Just got my wisdom teeth pulled.......

[Shawn]

Well I just took some hydrocodone so the pain went away for now but I can't stop the bleeding where the left bottom tooth was. My whole left side of my jaw is numb too. They say the numbness could last from a few days to a few weeks. WTF? :|

 

[imported_cello]

Warm salted water is your friend..may sting at first but will speed up the healing process.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Mine were pulled by Naval dentists. It was an excruciatingly painful experience for me.

it probably would have been with a civilian dentist, too. unfortunately, not everyone's wisdom teeth extraction is the same. blame the teeth for being impacted, and buggars to remove.

I'm sure you're right to an extent, but he didn't give me enough lidocaine/novacaine and it hurt a lot. But the teeth were all impacted, all 4 of them, so it would have been bad regardless.

did you tell him it was hurting? sheesh, don't suffer through it when he could get you more numb.

 

[Megatomic]

Yes, I told him. He said he'd given me as much as he could. But this all happened in 1990 when I was at sea on the Lincoln. It's too late to go back and try to fix it now. 🙂

 

[biostud]

My first took 5 mins to pull, my 2nd took two hours, becuase they had to split it and break some of my jaw open. None of them hurt while it was going on, but the days after it hurt really bad, specially my 2nd removal. I still have a hole where I'm sensible to warmth/cold and where food can pile up. It was pulled in september.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
lol, i's strange. I can' even stand up yet I can; post on ATOt.

Don't feel bad most people who post on this BBS mind is more numb then yours currently is... 😉

Ausm

 

[shopbruin]

general anesthesia is the ONLY way to go. i didn't feel a THING. i was out of it until 8 something that night however, and my mom would wake me up occasionally to change the gauze.

it was great. the numbness went away after a few days, along with the swelling. now the nasty bit of bronchitis i managed to catch, along with the astonishing fevers topping out at 104 was not a great time while i was still out of it.

had all four removed, they were impacted and hurt like a mother.

 

[Shawn]

Ahhhhhhhh I got a dry socket and it already hurts like a bitch. I guess I'm gonna have to go back in now and have them fill it. Ugh.

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: cello
Warm salted water is your friend..may sting at first but will speed up the healing process.

Wait for 24 hours after the tooth has been removed otherwise you'll wash the clot out and dramatically slow the healing process and increase the chances of a dry socket. The salty water is a very basic disinfectant and keeps everything sterile thus making the healing process easier for your body. After 24hours rinse very gently two or three times a day, be careful when brushing your teeth to not disturb the clot and it should be all good.

Originally posted by: Supercharged
Ahhhhhhhh I got a dry socket and it already hurts like a bitch. I guess I'm gonna have to go back in now and have them fill it. Ugh.

1 in 5 people get dry sockets, go in ASAP otherwise you'll find that the pain can get waaay worse! The dentist will probably put in a dressing made of this sticky brown fibrous stuff that acts like an artificial clot, along with a strong dose of antibiotics. The pain should subside in about 24 hours with a little luck.


Impacted teeth hurt a lot more because the bone beneath your gum grows over the tooth and it has to be cut away in order for the tooth to be removed sideways (often cut up into smaller chunks). You not only get the pain of the damage of a removed tooth, but the pain of bone being drilled away...

 

[aircooled]

All 4 of mine were impacted and 3 dry sockets. That was the worst experience of my life! It took weeks for me to not be in daily pain. 🙁

 

[z0mb13]

lol wait till the painkiller wears off

 

[Sysbuilder05]

Frankly, I didn't trust the AF healthcare ... particularly the dentists (they screwed up some other stuff). But they never bother to explain the kind of problems and complications that can be reduced by getting them removed when your younger. That said, I had no problems when I got them pulled this fall @ 35 when they did start causing some issues. Cost me some $$$ (25% deductible) compared to if I had let the AF do it 10 years ago, but my peace of mind was much better.
That and full anathesia ... I'm sure I would have only gotten local with the AF, and they weren't very good at that judging from my other experiences with them.[/quote]


I had mine taken out at 25 because my dentist told me "I needed to". Years later I switched to a different dentist,actually a guy I went to high school with. On the intial visit he asked me about my wisdom teeth. I told him they had never given me any problems but the other dentist thought they should come out. He said their like any other tooth,you don't pull them unless they become problematic. You don't pull teeth just "because".

To all you young guys,get a second opinion on your wisdom teeth,get a Sonic Care type of electic tooth brush and reach way back and keep them clean and the gums. Chances are you can just leave them in. Sounded to me like my first dentist needed to pay off some new equipment or buy a new house.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05
Frankly, I didn't trust the AF healthcare ... particularly the dentists (they screwed up some other stuff). But they never bother to explain the kind of problems and complications that can be reduced by getting them removed when your younger. That said, I had no problems when I got them pulled this fall @ 35 when they did start causing some issues. Cost me some $$$ (25% deductible) compared to if I had let the AF do it 10 years ago, but my peace of mind was much better.
That and full anathesia ... I'm sure I would have only gotten local with the AF, and they weren't very good at that judging from my other experiences with them.

