Wisdom Teeth Removal

[Erana]

Me?
I still have holes from where they removed my teeth earlier this Summer.
For some reason, God smiled on me while flipping my mother and sister the bird when it came to dental health.
They've both had all kinds of dental complications despite their good hygene, and when my sister got her wisdom teeth removed, a bone fragment was left in and became infected, leaving her bedridden for weeks.

Me? I had only three wisdom teeth, all conical and with mostly undeveloped roots. The doctor described the procedure as, "If all my patients had teeth like yours, I'd come in everyday singing and clicking my heels."
No complications afterwards, and suprisingly little pain. I wasn't taking painkillers after the second day.

You won't have this, I am very sorry to say.
I've seen my mother and sister suffer through dental pain, and Lord knows its miserable. You will probably be very painful compared to my experience, though you will have pain pills to help you out.
Just sleep. Sleep as much as possible for the days following the procedure. I slept practically all day for three days. XD

Still, if you have that many dental issues, getting those damned things out may make you feel better in the long run. Even if you're used to dental pain, it still has a way of driving one nuts. This could get rid of pain you didn't even realize you had!

AND NO STRAWS OR CIGARETTES OR ANY SORT OF SUCKING OF ANY SORT.

This has to happen, and you don't have to do much of anything yourself, other than not eat certain things. Just muster up the bravery to get yourself in the chair, and then (if you're as affected by the anesthesia as I am) will wake up two days later, groggy and hungry, with no memory of what's been going on since you got in the dentist's chair, making a 3D avatar of a robot My Little Pony.

 

[SouthpawFencer]

The actual operation is not bad if they do the painkillers right. Just shut your eyes so you don't have the psychological experience of seeing someone stick a bloody great needle into your mouth.

Oh, these are words of wisdom if I've ever heard them! I made the mistake during my second wisdom tooth extraction of opening my eyes as the Novocain was being injected, and found myself staring up at a syringe that looked about the size of the sword a main character from a JRPG carried.

For anybody who's going to get a tooth extraction: don't panic at the above statement. The injection, for a short time, simply feels like you're getting pinched, except you can only feel the pinching on one side instead of two, and it goes away fairly quickly. And I'm a complete and total wimp, so this isn't somebody trying to act tough. The tools they use for the procedure just look scarier than they feel if they dope you up properly. Don't panic at THAT statement either. I have yet to have an oral surgeon NOT do the pain meds right, so it's sort of like saying "You should be perfectly safe in your house so long as a meteor doesn't hit it".

 

[Vern5]

I had two of my wisdom teeth taken out a while ago. The back, upper two have fully emerged from my head without being impacted. However, the bottom two only came out slightly and one got infected. Oh god was that PAINFUL!

Anyway, you won't even remember the procedure. From what I do remember, I was almost too excited to get the stupid, painful bones out of my skull. I got my head x-rayed. I was put into a chair and jabbed with an IV full of anesthetic (I think). The last thing I remember doing is taking a deep breath of oxygen.

When I next woke up, I felt great if slightly dim. Couldn't feel my face, which was hilarious at the time. I was still reeaally high. My first reaction to the elderly female nurse attending me was a glance in her direction and a grin followed by, "Why, hello, gorgeous" in my most charming voice possible.

There's a lot of blurriness after that but, overall, it was more of a strange experience than a bad or traumatizing one.

 

[SckizoBoy]

You're 17 and you've never had a dental X-ray? I've always had them at LEAST every 3 to 4 years, and I had them done yearly until my adult teeth came in. I guess that explains the stereotypical difference between US and UK teeth a bit, anyway.

There's a stereotypical difference between US & UK teeth?! Did I miss something growing up here... My teeth are in good nick, thanks! =P (And I've had about five dental X-rays in my lifetime, as well as three orthodontic)

OT: I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was 23, so it's not that big of a problem. I went under (general anaesthetic) whilst chatting genially with the anaesthesiologist about chemical functional groups, woke up very groggily a few hours later and in probably the best bit of luck of the year: no pain... at all. I waited and waited for the pain to hit me, but it never did. I still had to eat soup and soft foods for a bit, but no pain whatsoever. I went into work for crying out loud the following day... only for my boss to call me an idiot!

 

[Kenko]

Pulled out mine to get rid of them as there was a chance they'd cramp the space of the rest of my teeth. Also have operated out a second tooth growing underneath my front-lower roothrow. Oh, one of my teeth died once xD. If you ever hear a dentist calling a tooth "Necropolis 7" you will shit fucking bricks. Sounds like a Sci-fi horror novel for fucks sake.

 

[cleric of the order]

pre-molars? the teeth....well just before your molars? Well guess who has a second set growing just underneath them on my bottom jaw and has gotten tangled into the roots? Hurray for me.

....? that is the strangest teeth related thing I?ve ever heard of. I don?t know how that is going to affect but I know that getting your wisdom teeth always has some complications.

I had my out a couple months ago and in my experience having them removed isThe pain afterward is why they give you painkillers; take the dosage required ASAP or you will be cranky. Also time your doses because by the time it?s hurting it?s hurting and will take a moment before the painkillers work: just take one in-between the minimum suggested time to take them and the maximum. The most annoying part is you will not be able to eat anything harder than Jell-O because you can?t chew. It?s more annoying then it sounds. This may also limit your speech because you?re still moving your jaw, probably not though.

 

[breadsammich]

I had very little pain after the first day or so, and it wasn't horrible while it lasted. I found the painkillers to be worse than the pain itself. I HATED the feeling of being on Vicadin. I have no idea how anybody could abuse that drug. It was not even close to enjoyable. Also, not being able to eat anything solid kind of sucks if you've never had to do it before. All in all, getting your wisdom teeth out sucks, but not for the reasons you'd think. (Unless you get a dry socket. That didn't happen to me, luckily, but I've heard that it SUCKS...)

 

[asmidir]

pre-molars? the teeth....well just before your molars? Well guess who has a second set growing just underneath them on my bottom jaw and has gotten tangled into the roots? Hurray for me.

....? that is the strangest teeth related thing I?ve ever heard of.

Yeah I was confused at first too. I'm basiclly an X-Man now....INCISOR!! the man with many teeth.