Wisdom teeth=COLD??!

miagi's_mommy

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I had all of my wisdom teeth pulled last year. It was very painful. they give you a medicine for the pain (I forget what its called)
and it made me sick so I had to stop taking it. It does hurt a lot and I had to eat soft foods a lot and if you smoke, don't. you would not want to risk getting a dry socket. if you have to get them pulled.. follow the doctors orders and eat lots of ice cream and get lots of rest.
if they give you medicine which they should and if it makes you sick, I would stop taking it and just take tylenol or something for the pain. that's what I had to do.
 

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I just went to the dentist today to talk about getting all my teeth pulled. I'm only 27 but I have really bad teeth and at this point it's my only option. I have a great dentist though so I'm sure I'll be high as a kite when their pulled.
When he was young he had bad teeth too so he doesn't believe in letting anyone feel pain.

I wish I had told him to go ahead and pull this front tooth this morning though. It's hurting again.
Oh well. Some alcohol, numbing stuff and some mouthwash will take care of it.
 

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I had my top two pulled out the day before Valentine's Day this year and it was great. They were going to put me under but I asked for Sedation instead so I would still be awake when they did it (apparently when you are under a general everything in your mouth goes lax and some people end up with their jaw dislocated)

Didn't have any pain at all afterwards and my face only swelled up a bit.
 

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I had 2 out about 12 years ago. They just used novocaine (I think so they could do it in the office. I didn't really feel anything, but the noise of them twisting and yanking was scary. When I went out front to pay the bill, I passed out.

I had pills for the pain, but they made me feel nauseous (?sp), so I stopped taking them and felt fine--no swelling or anything, but they weren't impacted either.
 

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I had all four of mine out the week before I turned 16. It was not bad at all. I had disolvable stitches and the incision site drained a bit the first day...but other than that, it wasn't bad- it gave me a nice excuse to lounge around the hosue and watch tv
/ You just can't drink out of straws for several weeks afterwards so that you don't get a dry socket. They gave me an IV and I was awake, but out of it during the entire thing- it wasn't bad at all
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see I think it wont be so bad for you because I had all 4 of mine pulled at once (and I didnt even think I had all 4) one of mine only came through the gums and it was all messed up and i had always gotten headaches well I went to have a consul or what ever with an oral surgean about that one tooth and so they took x rays and my other 3 were grown in my gums so I had surgery on those 3 and man did it suck with the stitches
every one told me that I was gonna sleep all day and night and I wouldnt be able to talk well I was in a lot of pain
but I was able to talk and it really wasnt that bad except for the pain but thats why they give u pain killers
I am just glad that I got them all done at once when I went home and went to sleep when I woke up to take a pain pill I wanted 7 hahaha I only took one but man did it take along time to kick in, where the one was pulled that one hurt for the first day or two but it never bothered me like the ones I had surgery on lol so I think you are going to be alright Although I hate milkshakes now
and I couldnt wait to eat real food I told my mom that they better make food I dont like and well lets say friday came (i had them done on tuesday) I ate I ate really small bites but i still ate hehehehe
 

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All four of mine were impacted and I had all four cut out at once under general anesthetic. I went home with enough Demerol for a couple of days. I didn't even know it came in pill form. Follow all the rules about what you shouldn't do like drinking out of a straw. I cheated and ended up with a dry socket. It wasn't a lot more painful but it took longer to heal than the other three.
 

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I had my last 2 wisdom teeth pulled about 3 weeks ago under loacl. It was a breeze, and I only took 1 painkiller. I had some swelling and bleeding, but that soon cleared up. It's so much better now they're out!
 

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I had all 4 of mine taken out a year ago. The worst part was actually the pain medicine they gave me because it made me so nauseous that I could barely eat soup. The actual procedure wasn't bad at all though.
 
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Well they dont hurt as much now.
I am really wondering if it is just my sinus's
I will find out on Wed. when I go to dentist......
 

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I had all four of mine pulled! It was not bad at all. My teeth trying to come in hurt a heck of a lot worse than the actual getting them out and afterwards part! They were impacted on my back teeth! I had a harder time when I got my tonsils out. I didn't bruise up or anything! Just remember that, as with any pulled tooth, you want to follow their instructions so you don't get dry socket. So no straws, no smoking, etc.
 

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I had my 4 taken out at 41. They knocked me out and that was it. No real pain, pretty simple.
 
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