Wisdom Teeth
 

I am off to the dentist to have 2 of my wisdom teeth removed. I already had the other 2 taken out a while back. Wish me the speediest recovery. :D

Good Luck!!!

I wish you a pain free and speedy recovery!

Good luck!! Remember: drugs are you friend :D

That's the truth!! I got mine out 6 years ago, and I still remember the drugs. I don't know what they gave me before I even got to the wisdom teeth-removal place, but I had told them that under no circumstances would they be putting an IV in my arm-I hate needles. So, they gave me some pill to take before my mom and I left the house-and oh, dear lord. I don't remember what it was, but I was so out of it-I thought that people were skiing down my pillow, and that there was a circus in the truck in front of us. I also thought my cousins were in the back seat of the car-they weren't....but I talked to them none the less!!

Then, when they started the IV, I asked them if I could take it home with me.

However-I had chipmunk cheeks the next day, and could barely swallow a milkshake. That part wasn't so fun. My dear mother took pictures.....:rolleyes:

I'm sure everyone will groan about this but I hardly had any pain after my wisdom teeth were removed. I had chipmunk cheeks but that was it. The next night I went out for dinner with my (ex) boyfriend and his parents. Of course, it was hard to chew for a while but that was it. I never took any of the drugs the oral surgeon prescribed....still have lots of Tylenol 3 (AKA codeine) left over. Heavy stuff.

Good luck! Hope your experience is more like ZTAngel's than mine!

I still have my wisdom teeth and want to keep them, I do not want to become dumb because they took them from me!:)

How dumb do you want to get, Well I dont know how dumb can you be?:confused:

Any pain is something that I cannot undertake so dont!:eek:

Oh hell if they are that bad, get a 2 nd oppinion and then fo from there!

i have changed Dentists, Bone Krunckers, and Meds. Well a totally different story!

"Taste Good Spit it out it aint no damn good!"

Dont smoke drink, smoke, or play Golf!

Next time I see the Butt Head MD, in a golf cart, with a cooler, and a cigar in his face------ Hell chaneged Meds (Docs )!:cool:

Tom, I had to have my removed b/c they were coming in impacted. If I didn't have them removed, my jaw would have been seriously affected.

I had the same experience. I got up early the next morning and gave a 1-hour presentation to a group of 30 students.

We must've lucked out. :)

When I had to have mine taken out they did the pre x-ray a week ahead and saw that they were so far up that they might have been impacted into my sinus cavity. They weren't going to be able to tell if they could remove one until they reached it...otherwise they would have had to transfer me to the hospital to get it out.
So glad that wasn't the case!

Best of luck and just a word of advice...don't consume any dairy 24 hours afterwards. I did and I wanted to barf!

Hootie

I had an interesting experience. I was awake while all four were pulled. Drove home in rush hour traffic, no pain cause I was doped up. When I got home blood was dripping from my mouth. My mom got the Codeine prescription then I was fine. I couldnt sleep for 4 days, cause of the pain.

Wishing you a speedy recovery. :)

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out at once... fortunately they hadn't grown in too far, so it was just a straight extraction. I was eating solid food again the next day. The only bad thing was that the doc did one of the anesthetic blocks wrong, so the last one hurt like he!! :( - but once I got home I was able to control the pain with just Advil. I guess I was lucky :)

WooHoo!!
 

Yay! You made it out alive!!!! I hope the drugs work and take away the pain.

aoe, ronnie :D

Good luck! I had them all 4 come in just fine... Then I had them out... Can't say it was fun. I was out with friends again the next night though. Good luck!

I finally made it out of bed long enough to post. Ahh, gotta love the GC addiction. :p Thank you all for your good wishes. :)

The extraction went well, I guess. The dentist didn't put me to sleep though!!!!!! I was rather upset about that but couldn't ask him about it when I had a whole bunch of stuff in my mouth and half of my face was numb. I didn't like being awake because I could feel and hear what was going on. It was very traumatizing! :eek: None-the-less, I am in a good amount of pain right now; however, it is bearable. I talked on the phone for a bit and that only made it worse -- I should have known. I have eaten and everything went smoothly; it did take a good 45 minutes to eat though.

When I had my other two wisdom teeth extracted I was put to sleep; I didn't know what was going on. All I knew was that when I woke up two of my wisdom teeth were out! :D Oh, and supposedly while dozing off, I argued with the dentist about me needing braces. I wanted them and he said no, I didn't need them. That's the only "embarrassing" thing I did.

I just had my wisdom teeth removed last week. It wasn't too bad. I was fine 2 days later. Well, actually I'm still a little sore from where they were removed and I have big bruises on my face. But really it wasn't as bad as I thought.

Hope you feel better!

I just had my wisdoms taken out last week!!! OW!! I get my stiches out thursday! I can't talk! OWWW All of 'em gone!

Yeah, I get my stitches out on Monday. I can barely open my mouth wide enough to fit a spoon in. :(

TKE209Sweethrt or anyone else who had stitches, will I be able to open my mouth wider any time soon?

When I had the other two wisdom teeth extracted, the dentist put sutchers (sp?) which fell out on their own. Also, I was able to open my mouth just as wide as I was able to before I went in for the extraction.

It's been a week and I still can't open my mouth all the way. I'm going back to the doctor tomorrow.

My wisdom teeth come out Thanksgiving. I have one that is grown in, and I'm afraid it will mess up my bottom teeth even more. It's all the way up, like a regular tooth, but it bites my cheek if I talk too fast...:rolleyes: I will have to probably get a lot of drugs because when I got my filling I got 3 shots of Novocane before they worked. I also have to get my tooth refilled or something because I got it done before I left for college, and I think she forgot to finish the job because I haven't been able to bite on the right side of my mouth for three weeks without electric tooth pain. :mad: