wisdom teeth go bye bye

[luv2chill]

funny I just had my uppers out on Wednesday. Had my lowers out in HS (I'm 24 now) and at the time they told me my uppers wouldn't come in--liars!

But I had IV sedation so it was a nice, relaxing experience. I can eat solid foods now but the swelling is still fairly significant.

A dry socket happens when you dislodge a blood clot from where they took the tooth out. As has already been said if they had to sew your gum back up afterwards you have a much lesser chance of getting one. But to be safe, don't drink out of a straw for seven days and don't rinse your mouth out until after the first day.

To help with swelling, use an ice pack for 20 minute intervals for the first day.

It's not fun (I know) but unless you're a really rare case (some people grow another set of 3rd molars) this is a one-shot deal and you'll never have to do it again.

l2c

 

[Ladies Man]

thanks for all the info guys

luv2chill i also had the IV... i was out before i even knew it

 

[Sir Fredrick]

I need to have mine out, but I've been putting it off. I can't really afford to be out of commission since I work and go to school full time on both counts. Plus I'm a big sissy when it comes to pain.

I also seem to have a high resistance to drugs, codene does nothing for me, and even perkicet hardly takes the edge off of pain for me, works pretty well for my headaches though, but that's about it.

I want to have them knock me out when they do it, but I've also heard that's more dangerous...but I can't imagine being awake through that kind of torture.
When I had oral surgery a while ago they were supposed to knock me out, but the stuff they gave me was only enough to mess me up so I couldn't talk, I was awake for the whole procedure but I couldn't tell them, and those f'ckers were not very careful, especially the nurses, they'd be holding some instrument for the doc and they'd be leaning their full weight on my lip 'cause they're too lazy to stand up straight, pushing it against my teeth. Hello! that hurts like a bitch, there's no novicane there dumbass!

 

[IGBT]

Shine em up and make cuff links out of em.

 

[Ladies Man]

<< I want to have them knock me out when they do it, but I've also heard that's more dangerous >>



it is more than staying awake... but the odds of you dying or anything are probably less than getting hit by a car as you leave the place

 

[Sir Fredrick]

<< it is more than staying awake... but the odds of you dying or anything are probably less than getting hit by a car as you leave the place >>



Well I bet the odds of getting hit as you leave the place are pretty high after you've been all drugged up.
That's something else I've been wondering about, if I drive myself there and have my teeth out, how am I supposed to get home? I don't have any friends that could drive me and my parents are 1000 miles away. I had a small operation a while ago (not the oral surgery thing, another operation), where they successfully knocked me out with an IV, and they woke me up as soon as it was over and kicked me out.
I hate waking up in the morning, but waking up from a drugged stupor was a billion times worse. My mom was able to drive me home though, but I still wanted to sleep for another 6 hours.

 

[Ladies Man]

if you really have no one... i'd suggest a taxi...

me leaving today was equal to a decent night of drinking... i wouldn't want to drive like that

 

[uclaxman]

i feel you
just got my last 2 removed b4 the new year...

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Man... I had the two wisdom teeth I needed to have taken out along with my jaw surgery to fix my overbite. I was so swollen in the face, I couldn't recognize myself in the mirror. Needless to say, I couldn't eat solid foods for 6 weeks.

 

[luv2chill]

If they sedate you you aren't allowed to drive yourself home. At the place I went to, they said that they would not release me unless someone came to pick me up. Furthermore someone needs to be with you for a few hours afterwards so you don't fall asleep and choke to death on the gauze.

If you can't have anyone pick you up, then just get nitrous... they'll give you a local anestheic too so you won't feel any pain, and the nitrous will make you giddy. Heh, they had to give me a little nitrous on Wednesday just to calm me down. I was sorta nervous about the general anesthetic (something about the loss of control, and "will I ever wake up?" type thoughts). I had never had nitrous before but it makes you feel all warm and tingly-like. It's good stuff! I'm thinking of asking for it next time I need a filling... LOL

l2c

 

[Sir Fredrick]

<< If they sedate you you aren't allowed to drive yourself home. At the place I went to, they said that they would not release me unless someone came to pick me up. Furthermore someone needs to be with you for a few hours afterwards so you don't fall asleep and choke to death on the gauze. >>



Hmm, I'd almost rather they kept me there for a couple hours anyway, let me sleep that stuff off rather than forcing me to get up and walk to the car/taxi/whatever.



<< If you can't have anyone pick you up, then just get nitrous... they'll give you a local anestheic too so you won't feel any pain, and the nitrous will make you giddy. Heh, they had to give me a little nitrous on Wednesday just to calm me down. I was sorta nervous about the general anesthetic (something about the loss of control, and "will I ever wake up?" type thoughts). I had never had nitrous before but it makes you feel all warm and tingly-like. It's good stuff! I'm thinking of asking for it next time I need a filling... LOL >>



I've had that stuff before, made me feel weird, but I still felt a lot of what was going on, and it wasn't very cool. ;p
Whatever they put in my IV that time I had surgery was pretty cool though. They inject the stuff in the IV, and then leave. 5 seconds pass...nothing happens. I'm thinking this stuff isn't going to work. I look at the wall and it was like the funniest thing I had ever seen, I almost couldn't keep from laughing out loud (that would have been embarassing). Then I was gone...I probably fell asleep with a smirk on my face.

 

[luv2chill]

<< Whatever they put in my IV that time I had surgery was pretty cool though. They inject the stuff in the IV, and then leave. 5 seconds pass...nothing happens. I'm thinking this stuff isn't going to work. I look at the wall and it was like the funniest thing I had ever seen, I almost couldn't keep from laughing out loud (that would have been embarassing). Then I was gone...I probably fell asleep with a smirk on my face. >>

Sounds like the same stuff they put in my IV the other day. The oral surgeon I saw (heh, he's actually a member here--not sure what his nick is. Hey Dr. Vincent, if you read this, say something!) kept me talking about video cards and I was blabbing away about ATI versus nvidia drivers and I remember thinking that I wasn't going to be able to finish what I was saying. The next thing I know a nurse was saying "your sister's here to pick you up". Subsequent memories are spotty to say the least.

Sedation is definitely the way to go. My general dentist did my lowers when I was in HS and all I had was local anesthetic. I couldn't feel any pain but I thought he was going to crack my jaw with how much pressure he was putting on it. UGH.

l2c