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it’s amazzzing!!!!  they give u painkillers!!!!  :)  :)  :)

All will be well.

Yes, it sucks, but it’s not the worst thing ever. It took me about 4 days before I could eat anything solid and 3 or 4 more days until I could chew. The ‘keeping food away from the gaping holes where your teeth used to be’ part is the worst. The pain is manageable. The swelling is manageable. Ask for a little tiny squirter-sprayer thing to flush out the holes after you eat. It makes life 1000000 times easier and makes the chance of infection way way way way less.

do NOT drink with a straw, or suck, in any way. ha

you’ll be fine I promise!!!

I had to get EIGHT impacted wisdom teeth out(yes I was born with two sets). I also had to do the panoramic xray because of my tiny mouth. As scary as it sounds, I recommend going the i.v sedation, I have a phobia of them but after the i.v was in it is like being asleep, you don’t see or feel anything until you wake up when the procedure is done. Bring icepacks in towels with you to put on right away to help with swelling. eat puddings,mashed potatoes, apple sauce and yogurts, I took two weeks to recover but as long as you have a comfy pillow you will be just fine, message me if you have more questions

I have a tiny mouth as well, and all I can say is: GO UNDER.  I thought I’d be all badass and just get the Novocaine, but that was a terrible idea.  It’s not that it hurt so much, but the pulling sensations and the noise are awful.  Recovery will take you a little while, but you’ll be fine.  The pain isn’t really so bad–I stopped taking Vicodin the day after.  What I found annoying was not being able to open my mouth wide enough to eat anything worth eating for a week or so.

Make a chocolate-banana-pot-brownie smoothie or something, just remember not to use a straw, lol

Also buy a few new movies, but don’t be disappointed if you can’t get through them without falling asleep for the first two days. After the first two days, you’ll be up and doing everything except eating normally….

Unless you are still downing the smoothies…in which case you’ll probably be stuck on the couch still.

The worst part about getting mine out was the part BEFORE the surgery and then right after waking up. I was freaking out really bad about getting the needle thing to put me to sleep so I begged them for laughing gas beforehand. The needle def still hurt, but I was glad they gave me the gas too. And then right when I woke up I couldn’t breathe and they had to give me oxygen. But like 3 minutes later I was pretty much 100% coherent, normal, and I did not at all get sick. I also barely felt any pain afterwards and only once did I take any pain meds. But it def took a while for the bruising and swelling to go away. I just watched a lot of TV and ate some soup and yogurt and stuff.

I had mine taken out during bootcamp for the navy… imagine that

So. My husband had his taken out during one of his tours in Iraq. The air-conditioning was out, it was in a tent, they only numbed him locally, and he got ibuprofen afterwards, not vicodin. 

When I had mine taken out, I was given general anesthesia (you fall asleep before you can panic about the needle), took a nice nap in an air-conditioned building, and got to be waited on by my mom for a couple of days. I slept most of the time and had jello and soup brought to me. I was swollen for about two weeks, but otherwise okay, and I was back to school after the weekend. We had drastically different experiences and both of us are fine. You will be too. Attitude is everything. 

I recently had 6 teeth removed via surgery (two of which were my bottom wisdom teeth) and while it sucks, it’s SO much better than having them pulled the old fashioned way.

I was sore for a few days, and it took me a while to eat even semi solid food, but that was partly due to the fact that i had 3 other molars and a canine pulled at the same time. So i doubt it’ll take you as long to heal as me. The worst part of it all was the swelling, but ice and painkillers did the trick. I’d say i was feeling nearly 100% normal by the 8th day.

It’s no biggy, honestly. :]

@Trueinnerbeauty - Yikes! Eight teeth removed?! Glad you got through it without any issues!

Randi -I hope you’re able to get them removed without any trouble! A friend of mine recently had her wisdom teeth removed but one side of her mouth got infected somehow and caused her some crazy pain. Make sure to keep the removal area clean and don’t eat anything that could get stuck in the gums.

No fun!  I took my iPod and listened to music when I had them removed.  With the medication they had given me and my music, I made sure I was in a different world, so it wasn’t too bad.  Good Luck!

thanks for all the support guys! hopefully it’s not TOO terrible … and i will surely make sure i am knocked out for the procedure!

I was awake during the procedure and it wasn’t painful because I kept telling the doctor to give me more novocaine shots. I felt the scalpel cut into my gums, felt the vibrations of the drill tearing my tooth to smaller pieces for easier removal, then he had to get this special tool to yank out the rest of the tooth that was stuck, sewed back the open wound and then the assistant put some gauze pads to soak up the blood. it was the scariest yet most exhilarating experience of my entire life I didn’t want to get anesthesia because when my mom was under general anesthesia during her surgery, she kept vomitting when she woke up, and I have a phobia of vomitting, so I would rather be awake, since vomitting with freshly sewn wounds would terrify me more:D to each their own.

