to get at it.

I do remember it being quite difficult to spit after this with both sides of my mouth being numb so I gobbed blood all down my shirt walking through the hospital car park.

After wasn't too bad, painkillers worked fine until a prick of a deputy hotel manager poked me in the gum as he thought I was eating whilst working; the shout and expletives were all round the hotel !!!
 
Had all 4 of mine done 4 years ago the day after Thanksgiving (No leftovers 😡). I took a couple anesthetic shots in the gums around each tooth and the doc yanked. After stitching them up and packing with gauze I was sent on home. Given a prescription for Vicodin to last a week but only used 1 pill the first night to get to sleep. Eating was a little painful for a day or two then everything returned to normal.
 
I only had local anesthesia. So, I was awake and aware for the whole process. There is no real pain during the operation. However, like I said, hearing your teeth being cracked and snapped apart is quite...interesting. Also, the gaps in your jaw where the teeth used to be feel quite unusual for weeks after the procedure. The post procedure pain is usually dull and not excruciating. But there are meds for any pain, regardless.
 
Signal-11 said:
According to an adult video star I once sat next to on a plane, girls who have had their wisdom teeth removed give much better ....
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And you didn't ask for proof of the claim via demonstration!?! What a wasted opportunity! 🙁
 
mscriv said:
And you didn't ask for proof of the claim via demonstration!?! What a wasted opportunity! 🙁
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Who says I didn't get a "demonstration"? The convention I was attending in Vegas happened to be at the same time as some adult movie convention. 🙂

I still have a better time in Bangkok.
 
ya my parents were cheap and didn't wana put me under...so i remember basically all of it, i was 17 (which was pretty young apparently to have my wisdom teeth already hurting my mouth) and i had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled,

it wasn't bad, even though i specifically remember the feeling of him cutting my gum with a knife to pull my tooth. the bottom two teeth had broken the surface, the top two were still covered by my gum. i found out that the ones that hadn't broken the surface of my gum yet, didn't hurt that much, just a little sore. but the two bottom ones that were visible KILLED afterwards. there were big holes where the teeth were that food kept getting stuck in for the next 3 weeks.

even then it still wasn't as bad as pain as everyone else described to to me. i had TONS of ice cream and mashed potatoes...so i was all good 😛
 
They gave me the IV (not sure what it was) to put me out and all I remember was seeing the blinds in front of me started to shake because I couldn't focus on the window and then I was out. I woke up groggy when they were out.

The best part was the Vicodin (narcotic). I remember feeling so good that I sat on the couch for 30 min drooling and staring at the TV before turning it on. That's how high I was. After taking it I know how people can become addicts!

The worst part was having to make sure you cleaned the pockets (where the wisdom teeth were) so they wouldn't become infected and you can heal properly. It was a pain to use the waterpik and hurt.
 
sysiphus said:
The funny thing is that a bunch of the druggies at my high school wanted to buy the leftover pills from me 😛 (Didn't do it, though)
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Same thing happened to me only at college. They offered me $50 a pill. Should have took it.

My experience is similar to others here. I had an anesthesiologist knock me out so the oral surgeon could remove all four of mine at the same time. The surgery lasted about three and half hours total (I got there at 8 and checked out around 11:30).

The first couple of days were hell. Whatever you do, don’t use a straw for a while. It’ll pull your stitches out. And be careful not to bite your cheeks, tongue and/or lip during the day of surgery (you’ll be numb and it’s really hard to tell the difference).

They gave me Oxycodone, but I only ended up needing three out of the 15 in the bottle. That stuff really knocks you on your arse.

It took about a year for the holes left from surgery to fully grow in. However, they were fine for careful food consumption two days after surgery and I was back to normal within a week.
 
For me it wasn't that bad. I had all four of mine taken out at the same time and they just put me to sleep with an IV. The effects afterward were the worst part. I don't remember them really HURTING (thanks to the pain pills, ha), but it was pretty uncomfortable for at least a few days. Hopefully you'll get the dissolvable stitches and it will all heal up quickly. But really, it's not that bad of an ordeal, you should be just fine.

And I love how this thread went from getting your wisdom teeth out to getting head, lol 😛 (perfect smiley huh? haha)
 
lewis82 said:
My sister had her wisdom teeth extracted and the "dentist" left a piece of jaw bone inside the gum.

So a week or so after it was all infected and she had to take morphin because it was extremely painful and go see a maxillo-dental surgeon to open the gum again and remove the bone fragment.

