I had 4 wisdom teeth taken out about two hours ago, ask me anything

[American Tragedy]

[Pirate Smile]

1. Did you get laughing gas?

[American Tragedy]

11. No, I hate nitrous. I had it once and I felt like I was suffocating.

I was mildly sedated and locally numbed with extensive injections. The latter has still not worn off.

It was kind of trippy. I kept drifting back and forth from oblivion to seeing the dentist hovering with his scary instruments, everything swirling out of focus.

[Cush]

2. I only had 3 (not impacted)

On the list of things they gave me to help with the bleeding was, "Bite Down on a Tea Bag"

Word of warning, if you do this, be sure to wrap it in gauze first! I didn't and the thing broke. Nothing like Blood Stained Tea leaves stuck in your mouth!

[cheezus]

3. what kind of pills did they give you?

[American Tragedy]

13. Vicodin & prescriptive Motrin.

It kicked in pretty quickly, which was good since the back of my mouth had started to feel, rather appropriately, like I had spent the day munching on shards of glass.

[Placebo]

4. How much did/does it hurt?

And are you hungry?

[American Tragedy]

6. It hurt like HELL, until I took the Vicodin. Feels way better now.

And I am kind of hungry, but I feel so gross from the blood and stitches in my mouth, not to mention that my tongue and lips are totally numb.

[Placebo]

9. EEK.

Blood and stitches? I'm so sorry! How long until you can eat or be "normal"?

[American Tragedy]

17. Don't know, I'll have to wait and see. Not for another day at least

It's not all bad. Since I can't really go anywhere anyway, I'm staying with my parents so they can just baby the hell out of me for a few days. :dunce:

[Padraig18]

12. Milk shakes.

Trust me on this one.

:hug:

[American Tragedy]

15. Thanks, Padraig.

:D

[YellowRubberDuckie]

45. I ate a lot of rotini and broccoli...

It was soft and the broccoli added nutrients to it. Also, Chunky Soup is a good choice. And do not use a straw for as long as you can stand it. I got the all clear and dammit if I didn't get a dry socket anyway!
Duckie

[Floogeldy]

5. What are you on and can I have some?

;)

[American Tragedy]

8. Vicodin and prescriptive motrin

and it is beautiful. :) I would share, but I expect that I will really need it. Every few hours I get some more.

[sbj405]

7. I hope your recovery goes well.

I had mine out 6 months ago. Pain wasn't too bad, but my tongue is still numb due to nerve damage.

[Padraig18]

10. Heavy-duty narcotics, I assume?

;)

[da_chimperor]

14. So why aren't you asleep right now? I also had four taken out

We stopped by the pharmacy right away to get my drugs and then I slept for something 4 hours. It was great, other than the not being able to eat anything but applesauce for 2 days.

[American Tragedy]

16. I don't know. I slept for about an hour when I came home

but now I just feel awake.

What time is Bush going to set forth his savage agenda? That would be a good time to go to bed, since I've been waiting to not watch that for the past couple of weeks.

[AlCzervik]

18. Stay away from straws!!!!

you don't want to get a dry socket, very painful, learn from my mistake.

[American Tragedy]

21. So I hear. It's hard, since I'm accustomed to using straws every day.

The oral surgeon impressed the importance of it to me when he showed me my x-ray. He pointed out that because of how they were impacted, my lower sockets plunge perilously deep, to the bone, almost in contact with the nerve. If the clots were to be dislodged, I'd be in a world of hurt.

[AlCzervik]

23. oy! Follow his advice please. If you have any ice tea spoons

it may help you get your jello or pudding down a little easier.

[yinkaafrica]

19. FOUR!... at one time

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg!!!!!!
Thank God they are out. It's done, over with, you lived.
Bully for you.

[Merrick]

25. -

[AngryAmish]

20. I had four molars taken out once

To make room for braces. An oral surgeon did it (my orthodontist did not feel confortable pulling on my monster teeth). The surgeon was a pro, I did not feel hardly anything. Spat blood for about six hours, then good as new.

[American Tragedy]

22. Had they already surfaced fully, or were they impacted?

What sucks about impacted teeth is that they're under the gums, so they have to be cut out and pried from the bone with what look like pliers and a chisel.

Since I failed to take into account the size of my body, I was really disappointed when I finally got to look at the teeth after they were extracted. I expected them to be massive and dramatic, with long curved roots extended like fangs, like the ones that guys at school had shown me.

[AngryAmish]

33. No, they were perfectly healthy

Problem was I had too many for my mouth. My wisdom teeth came in about three years later, they are crooked but not painful. I had these awful buck teeth, and the orthodontist needed room to pull them back into my mouth (plus shaving off a lot from the bottom of my buck teeth). Only way to get room and not totally screw up my wisdom teeth is to remove four molars from behind my canine teeth.

[SmileyBoy]

24. It sucks, doesn't it??

I had mine taken out last summer. It was a BEE-YOTCH.

[Merrick]

26. I loved the demerol

asked the nurse if I could buy some and she told my mother. what a sense of humor.

[Sabriel]

27. I had mine out just before the basketball team photo

There's me on the end, with the look of suffering and the chipmunk cheeks! (Not to mention the god-awful breath from all the decaying matter in my mouth....)

[B Calm]

28. What are you doing to prevent dry socket?

[American Tragedy]

29. Not using straws, not spitting, swallowing drinks and jello carefully

I hope that's enough.

[fit4life]

38. I have dry socket right now.

I got a tooth pulled last week and got dry socket. I went back last night and he packed it with clove oil.

