EPTWisdom Teeth Removal, my experience - Page 2
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
On May 23 2012 12:33 seiferoth10 wrote: Wow, they did that without putting you under? I got mine done at an OMS (oral & maxillofacial surgeon). Go in, go under, go home with dissolvable bandages over the extraction site. Eventually they dissolve and you're good to go. I don't remember any extraneous bleeding, and hardly took any pain medication (don't get me wrong, it was uncomfortable (no solid food for like 4 days, chewing was a bitch), but not painful). Honestly I didn't even know general dentists were allowed to extract wisdom teeth unless they were already fully emerged. Technically they can I think, as long as they can just pull them out and they don't have to cut up your gums. That said, I had a bad experience with a dentist who wanted to extract a bad tooth. Fucker ended up breaking it and I have to go to a surgeon anyways. So yeah, If a dentist ever tells me he wants to extract one of my teeth I will say "no thanks" and just pay an oral surgeon ~_~ | ||
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JerKy
Korea (South)3013 Posts
Three in total During the procedure, I took a total of probably 8 anesthetic shots The dentist was so surprised at how quickly the numbess was wearing off, and had no choice but to keep giving me additional shots  My cheeks swelled up, and the pain i felt for the 2 hours right after the operation was ridiculous. I don't think I've ever felt anything as bad as that. Sharp, aching pain, I began crying (I admit it). For the next week or so, I had some really terrible breath. I was struggling to brush my teeth, and the blood in my mouth was giving my mouth a terrible odor. I struggled to eat, and usually ended up chewing food with my incisors (very inefficient) | ||
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GrayArea
United States872 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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Deleted User 255289
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
I had two teeth pulled, then a hole drilled in my jaw and one of the pulled teeth put back in there. Sedation only being in my mouth so I got to enjoy the feeling (pressure, not pain thank goodness) and sounds of it. | ||
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MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
@Thorakh Ouch, a hole drilled into your jaw that must've been nerve-wrecking. The pressure from the operation I can still feel it :\ | ||
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
The pressure is indeed very uncomfortable. I once had one of my molar teeth removed and my goodness, they couldn't get it out (it was huge). The pressure and the sounds.... They tugged on it for over five minutes. I still get shivers when I think about it. And does anyone else always get that unbelievably bitter sedation? Sometimes I can still taste it weeks after... but that might just be my imagination. | ||
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Deleted User 255289
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On May 24 2012 05:08 Thorakh wrote: It was. But the worst thing was the feeling of blood spattering everywhere :p But boy, was I glad that they surprised me with the operation. I thought we were going for a sort of take-in appointment. Well, I guessed wrong haha. I hugely preferred it this way though because I think I wouldn't have been able to sleep waiting for the day of the surgery to come. The pressure is indeed very uncomfortable. I once had one of my molar teeth removed and my goodness, they couldn't get it out (it was huge). The pressure and the sounds.... They tugged on it for over five minutes. I still get shivers when I think about it. And does anyone else always get that unbelievably bitter sedation? Sometimes I can still taste it weeks after... but that might just be my imagination. Five minutes, not so bad. The dentists trying to remove my bottom wisdom tooth took over an hour. Imagine that. | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
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MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
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Pelopidas
Canada225 Posts
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seiferoth10
3362 Posts
On May 24 2012 09:02 MooMooMugi wrote: I requested no stitches because it meant you had to come back another time to remove them I thought? They have stitches these days that dissolve on their own (or when you gargle salt water, which you should be doing anyway), which is what I had. | ||
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Kukaracha
France1954 Posts
Chin up soldier! On May 24 2012 09:03 Pelopidas wrote: Wow, local anasthesia sounds terrible. I can't believe its even allowed. Luckily they put me out, and gave me fentanyl so I felt nothing. Then they gave me a prescription for percocet so I didn't really have any discomfort aside from the swelling. Modern medicine is great. Well, yeah, it's still allowed to be a real man. | ||
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Deleted User 255289
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Btw, my dentist told me to swallow the blood because spitting would cause it to bleed more, and the blood is nutritous too. | ||
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pattylove89
United States1 Post
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smithdavidus
United States1 Post
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LastWish
2015 Posts
Both experiences where comfortable. Local anesthetic + like 10 minutes, anesthetic weres off in like 2 hours, not much pain at all. With the first tooth I was actually afraid to eat something solid so just ate jogurt + mashed banana or curd. The second time I pushed further and ate rice+meat normally at dinner time. Some of the rice pieces got into the hole, so I needed to removed them carefully not to damage the blood clot. Otherwise more bleeding or dry socket can occur. The next days I used mostly a syringe with water + salt(actually I've used chlorhexidine instead) to wash the hole after eating. Still these teeth where easy, growing normal but I still have one growing horizontally which may be more of an issue to extract. | ||
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