Wisdom Teeth

Have you had your wisdom teeth removed? I'd like to hear about it. How old were you, and what do you remember?

My wisdom teeth were extracted when I was 17. I remember all of it because it was done with local anesthesia, just like a normal extraction. No gas, no sedation. Just several injections, and out they came. We did one side, top and bottom and then two weeks later he did the other side.

No big deal.

Mine were fine until my early 30's, the I had to have the bottom ones removed. The oral surgeon expressed some concern about general anesthesia with my "older age"--old, hell! I was 33. He told me most of his wisdom removals were in teens.

I went out with pentathol.

Next day, had bad pain that continued and learned I had a Dry Socket. Visited his office every morning for 2 weeks to have packing removed, socket flushed and re-packed. What a pain in the ass that was!

I got 2 wisdom teeth extracted when I was 25, the dentist said they were growing lying down and causing me loads of problems (not enough space in my mouth he said) then the other 2 wisdom teeth was extracted 3 years later, same with local anesthesia.

No gas or sedation. I remember both time a very painful injection...

I had one out when i was 17 as a by product of the removal of back molar which for some reason my dentist wouldn't remove himself.

Full general anaesthetic for the first and so far only time. Consent handled by junior doctor who carefully explained that as he wasn't a dentist he couldn't say what they would be doing.

My main memory is after came round sufficiently to believe i was fully OK. This was of course well before mobile phones and i thought i would ring my parents to let them know so i hauled myself out of bed and got about half way down the ward before my legs buckled somewhat ignominiously under me as the last remaining effects of the anaesthetic took hold.

Still a diet of ice-cream & custard and attention from the nursing staff for a few days was good - I was the youngest patient on a general male surgical ward and was much the only one able to get up and about easily!

Had all four wisdom teeth removed. Had general anesthesia. Was done at the hospital vs the dentist office due to being high risk. My right nostril was stretched out following the procedure as I was most likely intubated nasally. Some pain following the procedure but doctor said they put in a nerve block which lasted about 8 hours.

Had mine out about 4 days ago and it's not the most fun thing in the world. Went in was laid down in the dentists like chair and given an IV. The doc came in and said I'm injecting the anestesia now and the last thing I remember was asking how long it will take to work. By the time I was half way through the question I was out cold. Next thing I remember is waking up, face completely numb and being walked back to recovery. The last few days have been filled with lots of oozing blood from the wounds and not being able to eat anything but soft foods (mashed potatoes, applesauce, mac'n'chese etc). To be completely honest I've had no appetite in fear of hurting the wounds even more. That being said I've barely eaten in 4 days and its taken more of a mental toll on me as much as it has physically. So long story short, Wisdom Teeth removal is NOT fun at all..... Ugh.

Consider your wisdom tooth removal a rite of adulthood.

Be a man about it.

Memories... tooth ache at 25 thousand feet in a bomber over Vietnam... Sudden pain... Back on the ground it was a dull throb. Long story short... 3 shots upper and 3 lower then lots of grunting, twisting and pulling and out came two ugly teeth. At one point the Dr. had a knee on the edge of the chair for more leverage.

Cotton packing with instructions to rinse thoroughly followed by pain meds and grounded for a week. Spent a lot of time rinsing with Johnny Walker Black label in the officers club.

Two months later the other two teeth came out the same way. The only really bad part was no flying until the holes closed.

Cheers

Skybear

Having your wisdom teeth removed is a little like taking a good spanking or flogging as a rite of passage. Most people end up having their wisdom teeth removed, and they all live to tell their story, and the more gory it is, the more people want to listen. Nobody really cares about the person who goes in, has it done and then carefully goes about their daily activities.

I know wisdom teeth can hurt and the recovery isn't always easy, especially if they have to go digging for impacted teeth.

I really do have sympathy for real live patients undergoing real life procedures.

Medfetmike who started this thread hasn't been here for a while. I wonder how his wisdom tooth saga is progressing. . . .

"Nobody really cares about the person who goes in, has it done and then carefully goes about their daily activities."

Yeah, we stoics never have any fun!

Had the right impacted wisdom tooth removed when I was 25. No sedation - 8 mls of local injected into various parts of my mandible. It took 4 hours with my gum being resected, the tooth cut down the middle but then failing to split in two - lots of sweat and terrible jokes from the dentist - more local and finally he got the bloody thing out - I felt traumatised afterwards and the stitched fell out after 24 hours - I did not go back to have them replaced. Not a great experience all in all!!

SS said: "Nobody really cares about the person who goes in, has it done and then carefully goes about their daily activities."

LD said: Yeah, we stoics never have any fun!

Actually, we do.

We are the submissives who allow our dominants to show us a good time.

