Getting wisdom teeth removed, should I go under?

[Sonikku]

It depends. If you're conservative, go under.

If you're Liberal, get the free numbing!

 

[Ns1]

When I'm getting mine removed, I don't want to remember a thing.

 

[silverpig]

I had all 4 pulled in the same session without going under. They gave me 10 shots of zylocaine, which consisted of 2 in each gum area plus 2 sticks in the roof of my mouth (the most painfull part of the process and it wasn't that bad). The weird part about being awake is the feeling of the teeth being ripped out of your mouth yet there is no pain. For one tooth that was particularly problematic the dentist actually had his knee in my chest trying to get leverage and a good grip on it. After it was over they stuffed my mouth full of cotton gauze and sent me back to class (was in Air Force tech school at the time). After I began spitting up blood in class the instructor let me leave and go back to the dorm. I slept for 14 hours, woke up, and everything was good. I was slamming shots at the bar that night.

The joys of being in the military. Good times.

I had a similar experience. I got shot full of anaesthetic (novocaine I think) and after 15 minutes still had some feeling, so they shot me up with some more. There was a bunch of pressure with the second set of shots that was uncomfortable and was easily the worst part of the experience.

The odd part is even though you can't "feel" what they are doing, you can still tell exactly what is happening.

Having the doc's knee on my chest while he wrenched my tooth free, shooting it across the room was pretty neat.

I spent a few nights bleeding and drooling all over my pillow, but was okay within a few days.

To contrast, I got put under by an anaesthesiologist for a colonoscopy recently. It was very much a matter of "okay, we are going to begin, you should feel sleepy pretty soo..." and then you wake up in the recovery room.

If you want to know what happens to you (which I think is kind of cool), or if $400 is a lot of money right now, then do it awake.

 

[velillen]

I had all four out in march. Just the local numbing. One was a bitch and had to be drilled out and pried. Took like 20 minutes for that one. The other three took all of 10 minutes. Just tell Tue dentist if it doesn't feel numb enough.

Was at work the next day. Had to eat softer foods. Jaw was s bit sore for a few days from the one tooth. I also was bleeding for 2-3 days which was annoying but it was a slow bleed and nothing to worry over. Most annoying part is if you eat small food (like rise) and it gets stuck in the cavity. Having to dog it out sucks.

But for me it was an easy choice. 600 for ky dentist to do it the way he did or spend 1200-1500. To go under. Easy choice since I'm cheap!

 

[edro]

Hell yes go under.

I went under when I had my 4 pulled. I didn't feel any pain at all... even after.
I took the pain pills as prescribed and everything went great.

My roommate had 4 taken out with local anesthetic and he said it was awful.
Just the crunching sounds and blood were bad enough, but there was also pain.

I personally would not want to risk not being numb enough.
I have have cavities done where I wasn't quite numb enough and it was rough.
I couldn't imagine pulling 4 teeth and getting sewn up without being fully numb.

 

[dud]

I'm getting my two bottom teeth removed. They are impacted and out of the gum. I'm scared as hell about surgery and stuff like that. Going under costs $400 or I could do laughing gas for $150 or I can just get the normal numbing for free. Anyone with experience or stories?

I had my WT removed at 19 back in the day. I HIGHLY recommend going under ...

 

[NetWareHead]

Hell yes go under.

I went under when I had my 4 pulled. I didn't feel any pain at all... even after.
I took the pain pills as prescribed and everything went great.

My roommate had 4 taken out with local anesthetic and he said it was awful.
Just the crunching sounds and blood were bad enough, but there was also pain.

I personally would not want to risk not being numb enough.
I have have cavities done where I wasn't quite numb enough and it was rough.
I couldn't imagine pulling 4 teeth and getting sewn up without being fully numb.

I had the same fear. What happens is after the first shot(s), you are pretty numb and shouldn't feel anything. However if you do feel anything, it is going to be a very small pain. I felt a little bit of the drilling going on. Simple, I made a hand motion and the doctor let me explain that I was beginning to feel some pain. He then infected some more anesthetic. The same thing when he was stitching me. I felt a little pain and he gave some more.

You have to view the pain you MAY feel under the context of being already anesthetized. You won't ever feel the full sensation of drilling a tooth out or being stitched up. You will feel very minor or the smallest sensation of something happening. You get some more anesthetic and you are all set. It's not like the anesthetic all of the sudden wears off in 1 minute, it takes hours of gradual decline for you to feel full sensation in your mouth again.

 

[zinfamous]

of course not. Refuse all anaesthetic. Be a man, wuss.

 

[alkemyst]

Honestly the surgery isn't that bad. I had all 4 of mine taken out when I was awake, and all I felt was a lot of pressure.

Now the aftermath? That is tougher to deal with. I had lots of swelling, pain, etc. Ate nothing but water and yogurt for ~2 weeks.

I had my four out and was back at my office before 10am. Ate lunch that day.

I didn't even need pain meds.