I had mine taken out at 25 because my dentist told me "I needed to". Years later I switched to a different dentist,actually a guy I went to high school with. On the intial visit he asked me about my wisdom teeth. I told him they had never given me any problems but the other dentist thought they should come out. He said their like any other tooth,you don't pull them unless they become problematic. You don't pull teeth just "because".

To all you young guys,get a second opinion on your wisdom teeth,get a Sonic Care type of electic tooth brush and reach way back and keep them clean and the gums. Chances are you can just leave them in. Sounded to me like my first dentist needed to pay off some new equipment or buy a new house.

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Also if later in life you get problems with your teeth, wisdom teeth can make a solid anchor for bridges.

 

[tami]

feel better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my teeth are so small that my wisdom teeth don't need to be removed, or so i've been told. i feel kind of lucky. my orthodontist (granted, this was over 10 years ago) said that i had the smallest teeth of all his patients in his 20something years of practice. that's not to say i have baby teeth or anything, but yeah, it is kind of cool to have little iddy biddy mature adult teeth

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05
Frankly, I didn't trust the AF healthcare ... particularly the dentists (they screwed up some other stuff). But they never bother to explain the kind of problems and complications that can be reduced by getting them removed when your younger. That said, I had no problems when I got them pulled this fall @ 35 when they did start causing some issues. Cost me some $$$ (25% deductible) compared to if I had let the AF do it 10 years ago, but my peace of mind was much better.
That and full anathesia ... I'm sure I would have only gotten local with the AF, and they weren't very good at that judging from my other experiences with them.

I had mine taken out at 25 because my dentist told me "I needed to". Years later I switched to a different dentist,actually a guy I went to high school with. On the intial visit he asked me about my wisdom teeth. I told him they had never given me any problems but the other dentist thought they should come out. He said their like any other tooth,you don't pull them unless they become problematic. You don't pull teeth just "because".

To all you young guys,get a second opinion on your wisdom teeth,get a Sonic Care type of electic tooth brush and reach way back and keep them clean and the gums. Chances are you can just leave them in. Sounded to me like my first dentist needed to pay off some new equipment or buy a new house.

[/quote]
dude, you don't wait until they give you a problem. you pull them because they are potential problems, aka time bombs. if they are impacted and the dentist can touch them under your gum with a tool then that means bacteria can get down in there too so you should have them extracted.
if they are impacted and the dentist can't get to them at all you can let sleeping dogs lie.

 

[elny3680]

i just had 2 wisdom teeth that were partially impacted removed from my lower jaw on tuesday...it hurt on one tooth cause i dont think he put in enough novacaine even though my whole jaw was numb...anyway, afterwards it hurt but the next day was fine...i was given ibuprofen, hydrocodone & penicillin...only annoying thing is having to be careful not to open my mouth too wide or else the stitches will rip...another thing is not being able to brush my teeth because i cant open my mouth too wide...so for 2 days my mouth has been the equivalent of a gym sock...any way to clean it without having to disrupt the stitches?

how long does it typically take to heal or not have to worry about stitches ripping? is there a scenario where you would have a dry socket but no pain or is does the pain always accompany a dry socket?

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Supercharged
you should definitely get themn removed asap. at least that's hwat my doctor said. as you get older it takes root more. meaning it's harder to get out and way more painful.

ummm... yeh.

also the older you get the harder it is for the bone to fill in the hole that is left where the tooth used to be.

When I was in the AF, every time I went to the dentist the conversation went something like this

AF dentist: You need to make an appointment to get your wisdom teeth pulled.
Me: Why?
AF Dentist: Because you really should have them removed.
Me: Why?
AF Dentist: Because they can cause problems.
Me: Are they causing problems?
AF Dentist: No
Me: Let me know when they do.

Frankly, I didn't trust the AF healthcare ... particularly the dentists (they screwed up some other stuff). But they never bother to explain the kind of problems and complications that can be reduced by getting them removed when your younger. That said, I had no problems when I got them pulled this fall @ 35 when they did start causing some issues. Cost me some $$$ (25% deductible) compared to if I had let the AF do it 10 years ago, but my peace of mind was much better.
That and full anathesia ... I'm sure I would have only gotten local with the AF, and they weren't very good at that judging from my other experiences with them.

I had mine taken out in the AF about 10 years ago, they put me out when they did it. I can tell you that I was miserable for awhile after they did it. I did get to miss some work for it though, that was the only plus to it.

 

[Paulson]

I had mine taken out 2 years ago...

The key is not to get an infection. I had an infection (thanks to the fricken oral surgeon leaving a bone chip in there) and the side of my mouth swelled up incredibly big.

 

[Sysbuilder05]

To all you young guys,get a second opinion on your wisdom teeth,get a Sonic Care type of electic tooth brush and reach way back and keep them clean and the gums. Chances are you can just leave them in. Sounded to me like my first dentist needed to pay off some new equipment or buy a new house.

[/quote]
dude, you don't wait until they give you a problem. you pull them because they are potential problems, aka time bombs. if they are impacted and the dentist can touch them under your gum with a tool then that means bacteria can get down in there too so you should have them extracted.
if they are impacted and the dentist can't get to them at all you can let sleeping dogs lie.

[/quote]

Dude,if you go to the dentist every six months he can monitor them closely,they don't become impacted overnight. Hell,bacteria can get in,around all your teeth,should you yank them all just because??