I was 17 years old and on vacation with my family in the Great Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. I was irritable (more than usual) and felt kind of blah. I don't remember if I had much pain but I was a pain to be around. We left for home a day or two early - being in a small cabin for a week with a surly 17 year old probably gets old quickly. Mom knew it was my wisdom teeth, even though I didn't and she scheduled me with our dentist. I went in for the usual checkup and he sent me to an oral surgeon. I remember being in the waiting room, hearing the whine and shriek of the instruments and having the desire to run away. I was terrified.

I didn't want to be unconscious for the procedure, just to be numbed by Novocaine and stoned with nitrous oxide. The nurse asked me all the pre-procedure questions and medical history, took my blood pressure and oral temp to make sure my impacted wisdom teeth weren't infected, which would delay the surgery. Everything was good, so she put the mask over my face and told me to inhale a few times then breathe normally.

I started breathing in the cool air and everything was going well when all of a sudden, it hit me. My heart seemed to skip a beat and my mind felt like it was swirling. It startled me and I jumped a little off the chair. The nurse asked me if I was okay and I felt too embarrassed to tell her how weird I was feeling and besides, it was difficult to talk through the mask. So I sat back and just let things happen. I knew that if something went wrong, she was there to take care of me.

They had let me bring my Walkman with me so I could listen to the radio while the surgeon operated. I was getting quite stoned from the nitrous and felt loose. My nervousness was replaced by "Whatever, let's just get this over with."

The doctor told me to open wide so he could examine me and as soon as he grabbed for his drill, the Bryan Adam's 1980's song Cuts Like a Knife came on the radio. I almost giggled when I heard it. What were the chances of that. After that, the gas was increased and I remember little. I have vague recollections of smoke, dust, water, a strong pressure/pulling/yanking sensation as well as a crunching sound as he cut all four teeth from my jawbone. I remember him using pliers and feeling pieces of my teeth sitting on my tongue like pebbles. I smelled something burning and tasted it on my tongue, along with blood and cool water.

I don't remember anything else, the recovery room or anything until it was time to see my Mom again, who had been sitting in the waiting room. I was feeling funky from the nitrous and started crying. Mom tried to settle the bill and get post-operative orders but I kept pulling her away from the checkout window and towards the door to leave, while still sobbing.

Mom and Dad asked me if I wanted to stop for a milkshake or something since I couldn't eat anything for a few days so we went to McDonald's for a vanilla shake but it tasted like blood and vanilla swirl. I don't recommend it.

My Dad, jackass that he is, decided to film me walking around afterwards, looking like a chipmunk with giant, swollen cheeks. He asked me stupid questions, like, "Does it hurt?" I was pissed so I bitterly asked, "Did it hurt when you had your teeth pulled; all of them?" Because he had terrible teeth and started wearing dentures in his 40's. He followed me around all week, taking video while I slept on the couch in the living room in my pain reliever haze from hell. The doc had originally prescribed Vicodin but it made me feel too funky so the doc called in Tylenol 3 with codeine for me to take instead.

The next week, school started. My junior year. Unfortunately, my lower left jaw because infected and filled with pus. My face was swollen and misshapen from all the fluid and I could not speak clearly. I felt like the Elephant Man or something. I was so embarrassed. But also felt like hell and was in a lot of pain so I was ready for it all to be over. So I went back to the surgeon and he had me open my mouth wide again so he could drain the pus from my jaw. There was quite a bit of it so he had to use a large syringe. He didn't numb me for the procedure since he'd just have to stick me twice instead of once and he filled the syringe with some nasty yellow-green and red fluid. Some of it got on my tongue and it tasted absolutely foul and metallic from the blood. He prescribed an antibiotic for me and sent me on my way.

You see what I mean.

Here's a long, gory story, and it gets thoroughly perused and I'm sure will get several replies! 😁 😁 😁 😁

Most people end up having their wisdom teeth removed, and they all live to tell their story, and the more gory it is, the more people want to listen.

I don't really get off on telling the story but since someone wanted to hear about it, I thought I'd throw them a bone. I'm not into med fet except enemas and caths but since I've had numerous medical procedures and issues, if someone wants to know about them, sometimes I oblige. I don't always as some of them were traumatic experiences but the wisdom teeth thing isn't one of them. It was just my first real procedure. I didn't remember many of the details until I started thinking about them for this thread.

that story was waaaaaaay too long for my attention span although mine is considerably short....

You're right. It was long. But I've found that med fet people enjoy details, details, details. So for those who care about such things, have at it. 😃

I was 17 or 18. I remember having an IV put in... and I was out.

Next think I remembered, I woke up to the sounds of chipping and gouging... and looked up to see one of the dental folk turn some knobs, and I was out again.

Not sure what happened there...

I had my wisdom teeth pulled 3 months ago. Everyone told me it was going to hurt so bad that I was going to be in pain for like 3 days. I arrived at the dental surgeons office hooked up to an IV and was out like a light. I was in and out in less the 1 hour. I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled. The doctor gave me some pain meds. The next day I woke up with some minor bleeding no pain. I just had to be careful of what I was eating so nothing go stock in my open sockets. Other then that I felt great.

