Wisdom Teeth

I had a great experience to get my last 2 removed last year. The nitrous gas and IV worked quick, but I remember most of it. Which I like.

I had two of my wisdom teeth removed they where really impacted so I had to go to a oral surgeon for IV sedation. The surgery was suppose to take just about an hour but it ended up taking 2 due to the teeth being really near the nerve in my bottom jaw. They woke me up a bit before they where finished because when I started getting more alert the surgeon was still putting in the stitches and the drain.

I got all 4 removed when I was 16 or 17. I don't actually believe they needed to be removed- they weren't impacted or anything. I really did not want to get it done, but my mom forced me to because she said that she didn't want all the money she spent on braces to be wasted. I cried as I fell asleep and woke up sobbing uncontrollably, like I picked up from where I left off. I didn't feel like the Vicodin really did much of anything afterwards. I wasn't high and I was still in pain. In general, it sucked and I don't plan on forcing my children to get it done if they don't need to.

I had all 4 removed around age 24. I was given an iv and then sedated and woke up with gauze in my mouth. For me there wasn't any pain and I bounced back to normal within a few days. I was more fortunate than other people I know since I was pain free.

Mine were pretty easy, despite being impacted. I had it done one summer when I was home from college, maybe around 20. As a child, I had teeth removed at the dentist, so I wasn't even really nervous about it. Had the manic meds, did the countdown, and was out cold until the doctor and my mother were waking me up so I could walk to the car (assisted). I only needed painkillers for that day and the day after, and then I switched to Tylenol for about a week. I can still feel the scars with my tongue if I concentrate.

I was 20 wasnt too bad but a week later it really hurt !

I just had two removed a month ago, one after another. It wasn't as bad as I thought would be with local anaesthesia and two pain killers. It only take like 10 minutes or so for the procedure. Then I was suggested to sit in the waiting room for 30min to make sure I was ok and the bleeding stopped. The dentist prescribed pain killers for me just in case. I could even start eating after 2 hours.

I had my wisdom teeth pulled when I was about 25 as I remember. I had it done in the dentists office with the usual anesthetic. He removed top and bottom teeth on one side and then two weeks later removed the other two the same way. I had the option of going to an oral surgeon and having all four removed at one time using sedation but I opted not to go that route.

My son's dentist just suggested that my son should have his wisdom teeth removed last week. I never had wisdom teeth, myself. But, I've heard that it can be painful. As a mom, I hate the thought of my child having pain. Even though he is 19 now, he will always be my child & I'd rather have the pain than him. He also is mildly autistic, so I don't know how he'll react. If it is a bad experience, it will be difficult to get him back to the dentist. The good news is his wisdom teeth have not bothered him at all.

I had two complete sets of wisdom teeth that had to be removed by an oral surgeon. First time I had general anesthesia. The pain meds made me too loopy for work so I had to suck it up on Advil.

I had one pulled when I was 65 and another last month at age 69. Both time I opted for anesthesia. It was a rather pleasant experience. I remember having the IV put into the back of my hand but I don't remember going under. After I woke, my tooth was gone and my wife drove me home. I slept the rest of the afternoon.

I was fifteen and I'm nineteen now. I was told that I needed all four removed and I just shrugged my shoulders and said okay. My dentist referred us to an orthopedic surgeon, we called the clinic, scheduled the surgery and had it done. I remembering searching about it and scared that I would be in pain and not be able to eat at all. Actually I have a high pain tolerance and believe it or not I went on for a not even an hour after leaving the clinic. My hormones were screwed up, I was getting incredibly emotional and my mother videotaped everything (just search wisdom teeth reaction on YouTube). I could only chew food with my front teeth for about two weeks afterwards and lived off mashed potatoes. Not interesting, but quite the experience for me. 😃

I had all four of mine pulled as they were growing in sideways and were impacted.I was given gas and felt nothing during the operation.I had a sore mouth for about four days and was given pain meds.

I had two wisdom teeth pulled three days before my high school graduation. 😢 They didn't knock me out or anything, just injected me with a whole bunch of novocaine on both sides of my mouth. Not to mention my dentist almost broke my jaw from pushing and pulling too hard! My jaw was sore from that, on top of actually having the teeth removed, AND the pain left from where he injected the novocaine. He prescribed me Tylenol with codeine for the pain, and that's when I found out I'm allergic to codeine. .__.

