What happened when you had your wisdom teeth removed?
I’m absolutely terrified. Everyone has their stories of pain, bleeding, swelling, infection, all horrible stuff. Was is really horrible for you? Should I have all 4 extracted at once? So far, I’ve had 7 teeth removed and braces but I’m guessing the wisdom teeth will be the worst out of them all.
When people ask for encouragement about getting their wisdom teeth out, I like to share this story about my three children.
I removed two of my older daughter’s wisdom teeth at 2:00 in the afternoon and told her to go home and lie down until dinner time. Before I got home, she had already left for the mall! I was rather angry, because I figured that she’d be moaning all night long and asking me what to do for the pain. Much to my happy surprise, she seemed just fine. She said that she waited until the numbness started to go away and she felt pretty good, so she decided to get up and go.
Same thing with my son. We were actually headed home from a drum lesson and he asked if we could stop in the office to check out the sore place in his mouth. It turned out to be an erupting wisdom tooth. He asked if I felt like taking it out right then, so I did. (I was afraid he might change his mind if he thought about it overnight.) His mom didn’t even know he had a wisdom tooth taken out until he had to take the gauze out of his mouth to eat dinner. His uppers were both kind of difficult and he had trouble healing with one of them (sinus involvement), but that didn’t last for more than 3 or 4 days.
With my third child, I took her to the oral surgeon, because the roots were sort of close to the nerve and _I_ didn’t want to be the one to cause her any trouble if things got difficult. She had nitrous oxide and little bit of iv sedation and had all four removed at once. I wanted to get her right home, but she asked me to stop off at the mall before we went home. She insisted that she was okay. Instead of going home and lying down, she walked through the mall. Yes, she was biting on her gauze packs (in the mall!), but still she was a lot more active than I would recommend. She had no trouble at all healing. I think she went out that night, too. (It was 1999, so I don’t remember the details.)
I’m not saying that they are ALL like this, but there are wisdom teeth and then there are w*!`S^D@m TEETH!!! I always say that wisdom teeth (and root canals, by the way) are like teenagers. At least 90% are no trouble at all, but everybody talks about the bad ones.
Also, see http://www.webmd.com/hw/dental/tm6328.asp
get a good dentist, ask to have headphones w/ music and laughing gas, or ask to be anesthetized. i had all 4 removed at once plus a cavity filled and i drove myself home afterward. the pain was not bad at all. and the relief was so great…no more aching, swollen jaws. and ice cream and milkshakes for 3 days. something good comes out of everything!
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I want to say this. You STAY in the dentist’s office until the bleeding subsides, OK?
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Do them all at once. If you have a good dentist it isnt too bad. It should only take a matter of minutes for each tooth. Take plenty of pain killers for the next couple days and you will be fine. I had mine pulled and was eating steak for dinner the next evening.
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I had 3 wisdom teeth removed at once. It wasn’t too bad. I was under general anesthesia, so I don’t remember anything about the procedure. I had to keep the area iced, and it hurt to chew, but I got some great ice cream and mashed potato dinners. Actually after a while I was supposed to eat stuff that required chewing like meat – that hurt a bit, but after a while that got better. You may want to stay away from sharp foods like Doritos or popcorn for a while. Don’t worry; it’s not too bad.
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For me it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.
I had all 4 removed at once, before they came in, because the dentist wanted to get them before they had a chance to mess up what my braces were doing.
So he had to cut and go into the gums to get them out.
Whatever drugs I was on kept me from ever feeling any pain, both during the procedure and after.
Keeping gauze helped control the bleeding, which lasted only that day and night. I also couldn’t talk clearly that day, because of a little swelling, numbness, and the guaze.
The next days are better and better.
If you have a good dentist you should be okay!
I wish you the best!
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I thought it was awful. They knock you out though, so thats okay. They had to cut all 4 of mine out. I stayed home from school and work for a week. My face swelled it was painful. But they gave me vicodin, so I slept most of the time. Also, my grandpa made me homemade milk shakes so that was cool too. BUT my friend who had his taken out right before I did didnt have any pain. He was able to eat a steak that very same day, he had no swelling, pain, or bleeding. It varies with each person.
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It’s bad for a while but as the days go by u get used to the feeling of the gauze in the mouth. The pain, well, it depends though. It may be caused by an infection or some tooth fragments stuck in the gum wound but that’s about it. For me It wasn’t that bad because the dentist had nubed me and didn’t feel any pain untill it weared off the next day. The reason it stayed so long because the dentist told me to eat ice cream and cold foods such as jello and yogurt and such. It really helped. now my braces are off and I love My smile. :0D
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It depends on if the root of the tooth is wrapped around anything. I had all 4 of mine pulled when I was a senior in high school and went to play practice afterwards. The worst part for me was the morning after, I felt like I had a hangover from hell.
On the other hand, My cousing just had hers done and They had to cut and dig and everthing else cause her roots were wrapped. It has been 3 weeks and she still can’t feel her jaw and still has some pain.
I think the younger you have it done the better.
Good luck
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I just got my wisdom teeth removed on the 3rd, all four of them. I was a little nervous, but felt pretty confident. They gave me laughing gas, hooked me up to an IV, and then all of a sudden I was out!
Then they woke me up, but my surgeon wasn’t that great, he was and is VERY cheap. He didn’t give me any pain medication for my long ride home, but my dad thought ahead and snuck me some in the car. My face got very swollen for a few days, and it did hurt for quite a bit, quite badly, but they’ll prescribe medication (and I recommend taking it as soon as it’s filled). My face bruised quite a bit (almost up to my eyes). But I didn’t have an infection.