I think I'd rather have the pain. lol

[American Tragedy]

41. Nasty!

I've gotten paranoid about that. I keep checking my mouth in the mirror expecting to catch a glimpse of my jawbone exposed in the cavities.

[fit4life]

44. Definitely

I have to say though, the pain is completely gone. Now if I could only taste food, drink, or anything but cloves...

[kwassa]

30. Do you feel dumber now?

[American Tragedy]

31. I feel a lot dumber when I talk or try to drink something

since my lips and chin are still completely numb.

[yellowdogintexas]

32. my daughter's oral surgeon gave her a Medrol dosepack in addition to

the pain pills ..when I asked him why, he said that most of the pain is due to inflammation and the Medrol is a wonderful anti inflammatory. Are you taking the RX strength Motrin and the Vicodin together? Or are you weaning to the Motrin from the Vicodin?

If you are taking them together, the Motrin will provide the antiinflammatory part

[American Tragedy]

39. I'm taking them together, every four hours

There's still been some inflammation; my face is especially sore this morning. My cheeks are swollen like a baby. :D

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Impacted, Or Simple Extraction?

I had to have 3 cut out, and only one was pulled, because my widsoms came in at a weird angle. The one that was pulled was painless, but my jaw hurt for a couple days from the surgery on the impacteds.
The Professor

[American Tragedy]

35. All four were impacted, had to be cut out from the bone, under gums

This morning, my cheeks are sore and swollen up like a baby doll, which looks pretty damn goofy. I've only been able to eat jello and whey protein powder blended in water for the past thirty hours. Still a fair amount of bleeding from around the stitches, too. It's not a big deal at all, I know almost everybody has to go through it.

Even so, I am so glad to have them out. The pressure and soreness of the past few weeks was pretty lousy too, and I know it would only get worse.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Same Here

It was difficult the first few days, but i was REALLY glad i had it done in the long run. For me, they were so far back, that i had to have my jaw dislocated for the OS to get his hands in there. So, the cutting wasn't why my jaw hurt. It was the unhinging and rehinging of the jaw that hurt so much.

But, after a couple of days, that was ok and i never had that whole infection, drainage into the vocal chords, and like that.

I can empathize, for sure.
The Professor

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

47. Damn... that sounds like it sucks.

I was thinking I should go get my wisdom teeth checked out, but now I'm not so sure I want to do that.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Despite It All, I'd Do It Again

The constant ache and infectious draining back there was really a drag. Three days of pain to get rid of years of discomfort was worth the trade.
The Professor

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

50. Well, mine haven't been bothering me lately.

I had some gum soreness a few months back, probably because they are still pushing through the gum. I haven't had any real pain, and lately I haven't even had the gum soreness.

The upper two wisdom feel like they are coming in at weird angles. I don't know what the deal is with the lower wisdom teeth. I can see that the gum has opened up where the lower right one would be, and I can see a tiny bit of tooth. I either don't have a fourth wisdom tooth on the lower left, or it hasn't erupted yet, or it is unable to erupt.

I think I probably should go to a dentist and get them checked out sometime. I'm just afraid that they're going to tell me something I don't want to hear.

My 20 year old brother got his wisdom teeth removed last year. I'm 25, and my wisdom teeth just started to grow in last year. I was thinking was going to be lucky and not get any wisdom teeth, oh well. My husband is 27, and he has never had any wisdom teeth.

[ProfessorGAC]

51. Don't Wait Too Long!

Without any braces or retainers i have PERFECT teeth my whole life. Then these stupid wisdoms came in at a angle and shoved the bottom teeth together. I was in my early 20's. 17 or 18 years with perfect adult teeth, without spending a dime (or my parents spending a dime), and the wisdoms ruined it.

Now, it would cost thousands to put them back! No way is it important enough for me to do that, but i wouldn't have need to had i gone to the oral surgeon a little sooner.
The Professor

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

52. Yeah..

My teeth are nice and straight right now, and I definitely want to keep them that way.

I think I'm going to look into getting a dentist appointment to get them checked out in a couple weeks. Most likely they're going to want to take them out, like they did with my brother. I just wonder how much that's going to cost me. I don't have dental insurance. It's too bad I didn't get these when I was younger and still on my dad's dental plan (my brother's wisdom teeth removal was covered dad's insurance).

[Skittles]

36. imagine going back to work now

that's what I did in the military :o

[American Tragedy]

40. Yeah, that really sucks. I admire your endurance!

Thursdays are always free for me, and I was in little condition to do much of anything yesterday. The day before, I naively asked my professors if I should go to my late classes on Wednesday, since they're scheduled just a couple of hours after my surgery, and they told me categorically not to try it.

Tomorrow I've got a full day, of course, but I think I'll probably have the weekend free to languish here.

[jus_the_facts]

37. Can I have a couple o'your Vicodin?

....comfortably numb would be nice about now!! :evilgrin:

Swish your wounds with warm salt water...if bleeding still..soak a tea bag and bite down on it. jus_the_DDS :D

[American Tragedy]

43. Hahahaha! I've gotten lots of requests of that sort

My dad told me that if I have any left after this, I should carefully save them, since having prescriptive painkillers readily available will come in handy someday.

I'm only bleeding a little, I think, but I suspect that the warm coppery saline taste in my mouth will remain for a while.

[jus_the_facts]

46. I'd never be able to *keep some*....sigh....they feel too damn good.....

...but if you're still bleedin'...then the tea bags WILL draw up the wound and stop it....I tried it and it works! :hi:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

49. Ain't it fun?

Got mine taken out the first day of the NCAA tournament a few years back, so I got to sit in bed, sipping milkshakes and watching every game. And the Vicodin........mmmmm.........