Oh, and did I mention that I was sick with a chest infection at the time too? So come graduation time, my face was still a little swollen, I had no voice left, I was in tremendous amounts of pain, and I could NOT stop coughing during the ceremony. I had to smuggle cough-drops in my bra so I could at least try and control my loud, obnoxious coughing fits. I also had stitches in my mouth in from where he ripped out the wisdom teeth so I had to be really careful not to make them come undone or come out too early.

So yeah, thankfully my top two wisdom teeth haven't started coming in yet...and even if they do start to come in I think I'll live with it instead of going through THAT again, haha. 😜

Reading this thread all I can think of is "lucky me." I'm 27 and have no issues with my wisdom teeth themselves. They've been in for 10 years now. Well, I do have crowding in my lower jaw up in front BUT that could be also due to my using chewing tobacco and rolling my own cigarettes too tight, the sucking actions caused the front teeth to pull back.

I was 16 when I got mine out. I don't remember much to be honest. I remember going to the back, sitting on the chair. Then they sprayed this freezing stuff on my same. I got an IV sedation. That is all I remember. Besides walking up hours later at home. 😃

I had a gap at the front of my teeth, so before I had surgery they took all my wisdom teeth out and also they wired my mouth shut for awhile and was in hospital for 4 days, it was when I was like 16 or 17 and it was a scary time for me as I had that surgery and after was in so much pain and looked like a chipmuck, still have the pics at my mom's in her photo albums....it was nuts but so happy now and what my teeth look like and maybe not if I wouldn't went thru with it.

All my 4 wisdom teeth came in normally. Sad to say I have crowded teeth in my mandible. I have been told by several dentists that they should have been removed. They both said that all wisdom teeth should be removed for this reason.

Three out of four removed. I was in my late 40s. Had both on one side taken at the same time, and one on the opposite side taken a couple weeks later.

Nothing particularly memorable. Since they were not loose, the dentist had to work some to get them out. Very minimal bleeding or ooze from the sockets afterwards.

As the gum receded I did have to go back a month or so later because a piece of bone was protruding and irritating my tongue. A couple whacks with a chisel and no more problem.

Still have one remaining.

Haven't gotten mine out

does it hurt? Curios

Probably abut 15, I remember them hooking me up to an I.V. and giving me the anesthetic, then sitting around until they came back and gave me another dose, thats pretty much the last thing I remember from that entire day, from what I hear my little sister got me watching some brake dancing movie so I must have been pretty high.

Brooklyn, did your oral surgeon know of your chest infection? Did you hide it from him? No oral surgeon would knowingly go in to remove teeth from a patient with a resp. infection unless it were a real medical emergency. Even then they would probably demand to do it in a hospital and get you started on IV antibiotic before they started the procedure.

Brooklyn the oral surgeon did what? How stupid of him/her/it.

@StephenS I was at the tail end of the infection, so it was just that lagging cough left over for the most part. By that point I was breathing a lot better, so I don't think I mentioned it to him specifically. I did tell the hygienist that brought me to the room what antibiotic I was on. The dentist I see is one of the most incompetent professionals I've ever met. I've had a lot of dental work by him in the last 8 years. I've had fillings fall out after a few days (I'm assuming because they weren't done right). He told me to quiet down and bear it when he was pushing and pulling trying to get my wisdom tooth free. He's horrible at giving the Novocaine injections when I need work done. Every time I leave his office after having Novocaine, the injection site hurts more than the tooth being worked on. I've had other dentists work on my mouth and they're much gentler with the needle, with little to no pain left over from it. Last time I was in getting my broken molar fixed, I swear he hit a nerve with it. This burning pain shot through the side of my face when the needle was stuck in, and it was definitely nothing like I was used to. For the next day or so I wasn't able to chew right, like my tongue just wouldn't move properly. My brother sees the same dentist and has had similar problems, even having a crown fall off a front tooth a week after it was put on. I'm also wondering why he decided to give me tylenol with codeine that day. He'd prescribed me Motrin other times I needed something. (And after learning that codeine just wasn't going to roll with me, Motrin turned out to be the best solution for my pain!) I should have guessed I wouldn't be able to tolerate it, since my mother is allergic as well. I would have switched dentists a long time ago, but he's one of the only ones around here that takes my insurance!

