Wisdom Teeth Suck

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-12-22 10:36pm

Well I just had two of these suckers yanked today (and according to my dentist and everyone else I lucked out in that they were the top ones rather than bottom). Still hurts like the dickens though and the pain meds keep me kinda fuzzy.. anyone else had to go through having these damn things pulled?

Crazy Goji · Post by **Crazy Goji** » 2003-12-22 10:40pm

I have the top and bottom pulled out, on the same day. It's going to be so much fun,

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-12-22 10:43pm

Yeup...all four last March.

Sucked very much...but two of them were in very bad shape and hurt like hell, so the temp pain of the pulling wasn't nearly as bad.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-22 10:48pm

It isn't SO bad... I was only in pain all the time for like four days...

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-12-22 10:54pm

All 4 of them, 2 years ago. I was put under, but I came out of it as my 3rd one was being sewn shut. I was still drugged enough not to feel anything as pain though so it was all good.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-12-22 11:16pm

So, does your dentist give you back your teeth in a jar when he's finished, or do you simply never see them again?

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-12-22 11:17pm

Mine have never given me problems so I'm not going to get them removed

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2003-12-23 12:08am

About five years ago I had all four plus a back molar taken out, and just last week Wednesday I had the back molar above the one taken out removed. My dentist kicks ass, because the only pain I had was just the natural soreness that comes with having a tooth yanked out of your skull, and that only lasted a little over 24 hrs. No need for pain pills ether. The man is the king of tooth removal.

jenat-lai · Post by **jenat-lai** » 2003-12-23 12:17am

I had all 4 taken out 3 weeks ago... still hurts in my jaw muscles after the operation. Teeth are fine now mostly. Hurt like hell for a week, I couldn't even chew.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-12-23 12:20am

The Vicodin was nice.. now.. to get my top ones pulled..

And.. when I got my bottom two cut out, I have not once been in so much pain in my entire life, save the time I broke my arm.

~ver

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-12-23 12:34am

This was why I ended up putting it off for so long. Mine have needed to come out for some time but I went to talking with others that had this done and ended up putting it off because of all the horror stories I heard. Until I got an infection in the gum around one because I couldn't effectively clean them. So I got them pulled (only one had hte problem but the dentist thought it best to yank the other one so there were no future problems).

The anasthesia was quite good. I only felt minor pain when he ripped the them out of my head (felt like he just took a pair of pliers to my teeth). Another point I lucked out on though is that both were out of the gum when I had them taken out. Started hurting again about 4 hours later though however the pills he gave me (despite looking like something a damn horse should swallow) are apperantly some very good shit because I've been taking them at the four hour intervals listed on the bottle and not a twinge).

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-12-23 12:46am

Haven't had any wisdom teeth pulled (yet...), but I was born with a rather interesting defect - lots of extra teeth. Hell if I know where they came from, but over the years I've had 12 pulled, and my mouth is fairly normal now (got braces in 2nd grade, various retainers, rubber bands, and headgear to wear as well, got braces again in middle school IIRC). I'm on my last retainer for not much longer now... my dental nightmare is almost over.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2003-12-23 12:50am

Is it unheard of for wisdom teeth to develop into healthy, ordinary teeth? I ask because that seems to be what mine have done. I've heard enough horror stories to decide not to get them pulled until they start giving me trouble. So far they have not.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-23 12:55am

Yeah, I had them removed 16 months ago. Prepare to bleed like crazy.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2003-12-23 01:08am

I've heard that sometimes the top doesn't heal correctly and then there's a hole in your mouth leading to your nasal cavtiy.. can that really happen O_O.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-12-23 01:08am

Joe wrote:Yeah, I had them removed 16 months ago. Prepare to bleed like crazy.

Already did. The gauze was red by the time I pulled it out. Seems fine now though

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-12-23 03:06am

SylasGaunt wrote:
Joe wrote:Yeah, I had them removed 16 months ago. Prepare to bleed like crazy.
Already did. The gauze was red by the time I pulled it out. Seems fine now though

I'll put it simply: At least your anaesthesia WORKED.

~ver

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-12-23 03:42am

Got all four yanked out over half a year ago. Thankfully the whole process only lasted something like an hour. The real annoying part was later on, not just the pain but the saliva. Get plenty of gauze, take your pain pills and remember to lightly squirt warm water on the opened spots. The bleeding will take a while to go away, the pain a week or two after that. But it's worth not spending thousands of dollars and months in pain with braces when you're in college.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-12-23 03:43am

I had all four pulled around noon with only local anesthetic and went to a football game that night. Hurt a lot at the end of the game (I thought the pills lasted 6 hours, not 4), but other than that it was only mildly unpleasant.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-12-23 03:47am

verilon wrote:
SylasGaunt wrote:
Joe wrote:Yeah, I had them removed 16 months ago. Prepare to bleed like crazy.
Already did. The gauze was red by the time I pulled it out. Seems fine now though
I'll put it simply: At least your anaesthesia WORKED.

~ver

They gave me laughing gas, worked fine for me, though now it's very hard to remember anything.
What did they use for you?

Dargos · Post by **Dargos** » 2003-12-23 04:20am

Still have all 4 of mine...all healthy and straight.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-12-23 04:44am

SyntaxVorlon wrote:They gave me laughing gas, worked fine for me, though now it's very hard to remember anything.
What did they use for you?

General. I was awake while they sliced open my bottom two teeth (as they were impacted). Two shots each side to begin with. Anaesthetic didn't hit deep down enough on right side, so had to have another shot halfway through. Anaesthetic didn't hit left tooth to begin with. Saw + tooth = PAIN. LOTS OF PAIN.

And the smell ... horrid. Smells exactly like varnish.

~ver

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-12-23 05:23am

I have all my wisdom teeth still in my mouth. And unless they start to hurt or something, they will stay in. My doctor, too, told me I should only remove then when I absolutely have to.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-12-23 05:38am

verilon wrote:
I'll put it simply: At least your anaesthesia WORKED.

~ver

Oooh shit man.. that had to SUCK. My sympathies to you.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2003-12-23 12:16pm

I had to get all four of mine taken out when I was FOURTEEN. My jaw was barely large enough for my twelve-year molars to come in (they didn't fully emerge until I was sixteen) and the dentist said that I had to get the wisdom teeth, still very much in the gums, out.

Fortunately for me the anaesthesia worked so well that after the operation I slept for a straight 20+ hours. At that point I woke up, wondered how I had gotten in my bed, figured that not much time had passed since my gauze was still freshly bloodied, swallowed a couple mouthfuls of lukewarm mashed potatoes, swallowed some pills, and went back to sleep for another 10 or so.

Repeat pattern for four days, except that I stopped bleeding sometime the second day. I think they gave me adult doses for the pain medication because that stuff knocked me out every time. I don't remember being in any pain at any time but I think I might have been partly OD'ed.

About a week and a half later: band camp! Hello, gum infections! Only band practice I ever missed was because of that nastiness.