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My wisdom tooth extraction experience
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Hi I found this thread so useful before my wisdom tooth extraction so I figured I would share my experience.
I have been avoiding getting my crooked wisdom tooth out for about 5 years but I kept putting it off because my dentist said I needed to get them out by general anesthetic. I have recently went back to a different dentist and they said I had a cavity in my back molar which was coming up crooked due my wisdom tooth and thus I couldn't brush it properly. I googled wisdom tooth and this boards thread came up and I saw that you could get them out via iv sedation instead and that seemed a lot less serious and so I looked into that. I also got a great recommendation about an oral surgeon and since I knew he was meant to be one of the best oral surgeons it really put me at ease.
When I went to the consultation with the oral surgeon, the x-ray showed that I had 2 crooked lower wisdom teeth, with one of them being impacted. I scheduled the extraction for a week later (a Friday so I had the weekend to recover) and I barely remember the procedure. I was a bit nervous about the iv as I don't like needles but the surgeon was really REALLY good at keeping me calm as he kept talking away to me to keep my mind away from it. I was in the middle of a story and the next thing I remember was coming to in the chair and seeing him on the computer in the corner. Apparently I was talking to them during the procedure and asked to keep my teeth and they were nice enough to keep them for me.
Once I came to I was completely fine and I wasn't groggy but I did walk into a glass table on the way out so beware!
You will need someone to bring you home but I got the luas home and was completely fine.
The only bit of bother I had was when I went home and I had to take my pain killer but I was face was still numb so I found them hard to take. I did eventually get them down and I took a protein shake so they wouldn't bother my stomach. (Protein shakes are amazing for when you can't eat btw).
Other than that no problems and as I said I don't remember a thing. One other tip is that when the prescribed pain meds run out buy nurofen plus and not the plain nurofen as it doesn't work as well without the codeine. A week and a half on and I am still on the odd pain killer but the pain isn't too bad without them, it just makes it a bit uncomfortable to eat without them.
Also I went back to work on the Monday. I was a tiny bit groggy still but I could work and since I work from home I slept during my lunch time. The side with the impacted tooth was a bit bruised but nothing major but that would be the main reason not to go to work but I say if you explained that you weren't in a street fight or anything over the weekend it should be fine.
Anyways if anyone wants a recommendation for the oral surgeon just send me a PM and I'll get back to you. He really was top class and a complete professional, I can't recommend him enough, also I have recommended him to my boyfriend, his sister and even the chemist who asked who I went to! It wasn't particularly cheap but it was going rate and he really did seem a cut above the rest. 0 -
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TL;DR version: 2 x Wisdom teeth removed under general anaesthetic. No pain so far but expecting some later.
Longer version:
I had an impacted lower right wisdom tooth for that needed to come out. It wasn't causing any pain, but food was getting trapped and I couldn't clean it properly. It was starting to decay slightly and because of the awkward angle, even my dentist couldn't get at it to fix it up.
She referred me to a consultant who dealt with these sorts of things. There's a user on here with a handle similar to said consultant's website, but it's a generic dental term so that could just be coincidence. On the other hand, if it is the same guy and he's reading this, then I'd like to offer my thanks :-) Anyone can PM me for names - I'm happy to recommend him.
From looking at my X-Rays, the impacted tooth seemed (to me) quite tricky to get at. I could barely reach it with a toothbrush. How could he get a grip to work on it? Gum would have to be cut away, perhaps bone dug at. I enquired about the practicalities of all this, and he told me "That's what I do." Not totally reassuring, but on the other hands, a full proper medical explanation would have been incomprehensible to me.
It sounded like lots of trauma. I really didn't fancy it. Worse, consultant wanted to remove the (healthy) wisdom tooth above it, in case it affected healing of the wound below (if case I bit down inadvertently?) Still, he's the expert, not me, so I went with his advice.
Having heard horror stories of local-anaesthetic-only extractions, I opted for a general anaesthetic. I won't recount said horror stories here, but I would recommend prospective patients know just how bad things can get for (perhaps only a few) unlucky souls.
Procedure would be done by the consultant as a day-care op in the Beacon clinic. Hurrah for VHI. I was told to present for 10:30am (they'd given me the option of 6:30am; at that ungodly hour, I wouldn't have needed any anaesthetic to keep me asleep). I'd to fast from midnight the night before, no food or water. I'd to bring PJs, slippers and dressing gown, though they turned out not to be needed. A medical history was taken over the phone. Had I ever had Lupus? Of course not. It's never Lupus!