Not to freak you out, but it can happen.
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As if someone who is having this done needs horror stories. (not just you, it always seems to happen whenever anyone discusses 3rd molar extraction)

You bring up a good point though. A person should always go to an oral surgeon to have this done in the first place, especially if the teeth are impacted (beneath the gums and possibly bone in some cases).
 
Wisdom teeth removal isn't that bad, just get a doctor that knows what he's doing and knocks you out.
 
I was getting braces and needed to get 4 teeth out. They said to get rid of all 4 wisdom teeth as well, even though they hadn't broke the surface yet. They said they would cause problems later on though. So I had 8 teeth taken out at once. They put me to sleep in the hospital and I woke up in the recovery room 5 hours later. I had ice packs on my cheeks and felt great. I went home shortly after, first stopping to get pain killers on the way. I don't remember being in much pain at all, and eating wasn't a problem either. I think the experience is different for everyone, cause mine wasn't bad at all.
Good Luck!🙂
 
Sheesh, I'm not looking forward to getting mine pulled.

I had some wisdom teeth pain last year as they were going up & down. Dentist said that next time this happens, I'll probably have to have all 4 pulled 🙁

When my girlfriend's father had his 4 wisdom teeth pulled out, he didn't have any anaesthetic at all @.@
 
OK, so here's a nice little horror story. I had six wisdom teeth. That means I am either extremely wise or extremely unfortunate. They did put me out with an IV, so I don't remember them dislocating my jaw and digging through the bone to get to the two that were growing back into my skull up on top. My parents told me that I asked to drive home and said something about Burger King right after the surgery, although I don't remember any of it. I remember a week of gauze in my mouth and anxiety over developing a "dry socket", which fortunately didn't happen. I was sore and on vicodin, but it was manageable.

Best of luck!
 
Alright guys I don't think it is going to be too bad, is it bad that I am just going to my everyday dentist over an oral surgeon?
 
Regular dentists perform this procedure all the time. Oral surgeons can be used, but I would think they are usually brought in if a case is known to be complicated or require special expertise. Relax TSE, you'll be fine. And according to Signal 11 certain skills will be improved as a natural result of the process, so you might find this improves your popularity at school as well. 😀
 
Wisdom Tooth - Horror

Well I hope you make arrangements for that day.

1. If they do put you to sleep arrange for someone to take you home after the op. You're not allowed to drive (at least in Ontario), and they didn't let me on the public transit - possibly not due to dizziness.

Am I the only one that had 4 extractions (all removed: Wisdom) and recall waiting up with a headache and throwing up? I swallowed a LOT of blood. I'm
talking like 5hrs after the operation when I woke up I had so much gauze in my mouth, I fell over out of the bed just from sitting up. I had to pee bad and fell on my way - told the nurse I was ok to just crawl there - I used my elbows & hands to crawl, not my knees. When I got to the bathroom I finally got to my knees and did #1. When I was done & flushed I just heeved! All that BLOOD! Looked so dark I felt like a vampire waking up from a binge hand-over!

Tylenol 3's only worked the first 2 days and did nothing for the pay after. It was cold water, ice cream and irish cream that sedated me. those sutures that keep the wound closed opened up within 7days and well, after 2nd week of staying home and back to school no girl came close to me. Actually come to think of it nobody did - THAT's how bad my breathe smelt!!! 😱

To make matters worse ... my cheeks! 😱 I felt like a chickmunk stocking up for the winter and I looked like it too! 🙁 And the drool ... thank god that didn't last long; I'm sure the girls in classes still remember those days.

So ... there is a lot you can look forward too and possibly hardly at all.
I do pray that you don't have it as bad as I did, even the week/2 after the op.

BTW; I was put to sleep with injections in my hands - DON'T try to fight off the first shot by flexing muscles, the nurse will just give you an extra 1 to ensure you don't wake up during the op = chickmunk!!
 
The person that I had was a specialist. In my area, dentist specialize a lot. Both the dentist and the surgeon stated that they each were capable, but the surgeon had the more advanced equipment and much more experience - not that it was anything too difficult. My dentist offered to do it, but I went with the oral surgeon.
 
I went to an oral surgeon for an impacted wisdom tooth and it was covered by my regular health insurance. I don't know if you have to go to an oral surgeon to qualify or not, but it would be good to check.

I did develop a fondness for chocolate Ensure. Eating solid food becomes an impossible conflict between pleasure and pain.
 
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