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Wisdom teeth?!?
I am going to have to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled in about a year or two. Nobody else in my family had theirs pulled...So I was wondering...
How much does it hurt on a scale of one to ten?
Where does it hurt the most at (top or bottom)?
I would like at least two people to answer...
Thank youu! I get really nervous about surgeries and things, so I was j/w.. Thankss
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if they dont hurt. i say dont get them removed. i got mine removed two weeks ago. you have a nerve that connects your bottom jaw to your top jaw but your bottom wisdom teeth are right on that nerve. the surgen can poke that and damage that but it will heal. that is what makes the bottoms hurt so bad. the tops tend to "pop out" and not hurt too bad. you may not have one or two. i only have three. but now i only have two. :) soemtimes they come in fine and dont hurt.. so if they arent hurting too much or messing with the rest of your teeth i would sugesst talking to the surgen or dentist before you decide you want to actually do that. Other things might happen like.. the medicine can be relaly tough on your stomach. mine made me puke and halucinate. that was pretty weird. i hated it and i quit taking them after two pills. but then you feel the pain. So the pain differs from person to person and surgen to surgen. but i know youll be alright.
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DON'T DON'T DON'T drink from a straw! You could get something called "dry socket" and it's extremely painful.
Anyway..
It's good that you're getting all 4 of them out at the same time because then you wont have to go through it again. You will most likely sleep for the next two or three days because of your pain medication. When I got all of mine pulled they gave me a sleeping pill then put me on the gas, but it didn't knock me out so they just gave me 12 shots of novicaine and I didn't feel anything except for pressure on my mouth. In my opinion, the bottom hurts more because more things come in contact with it. Don't stress about it, it's really not bad at all. Your cheeks will be swollen, but that's about it. Good luck :) I'm sure you'll be fine.
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Ask for general anesthesia, if they aren't already putting you on that.
I had all 4 out. It doesn't hurt because you'll be "sleeping". I fell asleep instantly and woke up wondering where I was. It's best if you get all of them done at the same appointment. Some people do 2 and go back for the others, but you should just go through the experience once. I felt no pain. You get medication given to you.. [vicodin] that numbs the pain.
So when you get home and you stop bleeding... eat as much HARD food as you can because you won't be able to eat that the day after. You'll be so swollen in the cheeks and it would be hard to eat and it would hurt trying to open your mouth wide. So stock up on soups and soft foods.. Get straws for drinks.. because you may spill.
The thing is, it doesn't matter how much it would hurt for on the top or bottom. It depends on the type, like impacted teeth. But anesthesia + vicodin, you won't suffer through the pain.
It shouldn't hurt though if you have medicine. You take one every ___ hour. Whatever it says on the bottle. But you'll know when to take it. Your gums will throb :P
I don't know if your wisdom teeth grew in or not, well mine didn't. So maybe there's a difference in the pain scale.
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Okay, if you're getting all 4 pulled at once, they'll probably give you general anesthesia. You won't feel a thing while they're doing it.
Afterwards, your face will be puffy, and the places where the teeth were dug out will hurt. They'll give you good pain medicine to deal with it, but expect to be out of commission for a couple of days. Kick back, relax, read some books, eat soft foods, and follow the surgeon's reccomendations on caring for your mouth.
If the dentist wants to use local anasthetic, get a good reason why. Pulling out wisdom teeth under local, especially impacted wisdom teeth, is very painful. The reasons for using local over general should be along the lines of "You'll die if I use general." I had two pulled under local, and it was definitely one of my less favorite experiences. If all 4 teeth will be pulled in one session, insist on a general anesthesia.
Hope this helps.
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