I got all four out a couple years ago... I got knocked out for the procedure and it wasn't that bad. I can imagine that actually hearing them work would be horrible... so I hope your doc gives you the option of being put out. I don't remember any of it. I slept a lot and just relaxed in a vicodin induced coma for about 5 days...then was back to my old self. Just don't try to eat anything too serious right after surgery... I kept getting chunks of food stuck in my cavities. Never got dry sockets though... I had a pretty easy road, no big problems.
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I know I am being a Huge Nancy...but man...this sounds terrible
Never heard of Dry Sockets. Had no idea about sucking blood clots.
I don't know what I was trying to accomplish by starting a thread. You are all (as always) friendly and all, but still nervous.
Time to man up
Dry sockets is basically when there isn't a clot in the gap where the tooth was. The clot needs to be there because the gum fuses over it and then the clot solidifies/calcifies to solve the hole in your jaw. The reason it hurts so much is because (in my case) the infected jaw was exposed.
I had no intention of scaring you! I was just sharing my experience... as i've said, all the suffering was my fault for leaving it so long to get sorted anyways. No one to blame but my own stupid self
You're having a GA, you'll be fine
(I remember starting a thread when I had mine out and got a similar response of horror stories actually... sorry!)
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it's been 25 years but i had all 4 pulled...general anesthesia i think...cotton packing for a couple days, lots of ice cream and no drugs stronger than tylenol
i couldn't imagine getting them pulled now...what a pain in the ass...or mouth in this case
Good luck with it. Mine went relatively easy except for the last one that was growing on an angle so half the top was on the next tooth. He has to cut it in half, I felt the nerve get cut, it was pretty rough.
They gave me some Tylenol 3 with Codeine for the pain, it didn't do anything really. It was still painful a week after, I had one pill left and started wanting more of it so I decided to not take the last one or get another prescription.
The first day after I was fine.. I found the worst day was day 5. I was able to play guitar and sing on day 3 in front of the school (having said that, I was hopped up on any drug they gave me).
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I had mine pulled earlier this year. All mine were impacted and one was in my nasal cavity. I had mine done on a Thursday morning and I was back at work on Monday. The paid wasn't too bad but the holes in my mouth were massive and I couldn't eat solid food for about 4 weeks. The doctor said this was b/c I waited about 10 years too long to have mine taken out. :oops: The good side to this, I lost 15 lbs
i had all 4 taken out at the same time, wasn't so bad. being completely knocked out and vicodin after made a difference i'm sure! good luck and take it easy and rest well
The paid wasn't too bad but the holes in my mouth were massive and I couldn't eat solid food for about 4 weeks. The doctor said this was b/c I waited about 10 years too long to have mine taken out. :oops: The good side to this, I lost 15 lbs
yeah - I am 35 now and have been putting this off for some time.
I had FIVE removed at once...under GA...by dental students...about 20 years back...wanted solid food the same night as the procedure.....Yes, I said FIVE....had an extra wisdom tooth
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good luck with your teeth in the future.
i have 1 wisdom tooth left.
a few weeks back i had a bad tooth pulled.
never before in my life have i ever had such an excruciating tooth ache.
thank god that fucker got pulled.
the oral surgeon dude had to grind the tooth into several pieces to pull it.
lots of pressure, it wouldn't come out without breaking my jaw.
what i do miss are the vicodin and morphine pills i wasn't abusing
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I have to give a very important presentation to our VP and his staff on Monday afternoon.
I am getting this done on Thurs at 8am, so I have almost 4 full days of recovery before Monday's meeting.
What are the chances of being OK for that presentation?
OMG you have guts!!!!
I had surgery to remove all of mine and I took a week off work. I was in sales at the time and there was no way I even wanted to be around people, let alone talk...not that anyone could understand me either!! LOL I was lucky in that they removed mine befroe they got roots on them, but they were rotated and coming in at crazy angles under other teeth, so still a painfull pain in the ass. I couldn't eat anything decent for a month...it was pretty bad, but the drugs they gave me were very good....combining them with alcohol, proably wasn't the best idea I had, but it took away the pain and I slept most of the time.
