Getting wisdom teeth removed

[karyn674]

I had my wisdom tooth taken las April at 33!! And my tooth just couldn't make it to break through the gums cos I had no space for it to grow.

So my dentist took it off, had stitches and was bruised and my face was swolen and did not feel like going to work at all for about a week but can't say I was really in pain!

The only thing that bugged me though was laughing, apart from being painful I kept spitting blood with laughter!!

[sweetpatata6]

Luckily I don't have to get mine taken out soon... But I heard if you take an mp3 player to listen to, it's better, because you can't hear what's going on in your mouth ((all the grinding and such)) and you can also relax a bit more.

[animal_rescue]

So I got my wisdom teeth removed today.. It turned out last week was just X-rays. Anyways I really should be laying down, for some reason I'm extremely naucious. At first I thought it was from taking a pain killer on an empty stomach(I took it with milk though) but then 4-5 hours later I took an 800 motrin and still feel nasty. Worst part the Motrin doesn't work! My mouth is killing me and I don't know when I can take a painkiller again. My mouth keeps bleeding on and off and I can't eat either(stupid tv keeps having food on it too ) Sigh I hope I feel better later. Mom went to buy me some pudding and soup for tomorrow. I get my stitches out next week.

About the surgery they actually gave my laughing gas and while it took 45 min for the surgery I seriously felt like it was only 5! I was pretty out of it but I could hear them taking my teeth out. I didn't feel it though and wasn't really paying attention when they actually came out. They also gave me my teeth back but I don't think I'm up to looking at them yet. Ok I'm going to go back to bed now, I just thought I'd update!

[Argranade]

Awww your poor mouth!

Yep you better rest, maybe drink some warm tea or somthing.

I don't understand tho, why do people have to have those wisdoms removed?

I still have mine & I'm fine.

[Catty1]

Argranade...I had all mine out when I was 16. They were crowding the rest of my teeth and making them crooked; one was slightly impacted (roots were digging into places they shouldn't) and one was a real pain - it would appear, disappear, appear, disappear.

Getting rid of these extra teeth was the plan - they were too far back to be used for chewing. And it was hoped my teeth would straighten out (they didn't, though they might be worse now if I hadn't had them out).

I had one done every two weeks. Felt pretty zonked each time, even though they used just normal freezing.

AR - rinse your mouth really gently with warm salty water. It feels gooood.

Hope you feel better soon!

[wombat2u2004]

They also gave me my teeth back but I don't think I'm up to looking at them yet.

Keep em........the tooth fairy is real !!!!
Wom

[animal_rescue]

Thankfully I feel better today!
Jessika-my sister got her wisdom teeth out on Monday and from what I heard she immediately started crying as soon as she set foot into the office and when she woke up after the surgery(even though she wasn't in pain). I really thought I would cry but surprisingly I didn't.

slleipnir-I felt really sick yesterday, I think it was the painkillers but luckily I feel so much better now, however my mouth is absolutely swollen now! It's hard to open and I'm starving, I can eat soup now though! Yay

Twisterdog-Everyone I know recommend headphones but I was asleep through practically the whole thing, it seriously felt like 5 minutes to me! Very thankful the surgery was pretty easy.

wombat2u2004-No worries Wom, I'm totally not a smoker! And yes I'm so giving my teeth to my mom errr I mean tooth fairy in exchange for a DVD I've been wanting. lol

Anyways I do feel better today, my mom is swollen though and I'm still bleeding off and on. I rinsed once with salt water already, it felt good!

[wombat2u2004]

wombat2u2004- And yes I'm so giving my teeth to my mom errr I mean tooth fairy in exchange for a DVD I've been wanting. lol

HAH !!!!.......I knew there was a real reason why you had those teeth out !!!
Wom

[Twisterdog]

I had all four of mine done at once, when I was 24. Two of them were impacted. I was TERRIFIED. I had my mother drive 300 miles to stay with me for a week and watch my son, who was a baby at the time. I had heard horror stories, and I was expecting the worst.

However, I had no problems whatsoever. My jaws were sore for a week or so, but nothing major. In fact, my mom and I went shopping as soon as I left the dentist's office!

I put on headphones and listened to a couple songs. The dentist is tapping me on the shoulder then, I think he needs to ask me something before he really got started ... but he was telling me he was done already!

[wombat2u2004]

You should have no problems, in a few days you will be back to normal.
One bit of advice tho, I have for you.........if you smoke cigarettes..... forget about them for a few days, because if you don't, you may get what dentists refer to as dry sockets (it's where the gum doesn't properly heal).
So.....no smoking....use ice.
Best of luck with that mate,
Wom