On the day, there was paperwork to be signed and I was shown to a bed in a curtain-screend cubicle. I was given a gown to change into. The straps go at the back! Who knew? I certainly didn't, but luckily the nurse explained when she saw I'd donned it the wrong way round.
Blood pressure and pulse were taken, repeatedly, and medical history verified. They even got me to verify my name and DOB several times. They had it all in front of them, but each nurse wanted to make sure they'd got the right patient. Good to see.
I was wheeled in the bed to a room near the theatre area. That was fun! Whee! I was given a hairnet. A needle was put in the back of my left hand, for the anaesthetic. That hurt, but not for long. The consultant came in, had a chat. Then I was wheeled into theatre and helped onto the table.
Something was fitted onto my left hand and pumped into my arm. That distinctly hurt, from the pressure of the fluid being forced up my vein. Meanwhile, they give me a mask with what they called "fresh air" and told to take nice deep breaths. I was laying there, wide awake, wondering how long it'd take to start feeling sleepy ... and that's the last I remember! If it took me a while to go under properly, I'd no recollection.
I woke up in the recovery theatre. I guess I'd been out for 2 hours or more. It felt like waking up after a night's snooze. Bit sleepy for a little bit, but not groggy, nor hung over. No pain. Mouth was numb and I was chewing gauze. I'd been given a local anaesthetic on the gum. I was numb to the tips of my ears. More pulse and blood pressure checks, and a change of (bloody) gauze. I was given my teeth in a blood-splattered vial. The impacted one had been split in two to help get it out. Looking forward to collecting from the tooth fairy on those!
Wheeled back to day care, more checks, and my fiancée was phoned to say I was ready to be discharged. I was given a extensive (and slightly confusing) prescription list for steroids, anti-inflammatories, painkillers, each to be taken at different times and frequencies.
So far (9pm) the numbness is nearly worn off. I've been sipping 7up. Little pain, and not much swelling. That's scheduled to arrive later Some bleeding but that's to be expected too. Check back for updates! 0 -
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My experience of 2 wisdoms extracted, one them being impacted severley.
Done mine inLimerick, very nice place btw!
Got there pretty much shown to my bed straight away and done all the usual paperwork! My mom and bro decided to go walk abouts (thanks guys).
Nurse came for my and bought me to some room where i waited for the anesthisted (person who numbs me cant spell it) while i was waiting I started bawling crying! There was no stopping me cos I am PETRIFIED of needles!!
Doc came in and tried to calm me! Done the needle the hand
nurse came put on my hairnet and walked me into theatre, I was still crying really bad! Got on the bed hooked up my numbing thing I was shaking and crying! Nurse was holding my hand playing with my hair and wiping my tears away! Put on the mask and started counting 10..9..8.. I was gone!!
Next thing I started coming around but couldnt open my eyes and could hear a nurse tryin to wake me.. I was still crying!! next thing they had to get a doctor who started shaking me and calling my name my eyes finally opened but I couldn breath and it took everything for me to lift my hand to my throat when she realised my airways were obstructed! They cleared it away and gave me oxygen mask but i was panicking and took 5mins to calm me! My mouth was stuffed with gauze and blood!
Got wheeled back to my bed where my bro burst out laughing cos i looked so funny the pr***!!
After an hour got jelly and ice cream which was divine!! but my mom took it off me in case i got sick
Got discharged after another hour geared with painkillers and prescription!
It was a long trip back home to Connemara!
My face was totally swollen and black on my left side and was like that for nearly 2weeks and i started eating properly again round 2 weeks!!
Sorry but super long post... was very traumatic for me!!0 -
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I got my 4 wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago. I had trouble a few months ago with my lower one. It was peeping out and food was getting caught there. I didn't realise it and one night I got an unmerciful toothache. Right in the middle of when I was doing my thesis. Of course it was pretty much gone the next day. Anyway I booked into the dentist for a normal check up in June. She took a full x-ray of my mouth and referred me to an oral surgeon.
Basically 3 of my teeth had broken through. One was well on it's way to being down and the other two were in the early stages. The final tooth, my lower back left, was nowhere near being up. On the x-ray it seemed like it had another quarter to half an inch to go before it hit the gum. It was shaped like a banana and even to me it looked like it would cause trouble.
