Wisdom teeth extraction, recovery time for work?

[Oakie]

A 24 year old female work colleague is having 4 wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic and we are trying to get a handle on how much time she'll need off work to recover. Oh, work is office type.

Any anecdotal evidence anyone can offer from their own experience? (We are thinking up to a week off)

[nodrog:Me]

Im pretty sure her dentist will know the answer, unless you are planning on removing them with a stapler at smoko?

[Kickaha]

Sounds rough, I had one out on Tuesday, just under local though, about 2 seconds to get it out and recovery time was about the same

[Oakie]

Rule of thumb apparantly is for each hour under a general anaesthetic it takes a week to come right. It's more the effects of the anaesthetic that are going to knock her over rather than having 4 whacking great holes in her face.

[Oakie]

Im pretty sure her dentist will know the answer, unless you are planning on removing them with a stapler at smoko?

Umm, no. His response was "I'm a dentist, not an oral surgeon so I can't answer that"

[Kickaha]

Rule of thumb apparantly is for each hour under a general anaesthetic it takes a week to come right. It's more the effects of the anaesthetic that are going to knock her over rather than having 4 whacking great holes in her face.

I've had general anaesthetic before for 3 hours, I'd say maybe 24hrs at most before I was all good again, when I had it for an hour it was only 3-4 hours

[WRT]

I had all four taken out together a few months back. Had the surgery on a Thursday, returned to work on the Monday. Specifically chose a Thursday so I could recover over the weekend. I didn't get knocked out completely, instead I had it done under IV sedation (where you are still awake, but high as a mofo and don't remember a thing).

I was a bit of a mess from the drugs for the first 48 hours, but after that the pain wasn't too bad. It was keeping the wounds clean for the next month or two that was the hassle.

[5150]

My wife had her four out on Friday lunchtime. Was back to abusing me by Sunday, and back to work on Monday morning.

[Flip]

Firstly why a general? It fucks you up more than the surgery.

I had a old dentist take a couple of mine out, she had a poke around, I asked when was she going to pull them out, she said it alredy done. Firstly pulling teeth is all experience, don't go to a beginner.

in reply to your question itd depends on how you react to the anesthetic some people are fine the next day some are not.

[nodrog:Me]

Umm, no. His response was "I'm a dentist, not an oral surgeon so I can't answer that"

well what is he doing pulling her teeth out then?

[short-circuit]

If they are impacted it can be quite an operation. Mine were right near a major nerve and therefore my gums needed to be cut open and two teeth chopped low down leaving the root in place so it depends on a number of factors

[Brett]

Took me about 4 days, my wife about 4 days (both had complications) and my brother who has his done 2 weeks ago was sweet 2 days later.

[Quasi]

I allowed myself 48 hours, but was fine after 24 hours, with nitrous

[SMOKEU]

Mine were badly impacted, so the surgeon said was going to be a big job. I opted for the general anaesthetic. The pain only started on about day 5 and lasted till about day 10 after the surgery, then it was all good after that.

[Rosie]

I was off work for a week when I had all four wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic.
My mouth was only sore/swollen for about 4 days, the rest was getting over the effects of the anaesthetic.