Wisdom Teeth

The main thing i remember from my wisdom tooth operation was the intramuscular injection. I was 14 years old.

The nurse asked me to lie on my stomach. I was not understanding why. She then mentionned i would receive an injection in the right buttock and asked me to get my trousers down. I waited in this position for 5 minutes while she was preparing material. She asked me to pull down my underwear just under the buttock and she made the injection. The week after for the 2nd phase of removal, i decided to innovate and when she asked me to get ready i took down both trousers and underwear and stayed like this 5 minutes while she was preparing and 2 other people were working around.

Unforgettable

Brooklyn, Does your county have a public health office? Most do but I'm not familiar with Mass. If so, check with them about the availability of dental services.

My wisdom teeth are coming in right now. I'll probably need them taken out in the next couple of months. In a fantasy world, it would be interesting to have a dental procedure while naked and legs spread.

My wisdom teeth are coming in right now. I'll probably need them taken out in the next couple of months. In a fantasy world, it would be interesting to have a dental procedure while naked and legs spread.

Maybe you would enjoy being thoroughly lubricated, having the forceps and arm of the surgeon stuck all the way up your butt and having your wisdom teeth extracted by the retropharyngeal approach. 😁 😁 😁

I'm not related the firm I'm about to recommend, in fact I will not name it. I did get very good oral surgery service at a clinic in San Jose Costa Rica. If anyone has any questions please PM me.

I was 29, my wisdom teeth were impacted, was told to have them removed because they'd never come in and would get soft and problematic eventually.

Two+ hours in a dentist chair starting with a shot in the upper arm, then a facemask of something; woke up to nausea and heavy ache/pain, all four were gone. I had four DEEP holes where the teeth had been, when I inhaled through my nose the top back teeth got cold, they were evidently that deep. Very sore jaw on all four corners, bleeding for the first few days, my teeth all felt a little loose for a while. Kept rinsing the holes with saltwater, gingerly eating after around a week, real solid food took several weeks, the openings finally healed after several more weeks. No ill effects in the 20+ years since.

Took nearly 10 days to recover after having them done under local freezing.

I got mine out over Christmas break my freshman year of college. I went to an oral surgeon, so they were able to put me out. I think the whole process took about ten minutes. Recovery sucked, but I didn't swell up like some of my friends did.

Had mine out when I was around 29. Was sedated but not unconscious. Turns out I only had three which saved me some money on the extraction. Face swelled up like I was trying to swallow a softball and I couldn't even on m mouth wide enough to get a toothbrush in for a few days. Looked hilarious - I should have kept a picture.

I am 47 and mine never grew in. They don't bother me but once in a very great while, it feels like it might be trying to cut in. My gums get raw feeling back there. It doesn't bother me that much, so I leave them be. I wont let anyone cut them out unless there's a big problem with them.

I had just gotten into the military and went through the boot camp physical (18 yrs old). The dentist sees my two top wisdom teeth are coming in and said they'd have to be removed - likely so they wouldn't mess up my other teeth. I was given just local anesthesia, so couldn't feel a lot, but could hear everything. I remember there was a lot of pulling and hearing cracking at some points. I had no idea what was actually happening and I did not like the experience. After it was done, they sewed up the left over holes with stitches and gave me bed rest the rest of the day. I went back to our open bay room there at boot camp and got into bed - top bunk. The rest of the company was out doing something. When they came back I gave the doctor's orders to our company commander. Later, someone had done something wrong and the whole company had to do push ups while I was sleeping up there in my bed. I don't think I got much bruising from getting the teeth taken out, but for a long time food would get under the stitches and I'd have a hard time getting it out. Fun times. I had one of my lower wisdom teeth taken out when it got impacted and I still have the last one. Its peeking through the gums a little but mostly staying hidden.

I was 24 and they had to come out due to impact ion and crowding. All four at the same time under a light general anaesthesia. Woke up fine without pain until things wore off. Then extra strength Tylenol and warm salt water rinse was all that was advised. Two days later felt much better and the week later follow up with the dentist indicated all clear and healing well.

I had the top two taken out. One cracked and hurt like crazy so they shot me up with lidocaine and yanked them out. Sorry, I don't have a great story for you but the best part was the next day on Vicodin and easy to slurp soup.

