Getting Wisdom Teeth Out

[JaimeLynne]

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Originally Posted by Tlseege HA! Wasn't bad my butt! BUT, the thing you must know is that they say taking birth control gives you dry sockets... and it sure did for me.

Yikes! My best friend and her boyfriend both got dry sockets so I'm familiar with the painful stories!! Geez, the list of things that could go wrong was a mile long but the doctor was very nice and seemed extremely professional and competent. He did mention the correlation between antibiotics and b/c but not between dry socket and b/c. Hmmm...

[JaimeLynne]

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Originally Posted by MikkiStreak For this I am grateful: I was born without wisdom teeth and will never have to go through the pain of removing them.

That is lucky.

[-Kate-]

I had all 4 taken out when I was 16. It wasn't that bad bc they knock you out. I agree the root canal procedure is worse - but I think the recovery for wisdom teeth is longer and less fun. Don't worry - just follow the doctor's orders and you will be fine!

[JaimeLynne]

Thanks for the advice everyone!

[BEACHBRIDEMA]

Oh, good luck! I had mine out last summer. ICE is the key!

Sarah

[~Melissa~]

I'm kinda late on this but seriously don't worry it will be fine. It may be uncomfortable for a couple days after, and youll probably have some puffy cheeks. Just don't poke them.

 

Are you getting put under? I was and it was great, pretty cool. I woke up and I had a weird sog stuck in my head and then they filled my mouth with lots of gauze. I was pretty drugged up on T3s too! make sure you eat with them!! Or else you can become very dellusional, as I did, and decide to dye your hair black. BIG MISTAKE HAHAHAH

[JaimeLynne]

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Originally Posted by mgreen I'm kinda late on this but seriously don't worry it will be fine. It may be uncomfortable for a couple days after, and youll probably have some puffy cheeks. Just don't poke them. Are you getting put under? I was and it was great, pretty cool. I woke up and I had a weird sog stuck in my head and then they filled my mouth with lots of gauze. I was pretty drugged up on T3s too! make sure you eat with them!! Or else you can become very dellusional, as I did, and decide to dye your hair black. BIG MISTAKE HAHAHAH

Haha, yeah that's the only thing I'm looking forward to are the drugs afterwards ;P

I am TOTALLY getting put under!!!

Thanks for the reassuring words.

[LCBride2007]

i was so scared - but it ended up being no big deal. i had 2 impacted too. i came home, i took the first pain pill, but none of the ones after that. i never was in any pain, or never got dry sockets or anything - and i am on the pill! everyone has a different reaction - but it seems that most people end up saying it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be afterwards.

[TATrisha]

Oh, make sure you take a photo when you get home! The puffy cheeks are hilarious a few months later when you forget about the pain.

 

I must say, even with my dry sockets, the pain did go away very quickly. It wasn't a week long pain or anything. Just when the doctor took out the packing stuff... without numbing me... my reaction was probably VERY similar to Tara's!

[MERRYME]

I had all 4 of mine taken out in two sessions. I had it done in Mexico as it was MUCH cheaper. I had it done last year. The dentist was incredible. He didn't knock me out but he did give me something like 4 or 5 injections on each side.

 

He was really careful and actually cracked the teeth in four and then just kind of lifted each part out. I had no swelling and almost no pain. It took about 2 hours. I went in arround 9 in the morning and by 5 in the afternoon I was sucking on Paletas. They really helped. Paletas=popscicles.