Do You Have Your 'Wisdom Teeth' Still?

[Russian Blue]

I had all 4 impacted wisdom teeth out when I was 19. Amazingly, I had no pain, barely any swelling and I woke up from the procedure fully alert. I actually asked the dentist to show me the teeth because I didn't think he did anything to me! Ha!

Also, they had to give me double the regular drugs to knock me out. For some reason, I wasn't falling asleep and he asked me to start counting. I was counting up to 20 and told him he better give me more drugs since this isn't working. You would figure, if I got double the drugs, I would be really dizzy coming out of the procedure but I woke up all alert.

The only recommendation I can give is to make sure you rinse out the sockets (where the teeth used to be) and clean them well every time you eat. Otherwise, infection can happen pretty fast. Make sure they give you an irrigation syringe to flush out the sockets. Or, if they don't just go to the local drug store and buy one there.

I'm a chicken when it comes to dental procedures and having my 4 teeth out scared me to no end. Hope your procedure was as easy as mine!

[Taz_Zoee]

I had mine taken out when I was about 17, I think. All four at the same time. And only because they were beginning to mess up my orthodontist work, not becuase they hurt.

[sammy101]

Mine haven't started coming in yet. Most likely, i will have to get them removed. I don't have enough room for them.