Wisdom Teeth

I had mine removed when I was 18. They hadn't come out yet but because of my previous extensive orthodontic treatment I was strongly advised to get them all removed in order to avoid having my other teeth start moving out of their spot. My orthodontist referred me to a maxillo-facial surgeon, although I have friends who just got their wisdom teeth taken out at a dentist's office. The surgeon gave me the option of either getting my wisdom teeth out under general anesthesia or under sedation which is the option he recommended. Either way they both had to be done at the hospital. I opted for the sedation. On the day itself at the hospital I remember being surprised that I had to put on a hospital gown. An iv was inserted for the sedation medication and after I while I was taken in for "surgery". To be honest I don't remember that much of the actual procedure, which is the point of sedation I guess, I mainly remember leaving my room, being a little cold in the operating room and then being brought back to my room. Luckily for me I wasn't loopy or anything after the procedure and was able to communicate like a normal lucid person 😄. I got a couple of painkillers, codein and ibuprofen and I think it took me about a week to recover. I definitely had plenty of swelling and could not eat any solid foods, laughing was out of the question because it hurt my cheeks, but luckily I didn't have any complications like dry socket. Removing my stitches was rather uncomfortable though.

I had mine removed when I was 19 and it was a rather unpleasant experience. I was told to remove my shirt and put on a gown. I don't remember much as I was given a sedative after that.

I had all 4 removed in my early 20s by an oral surgeon. At my consultation they gave me a Valium to take at home before leaving for the appointment (needed someone else to drive) and told me to wear a shirt with short sleeves to accommodate the IV.

The day of the procedure, I vaguely remember them starting the IV, then getting helped out to the car, then waking up on my couch hours later. I was totally out of it!

I was 20 when I had all four removed. The procedure was done by an oral surgeon who decided to just give me a pretty mild sedative which may or may not put me to sleep. Well, about 2 minutes after they put the IV in and injected the sedative, I was fast asleep! I woke up about 45 minutes later, feeling surprisingly un-groggy. I was confused for a second that it was over, then the nurse told me that I was all done. I said "Ok cool" and got right up, feeling perfectly fine save for a gauze stuffed mouth. The nurse even remarked at how easily I just got up out of the chair and walked out to get picked up. The doctor told me that I would probably fall asleep as soon as I got home. Nope. I stayed up for the rest of the day and watched TV. Overall, the procedure went really well despite one of them being impacted. I had minor swelling and only a little bit of bruising. It took a little over a week to recover.

I had all four of mine taken out by an oral surgeon when I was 15 (I'd already had a total of 10 extractions for overcrowding when I was younger.) He used IV sedation and had given me a cream to put on my arm to numb it prior to coming in, but I remember being very nervous. I went in the back and sat down and the nurse put the heart monitor and blood pressure cuff on me and took the plastic off my arm covering the spot where we'd put the numbing cream. Then the doctor came in and the first thing he did was lower my ponytail so my head would lay straight! Then while he got ready to start the IV the nurse took my glasses away so I couldn't see anything else except fuzzy shapes (my vision is really terrible!) so I just closed my eyes. They laid me back before they did anything else. He started the IV and I felt pressure but no pain. As he was doing that, the nurse put the oxygen in my nose. As the doc finished the IV he told me "Well I got it in, but I made a little mess" which was less than encouraging, but I didn't say anything and that is the last thing I remember until I was getting in the car to go home. I was really sleepy when I got home and I don't know if it was the sedative or just being frustrated that my mom wouldn't leave me alone, but I spent most of the afternoon crying, even though I wasn't in any pain. I got one small bruise on my right side, but didn't really swell. I only had a little bit of pain for a day or two, but was mostly irritated with all the stitches in my gums, especially when they started falling out. I never had any complications.

I had impacted wisdom teeth due to overcrowding. I got them removed by an oral surgeon. He said local anesthesia should be enough. I said to him, there was no way I was gonna witness him pulling something bloody from my mouth. He laughed and agreed to knock me down.

On the surgery day, a nurse anesthesiologist was there to do the job forme. All she did was injecting a thick milky white liquid into a vein on my hand. The next thing I know, I was already in the recovery room.