I got all 4 of mine out at the same time last summer, not because they were causing me ear aches. Swelling for me was very little and pain was bearable. I got mine out on a Thursday and on Friday night I went out with friends and had solid food. 

Getting them out also helped me score some free concert tickets. A music artists I like was giving away 2 tickets and you had to comment why you should get them. I said it’d be a great feel better present. So on Sunday I was driving 3 hours away to go to a concert. 

So overall, I’d say I had a pretty good experience getting my wisdom teeth out. I’ve had my fair share of dental work too. Braces w/ an appliance twice! For a total of 3 1/2 years. When I was 18 I had to get root canals on 2 teeth because of damage from chipping them when I was 8!

You have to keep in mind that everyone reacts differently. Like some have said above, the experience wasn’t too bad for them. For me it was awful. I got dry socket, which I was told by several women was more painful for them than childbirth -_0. It really was awful, a constant shooting pain in your gums. They put these tissue type things in to blot the blood clots and they hurt like a bitch. Amazingly it soothed the pain immensely afterwards. Had to go a couple times though.
Oh and I was like a zombie drugged up on Oxycotton. And I lost 15 lbs and dropped to the lowest weight I’ve been since before 7th grade.

But I am not trying to scare you! I know many people the procedure was a breeze. It really is just the luck of the draw.

Good luck!

I have a tiny mouth, too and it hurt more when they were coming in than the actual procedure. I remember going to my dentist and complaining that my entire mouth hurt to the point I didn’t even want to eat so he did the panoramic and showed us my wisdom teeth trying to make their way in. One was impacted AND coming in crooked and pushing on all my bottom teeth. He scheduled my removal that Friday after school, we had no choice they had to come out. I went to the oral surgeon’s and I was pretty scared because it was my first ever surgery and my first time going under anesthesia. I was groggy after the surgery and they gave me antibiotics (which I learned that first night you really should eat with them!) and pain killers. The first night I was home my pain medication wore off before I got the new ones in me and I was screaming in pain. I couldn’t even eat mashed potatoes I force fed the pain killer and antibiotic and slept. in the middle of the night I woke up to use the bathroom (Note: I was staying in my grandma’s room because she wanted to be right there if anything went wrong) so I noticed all the dry blood and was trying to clean my mouth then I got dizzy and totally fell (which I barely remember happening) my grandma told me to get up and get into the bed and I leaped over her, curled up and passed back out until morning. That was the worst of my experience. I was pretty loopy from the meds and I still went to school and I pretty much remember nothing of that week, lol.

The worst part is most people wait until there’s a major problem to have this procedure done, hence, it’s worse than it has to be.  I needed one done when I was 22, so I had the other 3 done at the same time, and was back to work in a day.  The good part is you don’t have to suffer with modern pain killers.  Keep track of your symptoms, and ask your dentist the signs and symptoms of dry sockets.  My daughter had two of those, and didn’t complain to me, instead suffering in silence when she needed to be seen by the dentist.  You’ll be fine.

HI! I’m a 3rd Year Dentistry student at Centro Escolar University-Manila. I don’t do odontectomies yet, but I’ve gotten one, and it was a rather.. Interesting experience. HAHA!

First, let’s go through what wisdom teeth are. They’re your third molars. In some people they come up with no problems at all. Some people never get them (third molars are the most common congenitally missing teeth). However, because it’s at the way back of the dental arch, problems such as impaction can occur. There are various positions and directions to which third molars can be impacted, but the most common would be the mesioangular, wherein the crown of the third molar kind of wants to make out with the second molar (haha!). Third molars are generally non-functional. They’re quite poorly developed, that’s why when it comes to extractions, they’re always first on the chopping block. They can be left alone to do whatever they like, but when they start to cause pain, it’s time to go.
I’m not really sure about the principles behind general anesthesia, as some of the comments above say, but here’s what we would normally do:::1. Application of an antiseptic (usually Povidone-Iodine) using a cotton swab, or this can be dropped into the mouth rinse.2. Application of a topical anesthetic. This can be articaine or lidocaine, in a spray or in a gel form. This would numb the area so you wouldn’t feel the needle puncture.3. Administration of a local anesthetic. This is done with a needle, and the anesthetic is usually Lidocaine+Epinephrine, or if you’re medically compromised (such as with a history of Rheumatic Heart Disease), Mepivacaine. There are different injection sites for different teeth. If your offending tooth is on the lower, you may experience something called an Inferior Alveolar Nerve block, which will numb your whole lower arch (on a single side). The injection itself is a little bit uncomfortable, but it’ll just last a little while.
–Now depending on the position of your tooth, you could experience different ways to actually take the tooth off, the dentist can just grab a forcep and twist around, or he can make an incision. In some cases, teeth can even be split and removed by chunks. It’s a matter of technique.
Oh by the way, PRE-Operatively, you may be asked to take a dose of painkillers (usually ibuprofen) to ANTICIPATE the coming pain. POST-operatively, you will be given a prescription of painkillers and maybe an antibiotic (this could be amoxicillin, clindamycin, or cefalexin).
Remember that every dentist has his her own style, following his or her own adopted principles. Always remember to raise your concerns, and to allow your doctor to make everything okay.
GOOD LUCK!:)

