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Old 01-11-2004, 09:26 PM
LuaBlanca LuaBlanca is offline
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wisdom teeth?

how many other people have had their wisdom teeth out? any horror stories?

i had mine out tuesday and i'm also looking to see what other people did to deal with the DISGUSTING taste that ends up in your mouth in the days following the surgery. yuck.
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Old 01-11-2004, 09:34 PM
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I got all 4 taken out when I was in 10th grade. The surgery was a "pleasant" experience because each patient gets to select a song from the CD library to listen to while under anesthetics during the surgery.

I chose Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell I think. After surgery each female patient got a beautiful rose for being such a good sport.

They told me to eat light and bland foods after the surgery but of course I didn't listen. I had to have my rice and noodles...and well, you can kinda imagine what happened.
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Old 01-11-2004, 09:43 PM
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I had mine taken out in 2002 in the fall. All I remember is that I woke up cussing the Doctor out

I was okay but that's due to my dad feeding me Vicodin and chocolate pudding on 4 hour intervals when I was actually awake
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Old 01-11-2004, 09:53 PM
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I had mine surgically removed at 17 years of age. The yucky taste you have is likely dried blood and other accumulated fluids. Just rinse with water or gargle.
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Old 01-11-2004, 10:10 PM
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Had mine taken out in pairs. After the first surgery, I came home and mom took care of me. I took an anti-biotic and some pain killers and was asleep for a day or two, except for when my mom would wake me for meal time and to change gauze. I obviously had no problems there because if I had any, I slept through them. The nasty

The second time I wasn't given any pain medication and I wasn't in any sort of pain. I didn't sleep this time around and was able to manage.

I had them done by two different dentists, the first my cousin, and the second my usual dentist. I was asleep during the first procedure and awake during the second. Each recovery was different, but the one thing I did for each was to rinse and change gauze frequently. I still remember the taste. Blah! When I had my first surgery, my cousin gave me a small dropper that I could use to squirt water to the back of my mouth since I couldn't gargle water. I think the dropper helped so much. That, along with risnging frequently and changing gauze helped me.

Anther thing you may want to do, pop in one of those extremely thin mint sheets. Know what I'm talking about? An altoid may break into little pieces which may go to the back of your teeth, but those thin sheets disappear almost immediately. Maybe that will help.

Best of luck for a speedy recovery!
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Old 01-11-2004, 10:17 PM
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i had mine out in may of 2002. i hate being drugged up. i know i looked ridicuolous with my swollen lips and cheeks with blood and drool coming out of my mouth (sorry for the visual)

i am just glad it is over. cause it was getting to where i could not eat with cutting up the inside of my mouth with my wisdom teeth. they needed to come out. i get sick when i am near apple sauce now cause i ate so much while i was in recovery. i remember the first time i drove two days after getting my teeth pulled. it was the first time in a moving vehicle. i wanted to throw up cause i was getting car sick.
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Old 01-11-2004, 10:32 PM
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WARNING: Not for those under 18 or those with weak stomachs

