Wisdom tooth...OUCH

LiLiNY81

Out of my four wisdom teeth I have, there's only one that has been giving me problems. Every so often, my gums in the area become inflamed and sore as the tooth keeps trying to come through. From what I understand, it sounds like it's impacted. I have an appointment with an oral surgeon this saturday to have it looked at....but until then, it's painful! I will say, it isn't as bad as it was on Friday or Saturday, but it still sucks.

Does anyone have any good remedies until I can get to the surgeon? I've been taking 2 advil roughly every 4-5 hours (no more than 6 pills per 24 hours). The advil provides some relief for a short period of time, but it comes back. I've also been doing warm salt water about 3-4 times a day, which actually does help some. Just wondering if anyone has anything else? I would like to not take as much advil as I have been. Think something like Orajel or Ambisol (however you spell those) would work better?

Thanks!

81

Double your advil or drink....booze is good

LiLiNY81

81 wrote:

Double your advil or drink....booze is good

Not sure if you saw where I said I wanted to take LESS advil than I am now

81

LiLiNY81 wrote:

81 wrote:

Double your advil or drink....booze is good

Not sure if you saw where I said I wanted to take LESS advil than I am now

Imo, Not a big deal short term. Had a doc prescribe 800mg pills i think. Four times a single advil.

LloydXmas

Feel your pain. Tooth aches suck

LiLiNY81

LloydXmas wrote:

Get it pulled. It Will feel much better out than the pain you're having now.

Oh no, I definitely want it out. I just can't get to the oral surgeon until saturday. Just looking for home remedies or whatever to hold me over, if anyone had different suggestions.

81 wrote:

LiLiNY81 wrote:

81 wrote:

Double your advil or drink....booze is good

Not sure if you saw where I said I wanted to take LESS advil than I am now

Imo, Not a big deal short term. Had a doc prescribe 800mg pills i think. Four times a single advil.

I had a doc suggest taking 2 advil three times a day, for the rest of my life...to keep my migraines at bay. I suppose I wouldn't have to worry about migraines when I have a bleeding stomach :roll:

Dr. Delight

Codeine with alcohol.... Bam, you'll be feeling like Peter Pan.

81

Yesh....like i said...short term

Loulou

Poor thing! My husband has the same problem at the moment and I have been giving him my meds I use when I have a mouth ulcer. Sounds like you need something with lignocaine. I think this stuff is called SR8 or something along those lines. It's just an oral liquid that you put on a cotton ball stick and hold over the area. It numbs it really well. Hope that helps anyway.

DS1119

Gary Carter

Drink some JD

comebackgirl

Ouch! So sorry to hear this. Hopefully they can take your tooth out soon. I would call your doctor. I had been taking advil for pain and was reluctant to take anything stronger because I have a really sensitive stomach, but my doctor said tylenol with codeine would actually be better for my stomach than all that advil...and it worked a lot better on the pain as well.

rpech'e

Your doctor should be able to prescribe you a pain med to get you by until your seen
Hope you feel better

TroubledSoul

the advil and salt rinses are probably all you can do at the moment. if you can get a little syringe to squirt warm salty water under the gum of the tooth, then that will be more effective in cleaning around it and taking the inflammation down. antibiotics won't do anything unless there's an infection (i.e if it's swollen and /or has some nice pus oozing out of it).

Green Circle

ORAJEL!! instant numbing!! the stuff is a GOD send.

I used it when my kids teeth were loose and they were afraid it was going to hurt, dabbed a little around the gum
a gentle pull...nothing, no crying..

point its it numbs the area!! great stuff...could be a nice temp relief

neilybabes86

perocets and get it removed asap

CROJAM95

I tried Clove oil when mine were hurting...it actually worked well until I had them removed.

It tastes gross, but numbs it for a few hrs

You can get it at GNC

RKCNDY

don't take advil, take aleve.

Aleve (naproxen) is a better pain medication than ibuprofen (advil). It works differently and lasts longer, you only have to take it twice a day.

I had 2 impacted wisdom teeth, and I was always chewing on ice. They will probably pull out all 4 even if you only have one impacted. Something about teeth lining up and being symmetrical.

hedonist

Pot. Lots and lots of pot. Maybe a vicodin if handy.

I actually had my first and only wisdom tooth pulled about a month ago. INTENSE pain prior; the little fucker decided out of the blue to just...grow.

My dentist prescribed penicillin a few days before pulling it, and it really helped. Orajel and the like did nothing for the pain.

Good luck! Most people go through this in their teens. Sucks dealing with it as an adult, when the wuss factor has come to the forefront (at least for me :P )

samjam

Wish I could help with some advice for the meanwhile for you, but I can say that recovery from when you do get the tooth pulled isn't too bad. I got all 4 pulled out yesterday AM, and while yesterday completely sucked, today is much, much better. Can't complain too much about eating tons of ice cream for a few days, too

LiLiNY81

Thanks for all of the suggestions, guys! The warm salt water does provide relief along with the Advil. I've tried Tylenol and codiene when the doc prescribed it for migraines, it knocked me out.

My other three wisdom teeth never hurt growing in and they've never pushed my teeth. I'm hoping the dentist won't want to take them out "just cause." If it ain't broke....