Oh and to top it off, just as I was starting to eat normal foods again, my boyfriend at the time, went and got his jaw broken in 2 places, had to have surgery for that.......yep...more mushy food. The blender was going non-stop for about 2 months straight.
Roast dinners just arn't the same when they are blended!
I had mine when I was 17 and being young and stupid I was smoking the 2nd day after and getting high
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i had all 4 of mine done the monday before xmas... not the best time of my life... but it was more discomfort and ugliness than physical pain... though i hear its different for everyone...
GOOD LUCK! just do whatever they tell ya and you should be over it pretty quick
I was knocked out for mine as well.. It was fine. I DID make a fool of myself trying to drink some water when I couldn't feel my lip however!
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
yeah - I am 35 now and have been putting this off for some time.
Shit! I'm 36, and I ignored various dentists telling me to have mine removed since I was 15. (Well, the top left was pulled out in the 90s.) I no longer have dental insurance nor the money to pay for removals.... And NOW my teeth are wearing away as the wisdoms shove the teeth into each other, forcing some to be higher in their row. I'm slowly becoming 'buck toothed.' How attractive!
Does anyone know a charity in L.A. that will do it on the cheap?!?!
It will be hard to open your mouth for a while but don't drink with a straw! You may suck out your blood clots and you definitely don't want that!!
And make sure your holes don't get bits of food in them and get infected. For quite a while after the operation I had food getting caught in my holes which I would always try to feel with my tongue. So annoying. My doctor gave me this massive syringe to use to lightly spray water into the holes to dislodge any stuck food. Flush that shit straight out! Sounds gross, I know....because it was! :?
Yeah I had the squirter thing.
I was told to rinse 2-3 times a day with warm salted water to kill any bacteria.
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Compared to my siblings, I came out ok.
They were in a bad shape, very swollen, vomiting, sick, lying down on the couch for a few days.
I was up and about, slightly swollen.
I think I was that good I played guitar when I got home lol.
But I was terrified leading up to the day I had them taken out.
The procedure took less then an hour.
I was under GA.
If you are scared ask for GA.
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Had mine done must of been almost 15 years ago. All four were screwed up bad, impacted. The bottom ones had to be picked out piece by piece. But in my case I was sedated (spelling?). But yea the recover is no fun just because of having to be careful while eating. I was eating solid foods the first week, but small bites and chewing it up really good with my front teeth. The biggest thing was getting foot in the wounds from the surgery...
Good luck though.
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i had all 4 wisdom teeth removed several years ago. the dentist cracked my jaw from pulling. i ended up in the emergency room the following weekend with an oral surgeon working to get my jaw back in the right place.
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Does anyone know a charity in L.A. that will do it on the cheap?!?!
Most dental schools at major universities offer programs where you can have them removed on the cheap...the work is done by dental students under supervision.....that's what I did....and I had no problems.
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i had all 4 wisdom teeth removed several years ago. the dentist cracked my jaw from pulling. i ended up in the emergency room the following weekend with an oral surgeon working to get my jaw back in the right place.
Are they knocking you out? Anesthesia tends to make act a little strange coming out of it. Apparently I was singing along to the Fleet Foxes all the way home. I had no clue there was blood dripping out of my mouth. I do remember that I was pretty happy most of the day.
Does anyone know a charity in L.A. that will do it on the cheap?!?!
Most dental schools at major universities offer programs where you can have them removed on the cheap...the work is done by dental students under supervision.....that's what I did....and I had no problems.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
Are they knocking you out? Anesthesia tends to make act a little strange coming out of it. Apparently I was singing along to the Fleet Foxes all the way home. I had no clue there was blood dripping out of my mouth. I do remember that I was pretty happy most of the day.