@Brooklyn: I hear what you are saying about insurance. I am in the opposite boat. My dentist takes very few insurance plans because he does not have to. It seems that the best dentists really do not need to accept insurance because their skill and reputation will bring people in whatever the price. The lousy dentists will accept anything that will bring in patients. I asked my dentist about why he was in so few plans and he told me flat out he had plenty of work already and the lower end plans would pay him diddly squat and even cost him money. I am lucky to be able to afford him.

@Aardvark, you are correct about dentists taking insurance.

@Brooklyn, that dentist should not be performing oral surgery, (complex extractions.) Report him to the Board of Dentistry or Medicine in your state.

I was 17 and had 3 impacted growing forward. It got to the point of severe pain. Went into an oral surgeon the next day. Put to sleep and had all 4 removed. Thank god I was asleep! The next day was a pain in the mouth!!!

I have been blessed with very good teeth. Grew up in a city with fluoride in the water. I do not take as good care of my teeth as I should; I say I give them benign neglect. Yet I've only had two cavities and I'm now 62 The hygienist and dentist give all sorts of dire warnings, but my teeth just keep chugging on. I still have one of my wisdom teeth. Mine had ample room so there was no need to remove the early. I did have three removed when I was in my late 40s because my dentist at the time was concerned about misalignment.

Reading Brooklyn's account, what concerns me is that she has a history of bad work from her dentist, yet she continues to see the same one. If I thought that poorly of any medical professional I would not go back to see them again. Her profile says she's from Mass. which is not exactly an underserved area.

Brooklyn, please, for your own well being, find a new dentist.

@quincy At this point I don't have much choice as far as dentists go. The only way I can afford to have work done on my teeth now is by having MassHealth again. (Which is the government assistance health care for Massachusetts) I can't travel far to see a dentist since I don't drive, and after extensive searching online for another dentist before seeing the same one to fix my broken molar this past summer, I only found one other office in my area that accepts MassHealth. I read reviews and asked friends that have gone to that office, and I've heard stories as bad as what I've seen with my own dentist. (Apparently, sub-par work is the general theme for what you get with the bottom of the barrel coverage. Can't say I blame them.) So this past time I just decided to stick with what I knew, as bad as it was. It wound up taking 5 appointments to fix my broken molar. The initial exam, the first part of the root canal, the second part of the root canal, putting on the temporary crown, then the permanent crown. There was shockingly little discomfort for the majority of those appointments, except for the one where I was fairly confident he hit a nerve with the anesthetic.

And prior to my turning 18, I was also with MassHealth for many years. So even though I asked my mom to switch dentists, we still had no real choice. As far as I know, the other office that accepts MassHealth wasn't even open at the time. I would love to be able to see absolutely anyone else, but I just can't afford to pay out of pocket for dental work right now, so I'm stuck with getting far less than perfect care when I need it. And that much I've come to accept, honestly. In times of desperation, like when I broke my molar on a popcorn kernel and the pain after three months of letting it be was getting unbearable, I was willing to take any sort of help I could get. Even his. When I first broke it I didn't even have MassHealth. I was stuck on a (very pricey) insurance plan through my college, which didn't offer any sort of dental coverage. I had to try and apply for MassHealth, and thankfully I was given temporary coverage soon enough to get it fixed before I lost my mind.

After my last appointment with him though and the needle hitting the nerve, I can safely say that if I need more dental work done (Beyond a simple teeth cleaning), I will be giving the other office a call. How much worse can they really be?

@Brooklyn. hi. you did what you could and must. When you have little choice you make the best of whats available. The alternative of doing nothing is not so much fun. Sorry to hear of any discomfort. Sometimes during root canals the intracanal injections do smart a little bit. Probably wouldn't matter who does it. Some of course are better than others. Anyway, glad it is done. hope you don't have to endure another broken molar. Watch that popcorn. 😃