Now it’s been almost two weeks, and the pain has finally gone away. The swelling is gone and I only have one slight bruise on my jaw. Now it’s just relief I’m over it. It’ll take maybe a week or so to get over it. It’ll hurt and it’ll probably swell, but you’ll be okay. You’ll live
(even though it feels like you might not!)
As for the pain, mine hurt quite bad. It was like a constant pressure on my gums, but I only bled a few hours after the surgery. Just follow instructions, apply ice and gauze in your mouth and apply pressure, rinse with hydrogen peroxide and salt water (the salt water is nice after the peroxide, trust me). At first it sounds crazy but it helps. He’ll prescribe antibiotics for you as well to prevent infection most likely. It’ll hurt for maybe a little over a week at the most (unless you get infected), and you’ll be okay
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I’ve had all four of mine extracted. I had two done once, then the other two on separate visits. I really didn’t have much pain as one would think. For me the worst part was the pressure on my jaw when the dentist was pulling the bottom ones. They are so far back there, you may feel more pressure than you did with any other tooth extractions. It really wasn’t that bad.
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Wisdom tooth happen to be the last teeth to appear in the adult jaw. Only if it grows in wrong direction you may have extract it. Here is a extract from an interesting article in " The Hindu"dated May 18, 2003 , by Dr. DEVANARAYAN,who is an Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgeon at The Dental Clinic, Chennai. 14. :-
HAVE you ever thought about a tooth called a " wisdom" tooth? You get these teeth as an adult at 18 and believe it or not, you may be none the wiser for it! They just happen to be the last teeth to appear in the adult jaw.
The question of troublesome wisdom teeth has cropped up often over the years: As the human species evolves and the form modifies itself to suit function, the softer foods of today have made jaws smaller. We started off with four molars on every side; we are now down to three. The last, or the third molar as the wisdom tooth is generally termed, ends up short of space to accommodate comfortably in the back of the jaw. It is then that the term "impacted" is used, when it is jammed against a neighbouring tooth at different angles or in the jawbone itself in a position, which is not favourable for the tooth to erupt.
Let us look at a few possibilities when a tooth is impacted.
In the upper jaw, these teeth sometimes grow so far back that it is almost impossible to maintain them in a hygienic state. Very often, they get decayed due to accumulated food and start breaking down exposing the nerve of the tooth and causing severe pain. The tooth could be tilted towards the cheek and cause biting or harmful friction to the muscle of the cheek. The position of the tooth itself could cause pressure on the jaw joint to cause an unbalanced bite, clicking and grating of the joint and very frequently accompanying headache which could radiate down the back of your head and neck. When they emerge, partly due to lack of space, food tends to accumulate in the area.
In the lower jaw, the usual problem is the angle at which the tooth emerges. It could happen in one of the following ways: Towards the jaw bone at the angle of the jaw causing frequent enlargement of the gums and infection tracking down to the angle of the jaw; growing vertically but stuck at a lower level than the adjacent tooth; fully submerged, frequently pushing against the adjacent tooth; and towards the tooth in front of it causing a hygiene and pressure problem and highly decay prone.
An impacted tooth must be removed as soon as the first symptoms are diagnosed rather than wait till it causes decay in the next tooth. There is a disputed theory that the arrival of the wisdom tooth, which grows towards the forward direction, may also displace or push the other teeth out of alignment. Crowding of front teeth is frequently seen and associated with the oncoming wisdom tooth.
Dentists generally recommend extraction of unfavourably positioned wisdom teeth. The procedure is commonly performed under a local anaesthetic. In some cases where the positioning of the tooth and access is difficult or where all the wisdom teeth are impacted the procedure is performed under general anaesthesia. Recovery is uneventful with a mild swelling after the procedure and you are back in action after a couple of days.
With today’s advances in modern dentistry, dental surgery has also advanced considerably to make the procedure nearly painless.
Your wisdom tooth is a part of growing up, like glasses and braces, So get wise and get yourself a dental check up to find out the truth about your tooth.
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When people ask for encouragement about getting their wisdom teeth out, I like to share this story about my three children.
I removed two of my older daughter’s wisdom teeth at 2:00 in the afternoon and told her to go home and lie down until dinner time. Before I got home, she had already left for the mall! I was rather angry, because I figured that she’d be moaning all night long and asking me what to do for the pain. Much to my happy surprise, she seemed just fine. She said that she waited until the numbness started to go away and she felt pretty good, so she decided to get up and go.
Same thing with my son. We were actually headed home from a drum lesson and he asked if we could stop in the office to check out the sore place in his mouth. It turned out to be an erupting wisdom tooth. He asked if I felt like taking it out right then, so I did. (I was afraid he might change his mind if he thought about it overnight.) His mom didn’t even know he had a wisdom tooth taken out until he had to take the gauze out of his mouth to eat dinner. His uppers were both kind of difficult and he had trouble healing with one of them (sinus involvement), but that didn’t last for more than 3 or 4 days.
With my third child, I took her to the oral surgeon, because the roots were sort of close to the nerve and _I_ didn’t want to be the one to cause her any trouble if things got difficult. She had nitrous oxide and little bit of iv sedation and had all four removed at once. I wanted to get her right home, but she asked me to stop off at the mall before we went home. She insisted that she was okay. Instead of going home and lying down, she walked through the mall. Yes, she was biting on her gauze packs (in the mall!), but still she was a lot more active than I would recommend. She had no trouble at all healing. I think she went out that night, too. (It was 1999, so I don’t remember the details.)
I’m not saying that they are ALL like this, but there are wisdom teeth and then there are w*!`S^D@m TEETH!!! I always say that wisdom teeth (and root canals, by the way) are like teenagers. At least 90% are no trouble at all, but everybody talks about the bad ones.
Also, see http://www.webmd.com/hw/dental/tm6328.asp
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