I did bleed all over my keyboard twice though.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I got my bottom two teeth out this morning. I opted for the nitrous gas which was amazing. Basically got my ass drunk and not even thinking about the procedure. Everything was done in about 15 minutes and barely felt a thing.

Now the aftermath on the other hand sucks. Was bleeding everywhere for a few hours. Its stopped now and Im just popping vicodin. Still cant eat though

 

[tcG]

You probably don't even need the Vicodin. My professional doctor's advice is to save the Vicodin up, and then take it later for fun times when you don't "need" it. Do a simple cold water extraction to get pure hydrocodone without the acetaminophen.

Just kidding, sort of. Opiates are not a good drug to do recreationally, but that's what I would do.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

You probably don't even need the Vicodin. My professional doctor's advice is to save the Vicodin up, and then take it later for fun times when you don't "need" it. Do a simple cold water extraction to get pure hydrocodone without the acetaminophen.

Just kidding, sort of. Opiates are not a good drug to do recreationally, but that's what I would do.

Im a little disappointed about the vicodin. Not as strong as I thought it would be. Maybe I was expecting too much of a head/body change.

 

[Broheim]

when I had one of mine removed I only had the numbing (it barely worked, my dentist kept asking if I wanted another shot but I just told her to get it over with) and it wasn't bad at all, I don't get why people make such a fuzz about it.

I had some soup the first day but by the second I was back to my regular eating schedule, the sucky thing was my gums got swollen and started covering the next tooth over and I kept biting down on it, I ended up with a big flap of dead flesh in my mouth for a couple of days before it fell off, by then it was all grey and wrinkly. I didn't need any meds or anything.

 

[Bateluer]

I was in my early teens when mine were yanked. General anesthesia, but they did have to cut into the bone of my jaws to get them out. They wouldn't do it with just a local and gas.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

My doc was really good imo. Local first, let it set for 15 min, came back and did a few more. Threw on the gas cause I requested it and I didnt feel a thing. He cut/broke my tooth in pieces and removed it that way. There was a tiny bit of pain but that hurt less than getting a filling. He kept asking me if it hurt and would shoot a some more local if it did. I think I only raised my hand twice but it wasnt bad.

 

[tcG]

Im a little disappointed about the vicodin. Not as strong as I thought it would be. Maybe I was expecting too much of a head/body change.

Some people have naturally high opiate tolerances. It takes me more stuff than is normal to get a decent opiate buzz. 15mg would probably be good, and that's a conservative amount. I don't know which Vicodin's they gave you, but the 5mg ones almost aren't even worth it because they have so much damn acetaminophen. That's why I recommended the cold water extraction. That way, you can get all the hydrocodone out of however many pills you want without wrecking your liver with all the other shit they put in there. When I had mine out they also gave me some other bullshit pills to help with the nausea that you can get from the Vicodin's, but I just threw them away.

The anesthesia/nitrous in your system could be affecting the strength as well.

I'm sure a bunch of puritans are reading this thinking "OMG, what a druggie!"

 

[Ns1]

No, vicodin is pretty much shit.

One step above tylenol. I don't even understand why people get recreationally high off that shit.

 

[lord_emperor]

This thread makes me feel like I had the most pro doctor in the world. I was having all four wisdom teeth removed. I asked not to be put under by rather was given some stuff that would make me ralaxed / dopey. I fell asleep anyway. No I don't remember what drug it was, that was a long time ago.

I had no pain when I awoke, took advantage of my parents to eat a bunch of ice cream and felt great within a day.

 

[tcG]

The opioid in Vicodin is hydrocodone. That's NOT a weak compound. It's all about dosage.

 

[Ns1]

The opioid in Vicodin is hydrocodone. That's NOT a weak compound. It's all about dosage.

okay so let's rephrase, the vicodin commonly prescribed to people who get their wisdom teeth removed is shit, one step above tylenol.

 

[tcG]

It's still all about dosage. There's nothing chemically different about the hydrocodone in the pills you get from your dentist. If you want to get high from them, it's just a matter of taking a few. Even the dosage required isn't terribly small - they usually give out 7.5mg's (the others are 5mg's and 10mg's), which get most people feeling VERY good after only 3.

 

[Ns1]

It's still all about dosage. There's nothing chemically different about the hydrocodone in the pills you get from your dentist. If you want to get high from them, it's just a matter of taking a few. Even the dosage required isn't terribly small - they usually give out 7.5mg's (the others are 5mg's and 10mg's), which get most people feeling VERY good after only 3.

true, I guess I never thought about eating half a bottle at once hahaha

 

[DCal430]

Do IV sedation drug along with a Halcion pill. That is what I did, took the Halcion pill I think an hour before, then before the procedure they gave me an injection of sedation drugs on the back of my hand. Within minutes I was nocked out and an hour or so later I woke up and the procedure was done.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Wuss

^^

 

[alkemyst]

I have rarely taken any pain medicine it's indeed a combination of one's own pain tolerance and one's receptors (layman speak) to the meds.

Personally too many want the high pain killers give and that's affecting those suffering from low pain thresholds.