Yeah, its in the molar next to it, AND, the new surgery will be a THOUSAND dollars - pricey enough for you? Apparently its part of why my wisdom teeth got all infected earlier this summer - eew this is so yucky and I hate talking about it. I was watching my carbs before school but I figure with this second surgery I won't be able to eat anythign for two weeks, so I figure I can eat whatever I feel like for the next week! That's the one bright spot!

Unfortunately my jury duty is in Massachusetts and since we don't have the death penalty, I can't really tell them to give the guy the chair... but my jury duty starts tuesday and I am having surgery on thursday so I can't serve on any long trials!

On a side note, today was really an awful day - I went shoe shopping after leaving the dentist in an attempt to cheer myself up (normally like my favorite activity) and even that didn't help.:(

My father is a dentist.

I was 17 years old when I had another oral surgeon take my wisdom teeth out with my dad watching him, since my dad cannot put anyone to sleep...

There were no roots in my teeth, yet. So they just rolled around while the oral surgeon took them out... He clipped the corner of my mouth a bit while trying to "catch" the darn things...

I woke up with gauze in my mouth.

The I took something kinna close to Demerol. OHHHH, that felt good. Then my mom said I had had enough pain killers and made me take Tylenol with codiene... Go figure...

May sure you don't spit, it could dislodge the clot and cause a dry socket--and if you think impacted wisdom teeth hurt now--get a dry socket...
Do not drink any alcohol.
Careful what you drink through a straw
Replace the gauze on the stitches when you get home
Take your pills immediately--do not wait, pain is too tough
When you get home, put moist heat packs every 10 minutes to keep the swelling down. Then alternate every hour or so with cool packs.
Sleep
Eat a broth like soups--watch the chewing for the first couple of days. Then you can eat more and more as you feel comfortable.

I am correct on this because I was a registered dental assistant for over 10 years when I worked with my dad. But that is another story...

fyi: a week and a half later it still hurts. i promise that it's not like that for everyone though

:eek: Do you have insurance??

Seconding AKA_Monet - actually, don't use a straw at all. Sucking on a straw creates negative pressure in your mouth which - well, ouch.

Take care. :)

Ahhh, wisdom teeth. I had all 4 of mine surgically removed about a year and a half ago. Actually, the whole getting put to sleep thing was pretty cool. I'd never experienced that before and it was like one second I was looking out the window listening to the Dr. and the next I was out. It was kind of a sureal experience b/c I could still hear certain things the Dr and the nurse were saying, but the time flew by and I couldn't feel a thing. Afterwards, I was a bit of a zombie, but once I left the "recovery" room, I was doing okay. I took a Vicodin the minute I walked in the door at home and went to sleep. The eating squishy foods for a week got old, but I had no problems. No swelling, no bruising, just soreness for a while. And those holes in the back of my mouth were odd....

I just recommend getting a variety of soft foods. The chocolate pudding and oatmeal got old REAL fast. That and ginger ale b/c the antibiotics made my stomach upset and I had no desire to get sick!

Oh, and my pharmacy had no problem filling my Rx's the day before the surgery so I didn't have to wait in the car in pain while my mom took care of that for me.

Good luck!!! :)

hmm, i had the impacted wisomd teeth. luckily (?), i only had three of em. i also have a load of other jaw problems so when i had mine removed they had to knock me out and pop my jaw out to get access to the back of my mouth, so i definately feel for you! i looked like a chipmunk for about a week, and had problems eating for about three weeks, but i think that was because of my jaw being dislocated, not the wisdom teeth. i hope you feel better soon and maybe some more intense shoe therapy will help ;)