Getting wisdom teeth out...

I'm 18 so I got mine out recently... sometime in Feb... I really thought the pain was overrated from what everyone told me but I think I may have just gotten lucky. I like you, had 2 erupted along w/ 2 impacted... I was honestly eating solid food 2 or 3 days after but I just had to watch and make sure the food doesn't get caught in the holes. After every meal wash out your mouth with warm salt water and don't brush your teeth for a few days. I also recommend keeping Ice on your mouth as much as possible... it helps a lot. I didn't even use the extreme pain killers just the ones that you can get over the counter! I wouldn't worry about it, a lot of people make it sound a lot worse than it is!

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plus i had extra hydrocodone to take at my disclosure

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Thats what I'm talkin about man.

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Sorry, couldn't help myself:biggrin9gp:

One month ago yesterday I had mine taken out. Two weeks later I could eat everything normally again. Make sure to use lots of ice packs to keep the swelling down, I did not puff up that much. I only used pain meds the day of the procedure.

Words of wisdom, do not SUCK ON ANYTHING for a couple of days! No straws, no slurping and be careful how you spit even. The sucking causes the dry sockets which are extremely painful.

I had all four of mine out the first week of my college career (why the hell did I do it then????).

It wasn't that horrible immediately after. You can't feel your face at all and they hopped me up on meds so I slept for about two days.

The worst part was a week or so later I was eating in the commons of Maple Willow Larch and bit on something and screamed in agony....I had a dry socket. That f-ing sucked big time. Hope you don't have to go through that.

i made the mistake of standing up to look at my wisdom teeth when i got home. i guess i stood up to fast and blacked out. my roomate said i fell back, broke my door, and fell face flat into my floor. i got a concussion and had a hard time concentrating in school. i blacked out one more time that day heading back to my room from the kitchen. my roomate caught me the second time.

I had all 4 of mine out about 7 years ago and agree with the rest of the posters who "went under". One minute they had just stuck an iv in my arm and there were 3 people in the room, the next minute there was only 1 person in the room and it was 3 hours later. I asked what time it was about 5 times. The procedure itself was no big deal but the recovery sucked. I don't think I actually had "dry socket" but some of the stitches didn't hold the best which was pretty painful. It took about a month before it was completely better.

Best to get it done now and have your mouth back to normal for football season. Good luck!

I woke up right at the end, as they were cracking the last tooth to get it out. I slept for 24 hours, and then was pretty sore for a few days. I got dry sockets, too, though, which really is pretty rare, from what I understand. You have to shoot water using a syringe into the sockets.

On my scale of surgeries... a little worse than sinus surgery (which is cake) or a root canal, but much better than major head/neck surgery. I'll give it a 3. :rofl8yi: My oral surgeon (a guy here in town) looked like Kevin Nealon, which made it kind of weird...

Good luck - make sure someone is there to drive you home!

My mouth was killing me before I went ahead and had them out. Once they were out, it was a breeze compared to that. I was eating somewhat normally by the next day. Go for the nitrous........I was giving people who walked by big stupid grins while I was waiting.

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Originally Posted by MrGreg

I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth out tomorrow, and I am not excited :sad9cd: Two have erupted and two are impacted. I'll be heavily sedated so I shouldn't remember anything (I wouldn't have it any other way), so at least the procedure should be a breeze.

Anyone else had theirs out already? How'd it go? Any words of encouragement? :wink0st:

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I had mine out over break, both impacted. I planned it so it was the morning of the first day of march madness. Needless to say I ate soup, drank gatorade and watched hours of basketball. Make sure you do the salt water rinses.....it sucks big time but will pay off later.

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My oral surgeon

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First of all Angie, that sounds quite bad coming from a lady. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Anyways, I had all 4 of mine out my Jr. year of high school. Right in the middle of wrestling season. I was beyond angry at that one. I remember I got them out on a Friday afternoon, and then I came home, demanded Orange Sherbert, and then I woke up, puked, went back to bed. Next thing I know, it was Tuesday. Apparently, I woke up every 8 hours demanding my pain killers because I couldn't move my jaw whenever I woke up. I got dry sockets in 3 of my sockets, and it hurt to breathe until I got it fixed. However, from what everyone else has said, I think I got the short end of the stick there. My doctor/dentist couldn't beleive I went through 2 weeks of Hydrocordone in 6 days. However, I don't remember any of that, and I took exactly the "recommended" dosage. (1 pill, every 6-8 hours). I lost a few days of my life, but I dropped 15 pounds from not eating, so when I made it back to the mats, for once, I had to gain 10 pounds! That was the best part of my experience.

I seriously doubt anyone else could ever have the bad luck I did.

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Originally Posted by Cyclone62

First of all Angie, that sounds quite bad coming from a lady. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Anyways, I had all 4 of mine out my Jr. year of high school. Right in the middle of wrestling season. I was beyond angry at that one. I remember I got them out on a Friday afternoon, and then I came home, demanded Orange Sherbert, and then I woke up, puked, went back to bed. Next thing I know, it was Tuesday. Apparently, I woke up every 8 hours demanding my pain killers because I couldn't move my jaw whenever I woke up. I got dry sockets in 3 of my sockets, and it hurt to breathe until I got it fixed. However, from what everyone else has said, I think I got the short end of the stick there. My doctor/dentist couldn't beleive I went through 2 weeks of Hydrocordone in 6 days. However, I don't remember any of that, and I took exactly the "recommended" dosage. (1 pill, every 6-8 hours). I lost a few days of my life, but I dropped 15 pounds from not eating, so when I made it back to the mats, for once, I had to gain 10 pounds! That was the best part of my experience.

I seriously doubt anyone else could ever have the bad luck I did.

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RE: your "first of all" - now that's funny!

Oh, yeah, I forgot that I puked, too. That was awful, because everything hurts so bad already. Again - I don't think that's normal, either, much like Cyclone62 said.

Did you honestly just call me Cyclone FIFTY-two?!!!? JK

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Originally Posted by Cyclone62

Did you honestly just call me Cyclone FIFTY-two?!!!? JK

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Let's fix that... This is why I never numbers with the top row. :no6xn:

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Originally Posted by Angie

Let's fix that... This is why I never numbers with the top row. :no6xn:

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Now, about that English major you got... :laugh8kb:

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Originally Posted by Cyclone62

Now, about that English major you got... :laugh8kb:

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Holy crap. I can only plead tiredness.

(I am triple-checking this for errors...)