Do You Have Your 'Wisdom Teeth' Still?

[krazyaboutkatz]

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed at the same time when I was 19 years old. Two of them were just barely starting to come in and the other two weren't coming in yet. They may have been impacted.

My mom drove me there and I was very groggy when I woke up and she drove me home and I slept the rest of the day. I don't remember being in much pain but I do remember that they packed the sockets with gauze and that some of the gauze started to come out before I was supposed to have it removed. This made it very hard to eat without chewing on some of the gauze. Yuck!!!

Kelly, I hope that you'll start feeling better soon and that you'll have a successful wisdom tooth extraction. Please take care.

[NoahsMommy]

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with me. I've decided based on your help that I'm going to an oral surgeon and will be knocked out. I believe the front office ladies at the the dentists office told me that the dentist normally refers out her "Wisdom Tooth Removals", so that's good. OMG, my co-worker mentioned that her dental insurance doesn't pay for the anesthesia - what a MEAN insurance...obviously whomever wrote those policy limits never had to have dental work...what a mean jerk!

Anyway, my appointment is this coming Friday, but I found out that my co-worker also has an appointment that day, 30 minutes prior, for a tooth extraction - so I know she will not be coming back to work. I may need to change that appointment.

I'm not as scared this time, the appt on Wednesday made me realize I'm in good, GENTLE hands...everyone there is so kind and like, soft. I know that sounds odd, but you just feel so welcome and like they DO care that you're terrified to be there, that they WANT to make you feel better. Shocking (refreshing??), I know! I guess I'll have my consult with Dr. Valde and discuss my wisdom teeth as well as the bonding work that needs to be redone on my front teeth.

I really want this all overwith...my pain doc told me how to take my current pain medicine to help with the teeth and told me to go get Oragel - that stuff is amazing!!! My migraines aren't as bad...all they did was clean and x-ray my teeth, but maybe that helped do something to them?? I don't know...but I'll take less pain/fewer migraines for WHATEVER reason! ha ha

I thought this sort of pain would be hard, but that I'd handle it how I handle my crohn's pain...but wow!! Tooth/ear/head pain is NOT fun!! This dentist (as per my co-worker) does not prescribe pain medication for her patients!! I don't need anything extra, but I feel for her other patients...I mean, OUCH!!! I scheduled this appointment around my work schedule - don't need to be out for ANY REASON - so this was the soonest I could get in...I think I may call and see if they'll call me with any cancellations, because Friday's appt is not the "end", it's the beginning because she'll need to refer me out.

Anyway, sorry to go on and on like this. I'm talkative today I think. Thank you all again for sharing your experiences with me...it helps to know what I'm in for. My mouth is kinda small too...my teeth are very close together, I have to get a certain type of floss so it works for me...so I think having these out will free up some room and maybe my teeth will be able to spread out a tiny bit. That would be nice.

Hugs, Kelly