Wisdom teeth?

[Devil]

I had 4 out at once, with an IV sedative. I was a bit skeptical when the oral surgeon said I would be "awake", but I wouldn't really care, but he was absolutely correct. To put it mildy, I was out of my fucking tree. I slept through some of it, was "awake" for some, but I couldn't give a shit ...that I could feel bits of tooth splintering off into my mouth while they were sawing my jaw and lower wisdom teeth up. *ahem*.

Seriously, it's nothing to worry about. Go for the IV sedation if you have a choice. I was munted. Absolutely munted.

[Nasty]

I didn't have any major problems with any .. had them done only under local no sedation or anything. I had them done at various places including the hospital as I was receiving treatment for my MS that required me to have steriods when I had the tooth out.

It really is different for everyone ... I have no pain tolerance .. but my wisdoms were the easy ones

[BarBender]

if u have insurance or loads'a money it is really cool. because if you do you want to see an oral surgeon who gives you valium injection (see hitchers post in a drug thread today). lovely stuff i wish i hadnt had all four taken out at once!

If your getting a dentist to do it - sucks to be you! bahahahahahaha

2 down 10 years ago and another 2 to go.
Looks like I'm going the oral surgeon route.

Need to eat.

[peasea]

I trundled off to a dental surgeon one Friday afternoon. He put me under, ripped all four out and I was back at work on the Monday. Was a bit sore on the weekend and was off my food but I managed to pour down some runny slops to keep going and 'bingo'.

It's not the end of the world.

[MotoGirl]

I've had all four of mine out. The first one was removed using the normal "wrench it out" method, which wasn't painful except for my lip that the dentist had used for leverage!

The other three were impacted so I was anaesthetised when they were removed. I wasn't at all sore afterwards - that dull pain only hit me two days afterwards and, like others have said, the discomfort is annoying and you just wish you were in pain!

[Toaster]

When I heard the dentist's hot assistant say loose molars, I thought she said loose morals....

[Indiana_Jones]

I had to have all 4 of mine taken out.

I was so drugged up, I don't even remember the procedure, Only took like 30mins I think.

But it hurt once the drugs wore off lol

The pain isn't too much, but the bleeding is annoying

-Indy

[peasea]

I had to have all 4 of mine taken out.

I was so drugged up, I don't even remember the procedure, Only took like 30mins I think.

But it hurt once the drugs wore off lol

The pain isn't too much, but the bleeding is annoying

-Indy

......the pain of the bill ain't too flash tho'.

[Indiana_Jones]

......the pain of the bill ain't too flash tho'.

Yea, that's the part that hurts the most lol

-Indy

[sweetp]

I had all four of mine out at the same time and it was fine. Just wanted to throw into the discussion that if you have health insurance that covers surgery then this could be covered.

Southern Cross very nicely paid the $1K bill a number of years ago when I went to an oral surgeon. Had to get a referal from the dentist but happy to pay out the $70 bucks this cost me to get the teeth out for free....

[rudolph]

My tooth is growing nealy 90 dgrees to the other mollers, the dentist sed he has to cut it and pull it a bit cut it pull it cut it pull it a few times.

My sister sed she got NOS?

[jonbuoy]

I had 4 out at once, with an IV sedative. I was a bit skeptical when the oral surgeon said I would be "awake", but I wouldn't really care, but he was absolutely correct. To put it mildy, I was out of my fucking tree. I slept through some of it, was "awake" for some, but I couldn't give a shit ...that I could feel bits of tooth splintering off into my mouth while they were sawing my jaw and lower wisdom teeth up. *ahem*.

Seriously, it's nothing to worry about. Go for the IV sedation if you have a choice. I was munted. Absolutely munted.

Bloody right - IV sedation is amazing you really don't give a shit about what they are doing you'll hardly remember a thing - get a few Tarantino DVD's to watch on the couch for your comedown and enjoy.

[terbang]

Had mine ripped out about 30 years ago under a local anaesthetic. I can still well remember all the hideous sounds! Realising I was on a bike, the dentist, with a worried look, stuffed my mouth with cotton thingys and told me to keep it shut while I was riding. It wasn't too bad at all really.

[Wannabiker]

Although not a dentist, I am a dental technician, and have done a fair bit of assisting an oral surgeon removing impacted 8's (wisdom teeth)
Tip. start rubbing vaseline on lips a couple of days before surgery. (helps stop cracking...the dentist/surgeon has to get mouth way open usually) (tennis ball, Benson-Pope style)

The swelling is usually relative to the ease and length of time that the tooth takes to come out. (an experienced oral surgeon can usually do the procedure faster than general dentist with little experience) So, the more pulling, twisting, yanking, the more swelling....you get what you pay for most times!

Sedation= relaxation. I have assisted in 2 hour procedures removing 4 wizzies under sedation.This is generally given intravenously. Patient conscious but unaware of timeframe (thought 20 minute procedure) But....you wont be able to get up and drive home, you will need to stay on bed rest for rest of day. Discuss this option! Also, a steroid is sometimes administered along with the sedation that can reduce the swelling.

you will get instructions for what to do after the procedure....follow them. Yep, there will be a little blood, and you won't feel too perky just after either. Take it easy for the rest of the day at least...get the latest motorcycle mag, put your feet up and relax.

lastly...put the tooth under the pillow and the next day there just might be a new Ducati 1098 in the garage...

[Deano]

I've had one wisdom tooth removed and the hole for a titanium implant drilled into my jawbone (front tooth) during the same procedure.

The titanium implant was a result of a cracked root from a previous crown - covered by ACC.

General anaesthetic was going to cost an extra $300, so I opted for the Valium tablets and local injections.

The procedure took about 50 minutes or 1.5 hours (don't really remember - that Valium is good shit), but only seemed like 15 minutes.

The wisdom tooth had roots so he had to cut into the bone a bit there as well but the pain wasn't too bad for either of them.

Funny thing was he just kept cutting till I said it hurt, then magically decided that that was far enough........and it was.........but did he need to go quite that far ?.........all that training and he relies on my pain threshold to let him know when to stop......that's a bit dodgy.......?

I wouldn't worry too much mate. Worse case scenario (impacted ?) - go for the general.