I'm also PETRIFIED to do this whole process of having the tooth removed. The last time I was at the dentist, he drilled my tooth without novicane :shock: He said "Ah it's only a pinhole cavity, you don't need a numbing agent." Uhhhh...yeah, I did. Worst experience ever. That was about 6 years ago, and I haven't been back since. I tried a couple of times, but ended up cancelling the appointments after literally having anxiety attacks on the way there.

comebackgirl

LiLiNY81 wrote:

Thanks for all of the suggestions, guys! The warm salt water does provide relief along with the Advil. I've tried Tylenol and codiene when the doc prescribed it for migraines, it knocked me out.

My other three wisdom teeth never hurt growing in and they've never pushed my teeth. I'm hoping the dentist won't want to take them out "just cause." If it ain't broke....

I'm also PETRIFIED to do this whole process of having the tooth removed. The last time I was at the dentist, he drilled my tooth without novicane :shock: He said "Ah it's only a pinhole cavity, you don't need a numbing agent." Uhhhh...yeah, I did. Worst experience ever. That was about 6 years ago, and I haven't been back since. I tried a couple of times, but ended up cancelling the appointments after literally having anxiety attacks on the way there.

Go to a good oral surgeon and you should be fine. I had all 4 of mine removed (2 impacted under the bone, 2 under the gum) and the worst part was getting sick from the anesthesia afterwards. They put me under full anesthesia. I had no problems at all afterwards - no pain, no swelling, no bruising. Just follow the after care instructions exactly (only eat soft foods and no drinking through straws!) Good luck.

JOEJOEJOE

Dr. Delight wrote:

Codeine with alcohol.... Bam, you'll be feeling like Peter Pan.

When I mix codeine and alcohol, I usually dress like peter pan!

LiLiNY81

comebackgirl wrote:

LiLiNY81 wrote:

Thanks for all of the suggestions, guys! The warm salt water does provide relief along with the Advil. I've tried Tylenol and codiene when the doc prescribed it for migraines, it knocked me out.

My other three wisdom teeth never hurt growing in and they've never pushed my teeth. I'm hoping the dentist won't want to take them out "just cause." If it ain't broke....

I'm also PETRIFIED to do this whole process of having the tooth removed. The last time I was at the dentist, he drilled my tooth without novicane :shock: He said "Ah it's only a pinhole cavity, you don't need a numbing agent." Uhhhh...yeah, I did. Worst experience ever. That was about 6 years ago, and I haven't been back since. I tried a couple of times, but ended up cancelling the appointments after literally having anxiety attacks on the way there.

Go to a good oral surgeon and you should be fine. I had all 4 of mine removed (2 impacted under the bone, 2 under the gum) and the worst part was getting sick from the anesthesia afterwards. They put me under full anesthesia. I had no problems at all afterwards - no pain, no swelling, no bruising. Just follow the after care instructions exactly (only eat soft foods and no drinking through straws!) Good luck.

That's what makes me most nervous. I've never been put out for anything. I'd prefer to be awake for the procedure if at all possible.

81

comebackgirl wrote:

Go to a good oral surgeon and you should be fine.

bam...finding a doctor you are comfortable with is so key when it comes to anything medical.

LiLiNY81

81 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

Go to a good oral surgeon and you should be fine.

bam...finding a doctor you are comfortable with is so key when it comes to anything medical.

I'm not comfortable with any dentist/oral surgeon, that's the problem

JOEJOEJOE

81 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

Go to a good oral surgeon and you should be fine.

bam...finding a doctor you are comfortable with is so key when it comes to anything medical.

Tell us more, Dr. Oz!

comebackgirl

81 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

Go to a good oral surgeon and you should be fine.

bam...finding a doctor you are comfortable with is so key when it comes to anything medical.

So true! Get referrals from other people who have had their wisdom teeth removed - they're usually the best resource.

markymark550

All my wisdom teeth were impacted below the gums and had to be cut out. Like you, I was really nervous about the procedure, but once I took the first couple of hits of nitrous oxide all was right with the world

Before the procedure my gums were very tender and hurt. The only thing I did was to either chew ice or eat popsicles. Coincidentally, that was all I did for the first day after the procedure too. But, the dentist gave me some decent pain killers afterwards, so that was cool too.

hedonist

For what it's worth, my extraction (I HATE that word) required only novocaine (get it without epinephrine if you can, since you - as I - are prone to anxiety in that situation; that shit makes my heart race more than necessary). I almost passed out just from anticipating how it would be...and as always, it was worse in my mind than in reality.

But my dentist was (is) very gentle and generous with the novocaine, and it took not even a minute to do the actual deed (that's what she said )

Afterward was much better than I expected as well.

Definitely go to one who wouldn't even consider doing a filling without numbing you first!

Maybe also try 1-800-dentist?

(ps to JOE - thanks for the )

DS1119

LiLiNY81 wrote:

That's what makes me most nervous. I've never been put out for anything. I'd prefer to be awake for the procedure if at all possible.

That's your preference but I've actually been put under five times for sugeries and there's truly nothing to it. I'm not sure how it's done ofr dentistry but all I know is they give you a little shot that makes you goofy as all hell...you suck on some gas...and then the next thing you remember you wake up and it's done.

I will say I did wake up during shoulder surgery once. That was freaky. :?