It’s not that bad, but every expirience is different. I got all 4 out with local anesthesia. Stupidly, I worked out right afterwards, then I slept for the rest of the day. Pain killers and looking a little hamster-ish for 3 more days (but not feeling crappy or anything), and able to eat solid foods after 2 or 3 days, don’t remember.

You should only be aware that your mouth and jaw will be numb, so you don’t end up like me, not feeling that the blood was running out in public. Better make sure you get home quickly and don’t have to talk.

@eugenia@xanga - When they took mine out the surgeon left tooth fragments in the cavity so I got an infection and had to have the gums re-opened needless to say I was NOT a happy girl

I had my first set if wisdom teeth grown in when I was 16 and since they were putting pressure on my other teeth I had them removed…about a year later I felt something rough and low and behold another set of wisdom teeth grew in fortunately they grew in straight with no pressure on my other teeth and I still have them at 57

I had mine surgically removed last year, and it was no big deal at all.  They gave me an IV full of Demerol.  It didn’t put me to sleep, but it definitely made me not care what was going on.  It apparently made me talk crazy while they were working on me.  I vaguely remember feeling a “pop” and then instant relief.  There was no pain during or after the procedure, and it took about a week for it to heal up entirely.  

I’ve heard that the older you are when they’re taken out, the harder it is to recover.
I had to get mine taken out when I was 19. None of mine were hurting yet or anything and they had to *really* dig to get all 4 of mine out. My face was all puffed up and bruised for a couple of months afterwards. I only had to miss a couple of days of work though and I only had to take my pain medication a total of 3 times. But everyone handles it differently.

All in all it wasn’t that bad for me.

Just keep in mind that SOME dentists are just of the mind set that wisdom teeth need to come out no matter what. My dentist kept pestering me when I was 16, and I switched dentists and told him I wanted to keep them unless there was a legitimate concern. As of earlier this summer (now 22), I only had 3, and only one impacted (but not enough). I got the one that was only partially impacted removed via extraction at the dental office (NOT oral surgery) and no doubt saved an ass ton of money. Took a couple of Valium before the extraction (which kept me calm I guess), Novocaine in the area, and then took pain relievers. Healing took about 2 weeks and I had to go back to get something else to help with the healing, but I feel like it was a much better experience than I would’ve had with oral surgery and getting all my wisdom teeth removed.

My point is just make sure that it is absolutely necessary and not just your dentist thinking wisdom teeth should be removed, period. I personally would have a hard time believing that an oral surgeon only suggests removing wisdom teeth when necessary, but that is a call only you can make.

I had 2 of mine removed 2 weeks ago. They were both impacted.  I am terrified of needles and being put under but it was surprisingly ok.  The medication knocks you out before you can even get nervous.  The pain was a little much but you get through it.  Just keep taking the pain medication on time, not just when you feel pain because then you will regret it. Trust me. Also, don’t forget to stock up on ice packs and have a heating pad on hand since this helps with swelling and pain.

It’s really not too bad. I was asleep for the proceedure. I did wake up towards the end but i didn’t feel any pain. I kind of felt them digging in my mouth and then I fell back asleep. I was really loopy when it was over and don’t remember the first few minutes. 

Afterwards they were pretty sore but it wasn’t too bad. Just make sure you get your pain medications in time. My mom had to go back to work and didn’t have time to get my pain meds so I was in a lot of pain until she brought them. 
I watched like the whole first season of Pretty Little Liars so it definitely wasn’t the worst experience of my life! 

Make sure you actually NEED to get them removed. Mine are impacted but I’ve never had any problems with them, and my dentist doesn’t want to remove them unless it’s absolutely necessary. Remember – they want your money, so most oral surgeons will therefore recommend you get them removed.

Hey Randi! I just had mine out this past winter. I had the same problem as you – my mouth was too small, so they said recovery wouldn’t be easy. Surprisingly, it wasn’t that bad! The first couple days are rough, but the pain meds definitely help. A lot. Stock up on ice packs too! Personally, I used my own surgery as an excuse to eat frozen yogurt whenever I wanted…definitely a plus!

Mine wasn’t too bad. I was awake for the procedure & they only took my bottom 2 out. My mouth was numb for the next 3-4 hours & I didn’t experience any pain at all. Still have a full bottle of vicodin in the cabinet x_x