About wisdom teeth?
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Hi,
Had four of mine pulled about a year ago. One at a time. Two were up through the gums..two were still half under the gum. He deadened my mouth and pulled them with his pliers. Didn't feel the pain, just felt weird hearing him snap the roots and yank the tooth out.
Aftercare is what you need to worry about. Making sure not to disturb the socket for at least a day or two. Your top teeth/gums heals more quickly than the bottom. My first three weren't any trouble, but with the fourth/last one..I lost the blood clot in the socket. So about 2 or 3 days later I had this wicked bad headache. Worst thing I felt in my life. Even the super strength advil from my dr wouldn't take the pain completely away..it would only take the edge off for about 2 hours. I was in misery for four days before I went to my dentist who fixed me up in about ten minutes..honestly.
I had a condition called "Dry Socket" or "wisdom tooth dry socket" which is when you lose the clot that makes the gum grow over..no clot, means it's just open socket..air and everything open to your jaw bone. It was the most horrible and painful days of my life. I would have rathered go through childbirth again. Honestly.
I'm just writing to warn you and others, that if you feel how I felt, don't wait to call your dr. I thought it could have been coming from anything, just a normal headache..whatever. My dentist packed the socket with clove. It's an antiseptic (cleans it) and an anaesthetic (numbs it). And it also draws the blood up from underneath to make a new clot and help the gums heal over. It was amazing that before I even left his chair, I was feeling relief.
So..if and when you get your teeth pulled, take proper care after the removal. Make sure you keep that socket undisturbed. Good luck :)
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I have had all four of mine removed. It was the worst eexperience ever, but most dentists will tell you that they are pointless, hard to clean and most adults will have them removed at some point in their lives.
I had three removed at once and was actually scheduled to have all four taken that day. The last one he tried to pull was already broken and infected so I felt it being pulled, and let me just say that was one of the worst pains I have ever felt. He gave -me- an attitude because I was very upset and complaining that I could feel it, he told me "OH well theres nothing I can do now! Must be infected" He shrugged it off, gave me some antibiotics and pain meds and sent me home.
That experience was so horrid it took two years and numerous days and nights of more infections and horrible pain before I went to someone else and finally had it removed.
The process realy depends on the teeth itself. Are they infected? Are they impacted?
If they are infected any -decent- oral surgeon will give you the anti bioitics and let them clear up before they remove them.
If they are impacted it is more complicated and costs more to have the procedure done.
Good luck.
i had all 4 of mine taken out 3 years ago. My two bottom ones were impacted and caused severe neck pain and headaches and they caused minor damage to the surrounding teeth. My tops had already come so no problems with them. Mine hurt really bad because of the impacted teeth, I was swollen like a chipmunk for 2 weeks and had massive bruises. I had some pretty awesome pain killers though. It's nice just eating ice cream and jello for a few days, then that stuff gets old quick! But don't let the pain scare you, everyone has different thresholds for pain, mine just happens to be low, haha! During the procedure I was heavily sedated and fell asleep. But my brother was awake for his extraction since he didn't have any impacted teeth. My surgery took about 1.5 hours and my brother's was a little less than an hour.
Make sure you get your prescription pain meds before you go in, like get them the day before if your doc will let you. It'll make a world of difference when you feel pain for the first time after the procedure. Oh and afterwards, make sure you follow the doctor's instructions and rinse rinse rinse to prevent dry socket!
you might experience sensitivity too, just a heads up.
I got all 4 of them surgically removed...
They were still in my gum and hadn't grown out... my gum didn't have any space left for them so I had to take them out...
I had each side removed separately... first the right and then about a month after the left side...
I didn't feel anything during the surgery... my cheeks swelled the day after and it took about 2 weeks to turn back to normal...
I had to drink liquids and couldn't eat anything until I got the stitches removed...
The first 2 days after the surgery were a bit painful but the doc gave me tons of pain killers...
I also had to put a towel on my pillow for when I was sleeping... bcz the swelling didn't allow my mouth to be fully closed and bloody saliva would come out...
I think that's about it...
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I just had mine pulled out last monday. I had two that broke thru and the bottom ones were impacted. Plus I had another tooth pulled. The actual surg isnt bad.. I was put out under gen anes... I was ok when I woke up ... the pain started about 4 hours after the surg but they gave me some pain killers.. so that helped.. then on wednesday.. the pain really took over. the pain killers werent really helping and I had to take 2 at a time. I took the week off from work so I didnt do anything. each day the pain has gotten slightly better,, but tomorrow will be a full week and I am still feeling pain. not real bad pain like earlier in the week...but just slight throbbing here and there.. its more annoying now than anything. and my teeth are really sensitive to air.. wierd huh.. oh and for some reason my chin hurts,,, it aches.. I am going to my check up tomorrow and I am going to ask for more pain killers.. My husbands cousin had his done a couple of weeks ago and he had to call mid week to get more pain killers.. mine has lasted a week.. but a weeks worth is not enough...but maybe we are experiencing more pain cuz we are older.. we are both in our mid 30's. But i say for me... its will take a full two weeks to fully recover...
You have to do a littel research with wisdom teeth. The best source of information I have find is on www.oceansurgical.com.au
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