My mum had hers taken out 30 years ago. On of the teeth was shaped like a banana again and the dentist actually broke it taking it out and never removed the other bit and naturally it caused huge problems down the line.
Anyway I had about 2 minutes to decide how many to get out and I chose the 4 teeth. I figured I'm 21 now, finished college with no job so I can take however long to recover. If I need it out in 4 years I won't have the same luxury. Plus I didn't fancy thinking that it could flare up at any time over the next few years.
The procedure was done under GA. I remember getting the needle inserted, being wheeled into the theatre and the bright lights. It's just like in the movies :pac:. They put the mask over my mouth and next thing I remember was waking up back in the room in the hospital ward. My first thoughts were when was I going to be going back into the theatre to get the teeth out. I was in bits from the GA for a while after :pac:. For some reason I tried sending a text to my best friend after.
It read: In bits here toner ancestitiehib. Some ****ing crack.
That was my best attempt at spelling anaesthetic ha.
The recovery was long. The rest of that day I was a zombie. Couldn't say a word pretty much without slurring. Only thing I could eat was Weetabix and ice cream. That continued with slight improvements for a few more days. I went to watch our team play a match 3 days after it. That was some laugh. I was full of all sorts of pills to keep the pain and swelling down and I couldn't make any sense at all. Every word was slurred and had to repeat myself the whole time. We won anyway.
I finally managed to eat my first proper dinner that same day. That was the first solid food I'd eaten in over 4 days. Twas only mince and potatoes. That was my diet then for the next 4 days. My jaw seemed nearly wired shut and I couldn't really open wide enough to fit anything else in (no that's what she said jokes there please
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As of today it's 12 days since the surgery. I can't fully open my mouth still. Made a sensational sandwich last night to find I couldn't actually eat it. Apart from that it's alright. I'm back playing soccer and eating normally is no bother.
The only annoying thing is that there is still stitching left on the lower back left tooth. It seems like the side of my mouth is nearly stitched to meet up with my gum. This means that the side of my mouth is coming between my teeth and it's flaring up a lot. I knew the procedure on that tooth was pretty big but I expected the stitching to be gone after 12 days.
I've to check after every meal to make sure that food isn't lodged in the hole left behind after the removals on the upper teeth. Corsodyl is handy for that. Also in the early days I found it great to carry around a packet of chewing gum with me because you can't wash most of your mouth and my breath anyway stunk like shít because of all the milk I was drinking :pac:.
I'm glad I got them out and I'd recommend anyway worrying about it not to. It's not a big deal imo. The recovery is handy enough as well as long as you follow the instructions and are careful about what you eat and do. I know everyone is different but apart from grogginess I was back studying for an interview 2 days later, and what I wrote actually made some sense ha.
My god that was one long post. At the 800 word mark. That's 1/10th of my thesis I wrote in 20 minutes there. Took me months to do that for the real thing ha.0 -
Jimmy Iovine wrote: »I got my 4 wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago. I had trouble a few months ago with my lower one. It was peeping out and food was getting caught there. I didn't realise it and one night I got an unmerciful toothache. Right in the middle of when I was doing my thesis. Of course it was pretty much gone the next day. Anyway I booked into the dentist for a normal check up in June. She took a full x-ray of my mouth and referred me to an oral surgeon.
Basically 3 of my teeth had broken through. One was well on it's way to being down and the other two were in the early stages. The final tooth, my lower back left, was nowhere near being up. On the x-ray it seemed like it had another quarter to half an inch to go before it hit the gum. It was shaped like a banana and even to me it looked like it would cause trouble.
My mum had hers taken out 30 years ago. On of the teeth was shaped like a banana again and the dentist actually broke it taking it out and never removed the other bit and naturally it caused huge problems down the line.
Anyway I had about 2 minutes to decide how many to get out and I chose the 4 teeth. I figured I'm 21 now, finished college with no job so I can take however long to recover. If I need it out in 4 years I won't have the same luxury. Plus I didn't fancy thinking that it could flare up at any time over the next few years.