I had the wisdom teeth removal from HELL. Really. All 4 of my teeth were severely impacted, meaning they had to be drilled out. My mom said she heard them do it. So when I woke up from surgery, I for some reason thought it wasn't completed yet and I was terrified. So I attempted to throw my mom a left hook. Luckily she ducked. On the way home I asked my mom "What the fuck is this stuff in my mouth?" She said "Cotton, leave it alone" So I promptly took it out and flung it, blood and all, into the floorboard of her car. Upon arriving home I crawled to the couch and fell asleep drooling blood all over myself. I threw up a couple times that day. For the next week my face was double its usual size and severly bruised. I had lots of pain, and finally called the surgeon. He checked me out and found I had a dry socket. So he promptly *ripped* the incision with no prior anesthesia. It HURT. He then packed it with something and sent me home to rest. I didn't eat solid food for nearly 2 weeks. Dry sockets are a bitch. I hope you fare much better!
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Old 01-11-2004, 10:48 PM
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I had my wisdom teeth removed during my final year of high school. The only day they could remove them was RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING!!! We didn't have a real Thanksgiving dinner that year. The surgery was done at a dentist's office, and I was able to go home right away. I was puffy for a few days. Since I didn't know how long I'd be "puffy" for, I booked the last possible slot for my graduation photos. At the time, I still worried that my cheeks wouldn't be "normal" in time for the shoot. Luckily they did.
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Old 01-11-2004, 10:56 PM
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Had all four of my wisdom teeth yanked while I was in the Air Force; two were impacted. Had 'em done at Bitburg Air Force Hospital, had to stay overnight because of the anesthesia. When that wore off and I returned to duty, the pain was horrendous, so I went back to the clinic and got more powerful painkillers and 72 hours in 'quarters' for bed rest.
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Old 01-11-2004, 11:08 PM
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I had one taken out a couple of years ago - I only have 2! The dentist gassed me and I was so high they could have cut off my leg and I wouln't have known it. I did not feel a thing, but since I was concious, I could HEAR him breaking the tooth out. It sounded horrible, like he was breaking every bone in my head!! I didn't have much pain afterwards, but it was about a month or so until I could chew on that side. My friend drove me to the dentist, and when I came out, she was mad because she was hoping to finish reading her Harry Potter book before I was through and she only had about 5 pages left!
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Old 01-11-2004, 11:10 PM
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Since I am such an evolved human being, I only had one wisdom tooth It was, however, impacted so it had to go.

I was under conscious sedation and, while I don't remember this part, apparently three friends of mine who were at Pitt Dental School at the time got to watch the surgery since my oral surgeon also taught there. I got to hear all about how I was gagging and drooling and all that lovely stuff

On the upside, it really didn't hurt although I was somewhat sore afterward. I really enjoyed the Percoset, though!
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Old 01-11-2004, 11:20 PM
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yeah, i had those suckers out.

all four of mine were impacted...and cystic. the doctor freaked me out when i was half conscious by telling me there was a small chance the cysts were cancerous. all i remember is him telling me i have cancer (which i didn't, but i was so pumped up on drugs i couldn't tell what he was saying...i cried for about a day straight, inbetween throwing up, until i was with it enough to explain to my mom why i was crying, and then she explained everything).

my advice: suck on some tea bags after you first get home. the antioxidents or whatever in tea help stop bleeding. it really is true.

as a side note, i took liquid percaset (sp?)- best decision ever. i didn't have to worry about swollowing any pills, and because it was liquid, my body absorbed it quicker. i was only on pain killers for 2 days. i had a softball tournement to play in...i really intimidated the other team...me with my head not fitting in a helmet because my cheeks were so swollen, (my dr would only clear me if i wore a mouth guard, between the swelling and the gaurd, i could not talk at all), drolling blood every once in awhile, and barely being able to talk
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Old 01-11-2004, 11:44 PM
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I had all four wisdom teeth removed when I was 19. It was a fairly straightforward extraction, under local anesthetic. I was eating solid food the next day. I was lucky...

My husband has just undergone oral surgery to remove a wisdom tooth that should have come out 10 years ago. The tooth had to be broken and removed in pieces. It's been two and a half days, his mouth is still sore, he's knocking back the Vicodin, and he still can't eat anything solid.

We saw the same oral surgeon. He recommended salt-water rinses starting the day after the surgery (not the day of).

Take care.
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Old 01-11-2004, 11:51 PM
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EW!!!!!!!!! I remember that taste! Though I didn't experience it until about 4 days after my surgery. I drank a lot of water and juice to keep me from tasting it...but there's really nothing you can do. Sorry!

Hope ya feel better!
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Old 01-12-2004, 12:34 AM
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OK just what I need to hear before I get my wisdom teeth taken out on Jan. 22nd! ARGH! Maybe I can back out?! Nah, then it could be worse when I get older! I just want to crawl under my rock and hide so the oral surgeon won't find me!
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