I have only had my lower right wisdom tooth removed. I went to the dentist due to the molar infront of the wisdom tooth being abscessed. The wisdom tooth was broken and I was concerned food getting under there was causing the abscess. I didn't have dental insurance at the time, so I just kept being put on antibiotics, but as soon as I'd finish them, the abscess would return. Thankfully a friend of my grandfathers who is a dentist said he'd take care of me.

I went for my appointment thinking they would give me another round of antibiotics to clear the abscess and then make a follow up for me to come in and get the tooth pulled (the molar, not the wisdom tooth). Boy, I was wrong...he said he was going to pull them both!! I was terrified, never had a tooth pulled before and the thought of having one pulled just made me sick.

I got about 7 shots of novicane and I asked for something for my nerves and he said "we don't do tht here." Great, just what I wanted to hear, haha. So there I was gripping the chair for dear life. The molar wasn't so bad but it really really hurt when he pulled the wisdom tooth even with the novicane.

I don't have my upper wisdom tooth growing in or anything but i did have my other lower wisdom tooth. A few weeks after he pulled those teeth I went in for a root canal on the left molar in the back, and days after it was all done that wisdom tooth broke! I really need to go to the oral surgeon and get that out but I keep putting it off.

I've been fortunate enough to not need my wisdom teeth extracted although I do have fillings in all of them. My current dentist has told me they can stay for now but if they ever need more than a filling she will recommend extraction over further treatment.

I was 22 when I had mine removed. All I remember was the doctor putting in a IV into my arm. The next thing I know I was back at home.

My top ones, which grew fairly normally, were taken out when I was about 20. They were taken out by the dentist under local anaesthetic just like any other tooth extraction (prodding and big pliers!). It was moderately uncomfortable afterwards for a few days, but nothing too serious.

My bottom ones were impacted. One started to give trouble 3 or 4 years ago, and it was removed by a maxilo-facial specialist. It was still done under local anaesthetic in the chair, and was a very trouble free procedure. Very little pain afterwards, but some defered bruising after a few days.

I never had my wisdom teeth removed. i only have 31 teeth so my dentist didn;t think it was necessory to do it

I had mine removed when I was in my 20's. I had it done by my regular dentist without sedation. I had top and bottom on one side at a time. The extractions were do a few weeks apart to allow the other side to heal.

The dentist numbed my jaw up big time. Then he started prying up the tooth. At some point he decided it was time to go at it with his plier type tool. He started a slow rocking until it came loose. Then he packed the hole with gauze. He gave me a prescription for pain killer and sent me home.

I had mine taken out at 18 or 19. I for some reason only had 3 wisdom teeth 2 on the top and one on the bottom. They gave me novacaine shots and they pulled them out really fast. Like one pull and they were out. I barely felt pressure or anything. I remember a crunching sound when they took out the bottom one. I got a dry socket later on and was in alot of pain for about a week. I remember having to go back to the oral surgon for the dry socket but dont remember what they did to fix it.

I had my lower wisdom teeth removed in my late 20's due to them being impacted and causing me some pain. I asked if I could be put to sleep in the dentists, but she refused to do it and referred me t the dental hospital. I had to go early one morning and had to get into a surgical gown. I was walked to the theatre and asked to get on the table. I was given 2 injections in the back of my hand and woke a while later covered in blood. I thought it was great no pain and couldn't feel any big holes in my mouth. It turns out that as I was intubated through my nose it ruptured a blood vessel hence all the blood. I was given another appointment for the week after and was put to sleep, this time waking with a mouth full of gauze, blood and stitched. I could barely open my mouth and had loads of swelling around my face. I judge how well I was getting by the number of fingers I could get in my mouth. It took several months to get back to normal.

I need to go in the near future but the be honest I am not looking forward to it. I am a little bit afraid that it is going to hurt me a lot.

I've had one out in my 50s. If you find a great dentist, there's little or no pain. I just needed some Tylenol when the novocaine wore off.

I had my three impacted wisdoms removed in 2007, when I was 30 years old. They had to be cut out surgically so I had no choice but to be put to sleep. They gave me a valium during my consult to take the morning of the procedure. I was pretty calm going in. I sat in the chair and they put a pulse ox monitor on my finger and placed an IV in my left arm. I was out pretty soon after that and woke up in the recover chair. The procedure went well, but the healing process was rough.

I was 16 and all 4 was impacted I had oral surgeon take them out. He used gas while he did the surgery.