I had my wisdom teeth removed early, I was only 16. I was very fortunate. After the surgery I slept for about six hours and that was it. There was virtually no swelling and minimal pain. I was back in high school the next day.

A friend of mine went to the dentist after suffering from severe toothache for several weeks after he returned from Vietnam. The doc took a look at the xrays and saw that the roots of the lower right wisdom tooth had wrapped themselves around the jaw twice. Needless to say, it, along with two other teeth had to be surgically extracted and it was a very intense procedure. The doc started to work on the fourth one but he refused. He said that he could only take so much pain and since that one wasn't troubling him, he'd leave it in. It hadn't bothered him for over 40 years but has started to cause him pain recently so he might have to have it removed. He's hoping not so let's all say a good prayer for him, shall we?

I had 3 wisdom teeth remove when I was a kid, but they coudn't locate the 4th. Then when I was about 30 until it started growing sideways and was pressing on the other teeth. Damn did that hurt when the used the nut cracker to split it open and pull it out. I'm sure they've goo the upgraded and supercharged nut cracker now, but i'll cross my fingers and wish good luck.

I got all 5 of mine removed this June (at age 29). Thats right, I had 5 of them, 4 of which were badly impacted and the fifth was fully erupted. The surgeon took one look at my panoramic x-ray and would not operate until after I had a cone beam scan (CT scan). I freaked at this as I was in pain and wanted it out, so I picked a fight with him. Saying that I should have had them out 10 years ago did not help things as I was cranky from the required fasting. I was like a walking textbook of complications, as the trigeminal nerve was dangerously close to the one tooth that was really hurting me. Fortunately it was far enough off to safely operate. He knocked me out with a Versed Ketamine Fentanyl mix, and oh my, it was good stuff. I remember saying "whoa, this feels funny" at 11:04, and the next memory was sucking at a nitrous mask at 11:44 when he was removing the last tooth. The guy was good, as I did not feel a thing, just heard a little crunching on the last tooth. I had no balance at all for 3 days afterwards from the anaestetic, once falling backwards into the bathtub while trying to pee while standing. Had to sit to pee for a few days afterwards as I could not balance standing. No pain at all though, I barely took any of the vicodin. Also very minimal swelling. I profusely appologized during the follow-up visit for my argumentative behavior, and thanked him for a job very well done.

I know for damn sure I am asking for the same surgeon when I get the 4 teeth pulled that I need out to get braces. I may have a future story if them end up having to relocate my jaw because of my severe overbite. Hopefully they use gas induction for that:-)

I had mine out with just novacaine. Took about 3 mins of yanking and pulling and I was done

Yep. Took the guy 20 minutes, and I was eating solid food a day later. Superb oral surgeon.

I had all severely impacted wizzies. It was a task and a half to get them out. My surgeon only used a local anesthetic. Unfortunately, it didn't take. Also, my surgeon didn't believe me when I told her I was in pain. That was such a traumatic experience. I'm so glad I never have to go through it again.

Mine came out at 17. Under general anesthsia at the hospital. Cant remember much except i ate a big mac a few hours later.

Had mine out prob prior to turning 20. Was awake for it but had gas and injections in mouth so at time was fine but really hrt afterwards. Having given birth twice though it doesn't even get pain rating anymore lol

Had 3 of mine removed in my early 30's. Wasn't bad at all - out under general and recovery went smoothly. I do vaguely remember babbling out some mouth rinse after surgery, but they humored me and got me into my ride.

I had no problem with mine but the military decided I didn't need them. The scheduled me an appointment, when I showed up, I asked what I was there for and they said, "Hope you don't have plans tonight. We're taking out your wisdom teeth."

Two hours later, I woke up with a sore jaw. I still hope it was from the missing teeth.

I had one out a year ago and another 6 months ago, both upper under local. The first was actually the first tooth I have ever had out (even though I am 56) and I was a little apprehensive. After the local anaesthetic had worked I braced myself but to my surprise the dentist just put in a probe, pushed a bit and out it popped. I wondered what all the horror stories I had heard about removal of wisdom teeth was all about.

6 months later I had an abscess on my other upper wisdom tooth so it had to come out. I wasn't at all worried and after the anaesthetic had taken effect I relaxed while the dentist started. What a difference. Firstly, because of the abscess I think, the anaesthetic didn't take full effect so it was painful and the tooth just wouldn't come out. It took over 5 minutes of pushing and pulling, with me in agony, before it finally came out. The dentist then looked at it and realised that probably due to some old infections the tooth had welded itself to my jawbone as a small piece of bone had come away with the tooth, and that was why it was so hard to extract.

If I need another out I will go fearing the worst.