Getting wisdom teeth removed

[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!

[Jessika]

I was scared to DEATH to get any dental work done, so much in fact at the pre-exam table, I started crying in front of the nurse when they even so much as started talking about what needed to be done. But they sent me to an oral surgeon, they gave me an IV drip and apparently a shot of Novocaine afterwards (because, really, I wasn't afraid of the dental work... I was mostly afraid of getting a shot in my gum!!! and I am not afraid of shots!). I was out COLD. When I woke up, I had five less teeth, but didn't feel a thing.

I got it easy, I guess. I did not swell up, was never in any excruciating pain, a LITTLE bit of soreness, and my bleeding stopped the very next day. All my stitches came out by the end of the week. I was back at work the very next day!!

The thing that sucked THE MOST about the entire experience was the fact that I couldn't brush my back molars, and I had that DISGUSTING film on my teeth, and I got paranoid that I had really bad breath cause I could taste it... but I couldn't use mouthwash... so I could not waiiitttt for my clots to form completely and stitches to fall out then I was all over the toothbrush lol


I got all mine out at the same time. I figured, why go through the experience more than once?? Take them all out at once, save myself multiple trips. I can't imagine having to do it again, especially since getting 4 wisdom teeth and 1 molar out only took maybe... 35 minutes lol

[slleipnir]

I felt really sick after I got mine out too...I actually threw up right after they finished and I woke up. My mouth hurt for a few days but then it got better. I think the pain/etc affects people in different ways. I know it killed for me...My friends came over to see me one day and kept making me laugh and it HURT but I couldn't stop laughing haha. I'm sure you'll feel a lot better tomorrow

[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

[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