Just got a tooth pulled

[Tinkerhell]

Originally posted by: vshah
just out of curiosity, why did you have to get it pulled?

-Vivan

It had a very bad cavity in it and part of the tooth was gone. It was either have it pulled or get a root canal. Its the last tooth, so I just pulled it.

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell

Originally posted by: vshah
just out of curiosity, why did you have to get it pulled?

-Vivan

It had a very bad cavity in it and part of the tooth was gone. It was either have it pulled or get a root canal. Its the last tooth, so I just pulled it.

were you under general anesthesia? your description makes me think it was just local. i remember when i got my wisdom teeth removed, it started bleeding a few hours after i got home. took about a day for it to stop.

-Vivan

 

[Tinkerhell]

Originally posted by: xcript
Did you get to keep the tooth?

No . I wanted to, but I forgot about it. When they pulled it out, they were like, wow thats a big tooth, very long. Its starting to hurt now from the pressure of the gauze

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell

Originally posted by: vshah
just out of curiosity, why did you have to get it pulled?

-Vivan

It had a very bad cavity in it and part of the tooth was gone. It was either have it pulled or get a root canal. Its the last tooth, so I just pulled it.

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled, and I just had a root canal on another. You took the less painful choice.

 

[Tinkerhell]

Originally posted by: vshah

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell

Originally posted by: vshah
just out of curiosity, why did you have to get it pulled?

-Vivan

It had a very bad cavity in it and part of the tooth was gone. It was either have it pulled or get a root canal. Its the last tooth, so I just pulled it.

were you under general anesthesia? your description makes me think it was just local. i remember when i got my wisdom teeth removed, it started bleeding a few hours after i got home. took about a day for it to stop.

-Vivan

They gave me three shots of novocaine

 

[Tinkerhell]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell

Originally posted by: vshah
just out of curiosity, why did you have to get it pulled?

-Vivan

It had a very bad cavity in it and part of the tooth was gone. It was either have it pulled or get a root canal. Its the last tooth, so I just pulled it.

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled, and I just had a root canal on another. You took the less painful choice.

and the cheaper I dont have any insurance right now.

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: sward666

Today I'm not supposed to rinse, spit (wtf?), smoke ( i dont anyways), eat hot things.

I really need to get my wisdom teeth yanked, but I'm dreading the no-smoking rule. Maybe I can smoke through my nose for a day?

Screw that. I smoked after having mine pulled and I turned out just fine.

You should be more worried about not munching too many of the percocets at once

 

[Anubis]

I had all but 2 of my baby teeth pulled cause they wouldent fall out, and i had my wisdom teeth out,

sit back have a :beer: and take some of thoes pills, yull feel much better

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell

Originally posted by: vshah
just out of curiosity, why did you have to get it pulled?

-Vivan

It had a very bad cavity in it and part of the tooth was gone. It was either have it pulled or get a root canal. Its the last tooth, so I just pulled it.

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled, and I just had a root canal on another. You took the less painful choice.

and the cheaper I dont have any insurance right now.

How much did it cost to get the tooth pulled? I just paid $1050 for a root canal.

 

[Tinkerhell]

How long should i keep biting down on the gauze. its starting to hurt from it.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
They had a real hard time getting it. They used like a hundred different tools to try and yank it out. Finally it did. So now I'm sitting here with gauge in my mouth, waiting for it to stop bleeding. Luckily he gave me tylenol with codeine, because they said its probably going to hurt a lot because they had such a hard time with it. I hope my face doesn't swell.

I knew a girl back in college that had some of her wisdom teeth pulled (4 i think)... she had to go under, and when she woke, she had bruises around her head from the doctor's fingers, as he/she used it for leverage to pull the teeth out.

 

[ThePresence]

You could've pulled it on your own. Some dude on ATOT once did it.

 

[OCNewbie]

Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
How long should i keep biting down on the gauze. its starting to hurt from it.

In my case my dentist recommended to bite down for one full hour. I ended up replacing the gauze after one hour, then biting down for one more hour before I removed the gauze altogether.

Didn't your dentist give you any instructions on what to do once you get home, etc. ?

You may want to call them back if you have a lot of questions, just to make sure you get correct info.

BTW, my teeth were like $105 each IIRC, so $210 for the both of them. That was the cheapest this place got, since mine were very basic on removal.