Wisdom teeth!

Vince S. · #1 12-30-2007, 05:31 PM

I know this topic has been done a few times, but I am supposed to go for a wisdom teeth removal consultation tomorrow with an oral surgeon. According to my dentist, I only need to have two of them removed; the top teeth are fine, but the bottom teeth are formed sideways. I'll know more when they do a checkup tomorrow.

Did you get your wisdom teeth out with local or general anesthetic? Laughing gas? I'm going to try to ask for local if at all possible, I don't like the idea of general anesthesia, with all the stuff that can go wrong, etc.

Fontaine · #2 12-30-2007, 05:33 PM

i got them out, i was high as a kite, hurts like hell.

fenderhutz · #3 12-30-2007, 05:35 PM

Ask your dentist/oral surgeon about a "dry socket" and what to do to avoid it. You will thank me later.

Vic Winters · #4 12-30-2007, 05:38 PM

The only part that really sucks is the one needle they jam in the roof of your mouth. That one sucked hardcore. After that you don't feel a thing. Some of my wisdom teeth were impacted, so they had to crack them to get them out. There is no volume control on your cd player or iPod that drowns out that sound. I brought STP - Tiny Music, and the whole procedure for all 4 was about the length of the cd. Maybe a bit longer.

Fontaine · #5 12-30-2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Vic Winters

The only part that really sucks is the one needle they jam in the roof of your mouth. That one sucked hardcore. After that you don't feel a thing. Some of my wisdom teeth were impacted, so they had to crack them to get them out. There is no volume control on your cd player or iPod that drowns out that sound. I brought STP - Tiny Music, and the whole procedure for all 4 was about the length of the cd. Maybe a bit longer.

i thought that everyone that had to get it done had their teeth cracked up....well each of mine ended up in 4 or 5 pieces by the end of it...

crkempton · #6 12-30-2007, 05:49 PM

Yeah, i have to have mine taken out pretty soon. None are compacted, but they aren't coming in all the way. *sigh* the troubles of getting older.

Valerus · #7 12-30-2007, 05:53 PM

I got one out, two more to go.
It's not as bad as people say.

Trevor.A · #8 12-30-2007, 05:57 PM

I had to get all 4 of mine taken out last year. I got a shot in my arm, not sure what it was, but the next thing I knew I was watching TV at home. It was awesome. My face didn't swell at all and there was hardly any pain throughout the whole thing. I've had checkups at the dentist that went a lot worse.

Fontaine · #9 12-30-2007, 06:21 PM

well i once knew a guy who had the shot in his arm before, then 14 years later...BAM hit by a truck...i wouldnt do it man.

i_got_a_mohawk · #10 12-30-2007, 06:25 PM

A friend of mine had to have one of the wisdom teeth in the top of her jaw removed, the next day it looked like she had been beaten up, swollen face, and blackening eye :S

I might have to get one of mine removed, its just coming in, but its coming in squint (nightmare at times when it rubs alot causing the gum to swell). Dentist is going to leave it til its fully in, see if it maybe straightens out. Fingers crossed!

Good luck!

Stanley Design · #11 12-30-2007, 07:13 PM

I had my top ones out by a dentist but not an oral surgeon, they were pulled, not cut out. I wouldn't let them do it surgically like all my friends did. The guy just took pliers and rammed his knee on my chest and yanked with all his might, and it felt absolutely awesome to get them out of my mouth. I still have them in a jar. My bottom ones will need the sugery though, they're wrapped around my jaw bone.

Fontaine · #12 12-30-2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd Stanley

My bottom ones will need the sugery though, they're wrapped around my jaw bone.

good luck out there soilder!

J.D.B. · #13 12-30-2007, 07:36 PM

Once the healing is complete and the surgery is a distant memory, the way yer mouth feels will be all worth it. Lots more room and jaw mobility. You won't regret it later.
Josh

WRBass · #14 12-30-2007, 07:54 PM

I would get them all done. But, you don't want to be awake. Pay extra for the good drugs!

RandomEvent · #15 12-30-2007, 07:58 PM

Er... I'm one of those few people that doesn't have wisdom teeth.

Sorry, I know that didn't contribute anything to this topic.

nsmar4211 · #16 12-30-2007, 08:45 PM

Only doing two? Better go ahead and do all four, you don't want to do it twice!

I got dry socket, first case my dentist had in 5 years.......greeeaaat. Let me tell you what, that was the worse pain I've ever experienced. The other three teeth? Minor irritation, bit of soreness, no biggie. Dry socket tooth? Made me want to rip my jaw off!

They did mine with just local (no shot in roof of mouth, all through jaw). Cracking teeth sound, horrible. *shudder*. Took forever for the numbess to set in, was really weird feeling part of my nose fall asleep. Kept drooling too.... dentist warned me not to try to eat anything or talk or I'd bite the heck out of my lips.

I was good, didn't suck on anything or use a straw or get sick and still got dry socket. When I called the dentist, at first they were like, oh, it's normal pain... I went to work and was so miserable they sent me home, I drove straight to dentist. He pokes in there, dry socket! (btw, dry socket is when your jaw bone is exposed to air, no blood clot covering it). All he did was pack this FOUL tasting clove based stuff in there (tasted like chicken poop I think).. I didn't care what it tasted/smelled like cause it stopped the pain in about 10 minutes. Tasted that stuff for a week and probably had dragon breath to boot but didn't care.

Moral of story, listen to dr. about not eating/using straw/whatever, and if it hurts really bad go back quick. Otherwise, the other three teeth? Having my braces readjusted hurt worse than having them pulled

. And if I remember right, the dr. had me take ibuprophen before I came in and every few hours to stop from swelling/black eyes. Swelling was only on dry socket side and no black eyes

. And keep icing the jaw as long as dr tells you too, it helps. And keep a few good books around, you're not gonna feel like doing much the first day.

arbitrary · #17 12-30-2007, 09:12 PM

Ask for the nitrous. I had my wisdom teeth out on my birthday. So I decided my birthday present to myself would be the nitrous (I stopped the drinking and the druggin' in high school). I told them I couldn't feel it, so they opened the valve up some more.

doctorjazz · #18 12-30-2007, 09:42 PM

I had mine done with general, because I also had a small supernumerary (basically an extra tooth) growing deep in the roof of my mouth, so they figured they'd take that out at the same time. It was easy as hell, I had my surgery early in the morning and was just groggy and numb for the rest of the day, back to normal the next day. It was a 100% painless procedure and recovery for me.

Marcus Johnson · #19 12-30-2007, 10:24 PM

Local. Gnarly... it made me a stronger man. But that was years ago, I guess they're probably better at it now.

The upside was that I was a trumpet guy at the time, and it pretty much ended that, so I just started gigging heavily as a jazz bassist. Thirty years later, I'm still doing it. So it worked out well.

Cerb · #20 12-30-2007, 11:05 PM

I didn't get mine taken out, and most of the time I think it is without use. My dentist tried to tell me that I needed them taken out, but I refused. They came is perfectly straight and didn't crowd anything.

I think dentists realize that they can make money on this simple procedure and most people will go through with it just because everyone they know has.