Hi, I've had a molar removed very recently , it took the dentist 40 minutes to remove it , but not after struggling for some time. He had to cut the tooth in half as the roots had grown in such a way that it did not budge ! however since having it removed i do feel somewhat better, although a large hole still remains in the gum.

^^^^ You should have had a bone graft and guided bone regeneration.

You wouldn't have the hole.

Had my wisdom teeth pulled two at a time when I was 23 yrs old because I am such a chicken when it comes to the dentist, so it took a couple of months to pull them all. Also there were only three not four so one is floating around in my mouth somewhere, with my luck it will probably show up under my tongue like it did when I was younger.

Two were extracted at the age of 22 and two were impacted. I had to get the two that were impacted surgically removed but the other two that were just extracted did not hurt as much. I just remember being more sore and bruised more than anything!

Get knocked out. You won't remember all the gory details. Who wants to?

I had only three and they were taken out in about 1960 when I was a college student, so I do not remember much about it except that one was impacted and had to come out in two pieces.

hankb

Ive always wondered (still have yet to have them removed). Do you need to receive a physical before this procedure?

Ive always wondered (still have yet to have them removed). Do you need to receive a physical before this procedure?

NO, you do not.

Typically you will have an oral exam, review your medical history and have your vital signs checked.

If you have a history of poor health (usually heart and/or severe peripheral vascular disease) you may have a more complete physical especially if you are having general anesthesia. Usually local or IV sedation is used.

Are you supposed to lose those? , I'm fixing to turn 30 in a couple of months. They don't bother me should I go have them pulled anyways?.

Only your dentist can answer that for you.

Some people have enough room for them and they are healthy, some don't.

If they are infected or badly decayed they should be extracted.

Thanks for the info, I'll go have that checked, never thought about untill I came across this thread.

I had mine out when I was in my early twenties. One got impacted and the x-rays showed the others growing crooked.

Operation was done at a hospital and I stayed over night. My duty nurse, a much older woman, thought that I was a sissy for having it done in a hospital. She told me that when she had hers out she went to work the same day.

Recovery was painful, no chewing food, only liquids. My dentist said he had a rough time getting them out, "Blasting" was the term he used. My jaw sure ached so I don't doubt it.

There is such a wide range of difficulty and discomfort to pain that it isn't even fair to make comparisons between people on this.

Some erupted teeth come out easily and people have pain, and some bony impacted teeth are hard to remove and the patient is only mildly uncomfortable (with pain meds). Some people just have a very painful experience no matter what the condition was.

Some people just have a very painful experience no matter what the condition was.

YUP!, That's why I don't really like going to the doc. Expecially needles! .

I had mine out when I was in my early twenties. One got impacted and the x-rays showed the others growing crooked.

Operation was done at a hospital and I stayed over night. My duty nurse, a much older woman, thought that I was a sissy for having it done in a hospital. She told me that when she had hers out she went to work the same day.

Recovery was painful, no chewing food, only liquids. My dentist said he had a rough time getting them out, "Blasting" was the term he used. My jaw sure ached so I don't doubt it.

She should of been 'bitch' slapped, especially being a so called professional. I am sure the dentist /doctor decided the hospital. Everyone has different degrees of pain tolerance, mine tolerance is very high and it was uncomfortable. Mine were so bad the 2nd time they recommended outpatient the second time and they ended up leaving one in. The first time in my 20s my dentist tried to extract them and it was harrowing as he was unable to reach due to other complications. Recovery was long both times.

Don't let anyone ever tell you how you feel. Especially a bullies like her.

I had mine taken out in my teens as part of orthodontic treatment. They were surgically extracted before they even broke through. I hat two appointments, one for the right side and one for the left. The extractions were done using local anesthetic, which did a mediocre job. It was not too painful, but I certainly felt more than I wanted. Also thinking back to some of the sounds still gives me goosebumps.

I got my wisdom teeth removed in January 2008 when I was 15 years old. It was done with local anesthesia so I got a couple of injections and the whole face was numbed. The teeth were still very small and laid within the jaw. So it was very uncomfortable to open the jaw and to remove all four teeth. I think it tooks about one and a half hours. The next days a had a strong swollen face and of course some pain.