EPTWisdom Teeth Extraction - Page 2
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Thrill
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46341 Posts
I probably read too much about dentists using giant saws and screwdrivers and there being a lot of blood. I guess my greatest fear is the doc will use some big saw and slip Yeah you're either being misinformed or people are just trying to scare you. Your cheeks might be puffy for like a week or so (and you probably won't be able to do much physical activity or eat a ton during that time), but besides looking like a chipmunk for a little and getting to eat lots of ice cream, there's nothing really different. I had mine taken out a few summers ago and the only annoying thing is that I couldn't play tennis for two weeks (god forbid a tennis ball smack me in the face or something). No worries  | ||
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Chocolate
United States2350 Posts
Just be sure to clean the back of your mouth well, and if they leave a hole back there, flush it regularly. Otherwise food will collect back there and get nasty, and periodically this disgusting liquid will leak out. There's probably not a more disgusting taste than half digested cream of chicken that's been festering in your mouth for days leaking out when you lie down. | ||
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RookUK
United Kingdom283 Posts
It was unpleasant, but there was no pain using local anaesthetic. There was a lot of wrenching and it took longer than I hoped - the dentist actually said to his student/assistant "that was a really difficult one" (!). Unless yours is a particularly complex case or if you're really terrified of the procedure, I'm surprised that you're going under. Perhaps that's quite standard in the US, but it certainly isn't here. In any case you'll feel quite miserable when you get home, but just put a favourite film on, take some painkillers and take the precautions you can read here and eventually all should be well. As Chocolate said, there can be what seems like a very large hole but eventually (as in, after several months) it will seal. | ||
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
Kinda sucked thought since Vicodin back then, for whatever reason, gave me really bad vertigo so I didn't really have painkillers for it. Worst part was having to swish my mouth out with warm salt water, was disgusting.. Makes me glad I got them so early though, I hear it's worse when you get them taken out when you're older. Hope everything goes well op. | ||
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MichaelDonovan
United States1453 Posts
Oh god I told them a bunch of sexual stuff too like how my girlfriend has a maid costume and how I thought I was gaining upper body strength from holding myself up while I have sex and all this shit. Haha, our favorite sex positions and everything. Hahaha good times, good times. So yeah be careful of that. It could happen to you. | ||
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Chro
United States240 Posts
If your dentist doesn't tell you about dry socket please ask him, i was told about it and when it happened it sucked. Avoid straws or any type of suction. Also when you brush your teeth be very careful with the sockets but you still need to brush them. I had food stuck in the bottom of the socket and it caused immense pain, he needed to numb it again to clean it just to get dry socket.... | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
But even with that, it was not a problem at all and i am extremely whimpy when it comes to blood and stuff. i barely remember the procedure now. In m eye it totally beats blabbering out all your secrets. | ||
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MysteryMeat1
United States3292 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17791 Posts
the last ting u want is an infection. On April 07 2014 00:44 Thrill wrote: General anesthesia is completely unnecessary. I've had two wisdom teeth pulled with local in my 20's and it's fine. It's uncomfortable when they put their weight on the drill to split the tooth but you feel pressure, not pain. listen to specialists who've seen ur x-rays and given u a personal examination rather than TL.Net forum maxillofacial surgeons in training ...no matter how many posts they've made on this forum. there are a myriad of factors which can make a general necessary. without the ability to read the guy's x-rays u do not have enough information to make this generalization... and even an X-Ray does not tell the whole story... you'd need an MRI to say for certain. and rather than pay for an MRI the dental surgeon would rather just get in there... figure out what is going on with his own 2 eyes and do what is necessary. this is why a general can be useful, especially with lower wisdom teeth with corkscrew roots... you cant tell they cork screw from an X-ray, u only find out once you are diggin in the guys mouth or via an MRI. my general dentist is expensive as hell, but i prefer to pay a little more and get the best. the corollary of this is that he always sends me to expensive, but good, specialists when needed. 2 of my wisdom teeth were in brutal positions. it sounds like u r going to a dental surgeon who does nothing but extract teeth. that is definitely the way to go. it cost me about $2,000, but it was money well spent. eventually insurance covered 80% of it... but if my claim was denied i couldnt care less. i went to a "surgical group" of 4 maxiofacial surgeons who do nothing but pull teeth all day. i don't fuck with my health to save a few bucks. | ||
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N.geNuity
United States5112 Posts
It probably depends if you get it removed preventively (i.e. as they grow in crooked) as opposed to if they are already causing problems, and I'm sure how they grow in (eg the 90 degree people--which wikipedia says is only 3%--must have a much harder time/probably just get knocked under) I got lucky I guess, just had local anesthetic (novacaine/procaine I believe) and no pain, neither after the procedure nor during. Had all 4 removed--my dentist said something about at least 1 of my teeth that he wanted to "show off" to another dentist. It was about the roots on the tooth, but I dunno if it was an unusual number (eg 3 or 5 compared to the typical 2 or 4) or something else about the roots. I know it wasn't particularly long--wikipedia has a picture of a long 2 root wisdom tooth--but meh, can't remember. So some people get to have normal conversations with their dentist even as they pull away at a tooth for .5 hour | ||
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Ty2
United States1434 Posts
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
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a_flayer
Netherlands2826 Posts
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LastWish
2015 Posts
All of them in local anesthetic. The upper two where completely grown(probably thanks to gravity) while one of the bottom ones was partially under gum and the other was 90 degrees rotated facing the 7th tooth, however partially visible. Except from the 90 degree one the 3 other teeth were pulled easily ~ <10minutes no pain during or after the process. After the second one was pulled out I've been bold enough to eat quite normally and have a beer the same evening as the day of extraction. The problematic tooth was however bad... the process took more than an hour during which more anesthetics needed to be injected and I almost fainted because of the stress during the process. The dentist even suggested that I may indeed need to go to a surgeon to extract it however luckily she managed to get it out in the end. It was also necessary to destroy a small portion of my bone during the process so it hurt a lot afterwards and also it got inflamed so I needed to take some antibiotcs and stay away from work for a few days. Total cost: about 20Ex4 + anesthetics My brother on the other had had global anesthetics and all teeth pulled out at one session by a dental surgeon. He had a swollen face for over a week afterwards and couldn't eat very well, his face looked like a beaver or something lol. A lot of painkillers he did take... I didn't envy him. So after this experience I suggest: 1. Let the easy ones be pulled on separate session + local anesthetics. Reason: Healing one by one, there won't be almost any side-effects since you can eat almost normally and you don't need any medicaments. After a week you won't probably even notice you tooth is gone. + the price is much better(1800$ lol outrageos) 2. Let the complicated one be pull by an expert - dentist surgeon. 3. Make a tool = syrenge + small hose of some sort(I've used scissors to cut that thing which is used in hospitals for infusion.. don't know the name). Flush your extraction holes with salted water after eating. Reason: The holes that remain after extraction, especially the lower ones are prone for food to get in. That causes additional problems - including inflamation and delayed healing. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
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