Had all 4 removed at a oral surgeon's office (out-patient) sometime during high school. General anesthesia was used so do not remember very much. I think 2 of them were pulled while the other 2 had to be cut to be pulled. The oral surgeon was really into weight lifting and had a massive chest span for his body size. Probably not a bad thing for his line of work.

. . . . The oral surgeon was really into weight lifting and had a massive chest span for his body size. Probably not a bad thing for his line of work.

You would be surprised. It's all in the technique. If you know what you are doing, you don't need a lot of strength.

If you have to stand on the patient's chest and use a lot of strength, you don't know what you are doing.

I Have had all of my wisdom teeth removed, the two uppers were removed with xylocaine numbing the area; for the two lowers I was given a general anesthesia --- the both were induced with IV medication. I needed some pain meds only for the last one and then only for the first night.

I still have mine. Though many years back when I was pregnant my dentist did suggest getting them removed after delivery. I figured they weren't causing trouble so I'll wait. They are still there and not causing any issues yet.

I did mine the really wrong way: one at a time. In college I had the lower two removed under local anesthesia, first one then the other about six weeks apart. Then on turning thirty I had one of the top ones out, local and nitrous oxide. I still have one top wisdom tooth.

So I suffered three times, and in hindsight wish I had just had it all done at once, suffered the misery once, and been done with it.

Hugs,

Diane

I had mine removed a couple of years ago- i really liked being put under. it was my first surgery and first time with the anesthesia. I still think about it today- it was a pleasant experience.

I had to have 2separate appointments with 2 different oral surgeons to remove my wisdom teeth.

First place got my top 2 out with ease, under nitrous and IV sedation. When they went to remove the bottom 2 I felt everything, so they had to stop and refer me to be put under completely.

Went to the second office and he put the nitrous mask over my nose. Told me to breathe deeply, then he shot some propofol into my IV. A warm sensation quickly took over my body and next thing I remember I'm in my friends car, half way home.

I was told that all 4 of my wisdom teeth needed to be removed - when I was about 20 or so.

Reason: They were all growing at an angle, into my gums.

At the time, I ignored the advice and didn't have any problems until I was about 50.

Meanwhile, one of my wisdom teeth just broke away in parts - painlessly - leaving only the root inside.

Eventually the gum covered the area.

Then another tooth began to break.

This time my dentist noticed it and insisted that it be removed.

I agreed - my dentist is quite sexy, by the way!

She gave me two injections in my gum and removed the tooth.

The first injection hurt a bit, but the I didnt feel the second one.

I felt nothing when she removed the tooth.

Interestingly, she did not use what looked like electrical pliers to remove the tooth.

Instead, she used a single thin metal stick which had a flat top.

Using my gum as a pivot, she sort of scooped the tooth out.

Now, I have to find the time to get the other two out...

I had all 4 taken when I was in HS…… Count backwards from 10….. Think I made it to 6 LOL!!!!

I was an adult. I had one break and it was difficult to remove. They thought they might have to shatter what was left of it and drill it out but he finally got hold of it and was able to get it out. It hurt like there was no tomorrow. I had to drive home afterwards so minimal anesthesia was administered. It was the same day a massive hail storm hit Phoenix, which never happens and luckily most of it went around me. My backdoor to the apartment balcony was open because the cat I had loved storms for some reason. I was in fetal position feeling sick to stomach with huge wad of gauze in mouth and had taken Oxycodone for pain. Huge burst of cold air came in cat threw bag ears and headed for bathroom as storm hit. Only rain where I lived no hail. about a year latter one other wisdom tooth started to bother me so back to same surgeon, he took remaining teeth out in less than 3 minutes when it took over 20 to get other one out. Much faster heal time and I only took half the recommended pain killer as it was just too powerful for my stomach.

I got three of my four wisdom teeth out when I was about 16 years old. It was planned to do it under general anesthesia but the doctor hasn't had a free time slot. So I changed the doctor and had the surgery with local anesthesia. I think it got about ten injections and was operated about one hour. After that I can't eat for about one week and after three weeks there were no pain anymore.

I had all four of mine removed last year, so I was 20 at the time. It didn't hurt any the week afterwards, but I'm pretty sure I got dry socket a little before one of them fully healed. From um, sucking on something a little sooner than I should have, if you catch my drift.......