The procedure was done under GA. I remember getting the needle inserted, being wheeled into the theatre and the bright lights. It's just like in the movies :pac:. They put the mask over my mouth and next thing I remember was waking up back in the room in the hospital ward. My first thoughts were when was I going to be going back into the theatre to get the teeth out. I was in bits from the GA for a while after :pac:. For some reason I tried sending a text to my best friend after.
It read: In bits here toner ancestitiehib. Some ****ing crack.
That was my best attempt at spelling anaesthetic ha.
The recovery was long. The rest of that day I was a zombie. Couldn't say a word pretty much without slurring. Only thing I could eat was Weetabix and ice cream. That continued with slight improvements for a few more days. I went to watch our team play a match 3 days after it. That was some laugh. I was full of all sorts of pills to keep the pain and swelling down and I couldn't make any sense at all. Every word was slurred and had to repeat myself the whole time. We won anyway.
I finally managed to eat my first proper dinner that same day. That was the first solid food I'd eaten in over 4 days. Twas only mince and potatoes. That was my diet then for the next 4 days. My jaw seemed nearly wired shut and I couldn't really open wide enough to fit anything else in (no that's what she said jokes there please).
As of today it's 12 days since the surgery. I can't fully open my mouth still. Made a sensational sandwich last night to find I couldn't actually eat it. Apart from that it's alright. I'm back playing soccer and eating normally is no bother.
The only annoying thing is that there is still stitching left on the lower back left tooth. It seems like the side of my mouth is nearly stitched to meet up with my gum. This means that the side of my mouth is coming between my teeth and it's flaring up a lot. I knew the procedure on that tooth was pretty big but I expected the stitching to be gone after 12 days.
I've to check after every meal to make sure that food isn't lodged in the hole left behind after the removals on the upper teeth. Corsodyl is handy for that. Also in the early days I found it great to carry around a packet of chewing gum with me because you can't wash most of your mouth and my breath anyway stunk like shít because of all the milk I was drinking :pac:.
I'm glad I got them out and I'd recommend anyway worrying about it not to. It's not a big deal imo. The recovery is handy enough as well as long as you follow the instructions and are careful about what you eat and do. I know everyone is different but apart from grogginess I was back studying for an interview 2 days later, and what I wrote actually made some sense ha.
My god that was one long post. At the 800 word mark. That's 1/10th of my thesis I wrote in 20 minutes there. Took me months to do that for the real thing ha.
I had my 4 wisdom teeth taken out like yourself under GA that anesthetic is deadly alright! Neways I had one stitch that didnt dissolve and I was told to go back to dentist for check up after 2wks neways so he just took it out then! Definitely go get the dentist take it out as it's kinda uncomfortable when the stitch gets loose nd food gets stuck! You'll be so glad when it's all healed and you dont have to worry about them anymore 0 -
I had my 4 wisdom teeth taken out like yourself under GA that anesthetic is deadly alright! Neways I had one stitch that didnt dissolve and I was told to go back to dentist for check up after 2wks neways so he just took it out then! Definitely go get the dentist take it out as it's kinda uncomfortable when the stitch gets loose nd food gets stuck! You'll be so glad when it's all healed and you dont have to worry about them anymore
Cheers I might look into that. It's still there today and doesn't look like going away any time soon.0 -
Jimmy Iovine wrote: »I had my 4 wisdom teeth taken out like yourself under GA that anesthetic is deadly alright! Neways I had one stitch that didnt dissolve and I was told to go back to dentist for check up after 2wks neways so he just took it out then! Definitely go get the dentist take it out as it's kinda uncomfortable when the stitch gets loose nd food gets stuck! You'll be so glad when it's all healed and you dont have to worry about them anymore
Cheers I might look into that. It's still there today and doesn't look like going away any time soon.
No probs, I just remember the discomfort of it! Best to get it out nd over with hope your better soon 0 -
No probs, I just remember the discomfort of it! Best to get it out nd over with hope your better soon
Hmmm well I rang the surgeon but he's based in Dublin and I'm in Kilkenny so he fobbed me off. Bit of a wanker to be honest considering the money he sponged out of me. Rang my dentist up and have an appointment on Monday morning.
The back tooth is starting to swell now and I'm almost certain that it's infected. The gum where the tooth was taken from has swelled up to a huge size and I'm seeing an increase in size in my jaw. Also the dreaded "can't open your mouth fully" feeling.
Not so good. Hopefully I get sorted on Monday morning now.0 -
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