Bhahahahahaha... I have the full knock out job, and when I was coming to the first thing I heard was the surgeon saying to the nurse, "Is she awake yet? I made a mistake!" and OMFG did I scream like a freakin banshee...not what you need to hear coming out of your first ever surgery!!! I only had 3 develop, and he made an incision where there was no tooth, so had to stitch it up. He gave me all my $$$ except that of the anesthetists fee, and took that to medicare anyway...ended up having my wisdom teeth removed for about $40!!!!! OH AND HE GAVE ME AN EXTRA ENVELOPE BACK AND WHEN I GOT HOME IT HAD $100 CASH IN IT...HUSH MONEY!!! It worked fine for me!
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It's not so bad. The vicodin afterwards will make life blissful.
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Dry sockets is basically when there isn't a clot in the gap where the tooth was. The clot needs to be there because the gum fuses over it and then the clot solidifies/calcifies to solve the hole in your jaw. The reason it hurts so much is because (in my case) the infected jaw was exposed.
I had no intention of scaring you! I was just sharing my experience... as i've said, all the suffering was my fault for leaving it so long to get sorted anyways. No one to blame but my own stupid self
You're having a GA, you'll be fine
(I remember starting a thread when I had mine out and got a similar response of horror stories actually... sorry!)
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
i couldn't imagine getting them pulled now...what a pain in the ass...or mouth in this case
They gave me some Tylenol 3 with Codeine for the pain, it didn't do anything really. It was still painful a week after, I had one pill left and started wanting more of it so I decided to not take the last one or get another prescription.
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i have 1 wisdom tooth left.
a few weeks back i had a bad tooth pulled.
never before in my life have i ever had such an excruciating tooth ache.
thank god that fucker got pulled.
the oral surgeon dude had to grind the tooth into several pieces to pull it.
lots of pressure, it wouldn't come out without breaking my jaw.
what i do miss are the vicodin and morphine pills i wasn't abusing
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Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
Butthead: Huh huh.
OMG you have guts!!!!
I had surgery to remove all of mine and I took a week off work. I was in sales at the time and there was no way I even wanted to be around people, let alone talk...not that anyone could understand me either!! LOL I was lucky in that they removed mine befroe they got roots on them, but they were rotated and coming in at crazy angles under other teeth, so still a painfull pain in the ass. I couldn't eat anything decent for a month...it was pretty bad, but the drugs they gave me were very good....combining them with alcohol, proably wasn't the best idea I had, but it took away the pain and I slept most of the time.
Oh and to top it off, just as I was starting to eat normal foods again, my boyfriend at the time, went and got his jaw broken in 2 places, had to have surgery for that.......yep...more mushy food. The blender was going non-stop for about 2 months straight.
Roast dinners just arn't the same when they are blended!
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GOOD LUCK! just do whatever they tell ya and you should be over it pretty quick
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Presentation on Monday is doable and you can always play the pain card. Sympathy presentations always go well.
Shit! I'm 36, and I ignored various dentists telling me to have mine removed since I was 15. (Well, the top left was pulled out in the 90s.) I no longer have dental insurance nor the money to pay for removals.... And NOW my teeth are wearing away as the wisdoms shove the teeth into each other, forcing some to be higher in their row. I'm slowly becoming 'buck toothed.' How attractive!
Does anyone know a charity in L.A. that will do it on the cheap?!?!
Yeah I had the squirter thing.
I was told to rinse 2-3 times a day with warm salted water to kill any bacteria.
They were in a bad shape, very swollen, vomiting, sick, lying down on the couch for a few days.
I was up and about, slightly swollen.
I think I was that good I played guitar when I got home lol.
But I was terrified leading up to the day I had them taken out.
The procedure took less then an hour.
I was under GA.
If you are scared ask for GA.
Good luck though.
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Ooh! Thank You! I'll have to call around.
But the drugs they give you are kind of nice.
Bhahahahahaha... I have the full knock out job, and when I was coming to the first thing I heard was the surgeon saying to the nurse, "Is she awake yet? I made a mistake!"