What should I expect in terms of pain?
I won't be put to sleep, only heavily sedated.
I had to get teeth pulled before. Not wisdom teeth, though.
The only thing that hurt for was a numbing shot they used on my gums. But other than that, there wasn't really any pain. There might have been some later, I don't remember eactly.
It felt really weird though. You hear a cracking sound in your mouth as he's pulling them out. D:
CRACK. CRACK. CRUNCH.
The aftermath is going to be FUN >:D
BTW I've had:
16 teeth removed at the same time (12 baby, 4 wisdom)
a major jaw reconstructive surgery
and braces twice
I don't want to hear any complaining now!
Quote from: Nayrman on July 06, 2009, 11:30:09 AM
The aftermath is going to be FUN >:D
BTW I've had:
16 teeth removed at the same time (12 baby, 4 wisdom)
a major jaw reconstructive surgery
and braces twice
I don't want to hear any complaining now!
That's a lot of teeth.
Why so many at once? o_o
I've had three teeth pulled, they were all baby teeth.(I was born without the adult teeth that would replace them)
All I can remember from that is you don't feel anything after the numbing shot(novacain?) and I asked my dentist how long is it going to be before he pulls my teeth out and he says "I already did."
So I have braces now and then a retainer until I'm old enough to get surgery for implants.
Quote from: Doodle on July 06, 2009, 11:32:24 AM
That's a lot of teeth.
Why so many at once? o_o
My roots are stronger than normal, so my adult teeth couldn't push out my baby ones (besides the front ones), so they had to go in and remove all of them when I was 12.
Despite all my dental problems, I got some strong bones there. At work when I randomly passed out (scariest moment of my life), and found I fell like a tree and pretty much destroyed my front two teeth on my front jaw, only half of each broke off (root canal on one of them, yay). Got two crowns and my actual live parts of my teeth are as strong as ever.
I think my parents have spent more on my mouth than my college education so far.
Quote from: Nayrman on July 06, 2009, 12:20:23 PM
I think my parents have spent more on my mouth than my college education so far.
...Just to look 'good' in modern society...all for shame; these ideals make me sad...)=...
...Also, get your hands on some morphine, you'll need it...
Quote from: Zies on July 06, 2009, 12:29:30 PM
...Just to look 'good' in modern society...all for shame; these ideals make me sad...)=...
...Also, get your hands on some morphine, you'll need it...
Well, my Uncle went legally blind because of his teeth. The roots mess up a lot of things if not taken care of. So it might not be that bad of a thing to get them fixed. >_>
Well, since my dad had all of his molars pulled, I can tell you one thing. Chew with your front teeth only. Food will get stuck in the places where the teeth were, and when you go to pick the food out, it hurts. A lot.
Quote from: Red on July 06, 2009, 12:36:54 PM
So it might not be that bad of a thing to get them fixed. >_>
...Key words are good to look for...
Actually, most of my procedures were necessary.
The teeth removal was so my adult teeth could come in without destroying my mouth, the crowns were necessary. Well, either that and remove my teeth and get fake ones, which cost more and are worse for you than crowns.
And finally, the jaw surgery was because my bite/bone alignment was way off. If I didn't get it done, thirty years from now I'd be losing all my teeth, be in a LOT of pain, and basically be in a much worse situation than I would be now.
I agree the braces are purely cosmetic though and the thing I hated most of all X_X;;
It's not gonna be painful. It's the sound that gets ya.
Quote from: Kierou on July 06, 2009, 01:41:33 PM
It's not gonna be painful. It's the sound that gets ya.
My dentist usually lets me listen to my iPod as long as the wires don't get in her way. Trust me when I say it helps a lot.
I'm going to be blunt when I say from what I know, it will not be a joyful experience at all. Wisdom teeth removal (especially impacted) crosses the line from small items (teeth removal, pulling out a large splinter) into full blown surgery. I've known a few people have to take off work/school because of it....
And mine are coming out soon too...
Quote from: Macbeth on July 06, 2009, 02:02:22 PM
I'm going to be blunt when I say from what I know, it will not be a joyful experience at all. Wisdom teeth removal (especially impacted) crosses the line from small items (teeth removal, pulling out a large splinter) into full blown surgery. I've known a few people have to take off work/school because of it....
And mine are coming out soon too...
Mine too. ;__;
All the stories I've heard about getting your wisdom teeth pulled out seriously scare me.
*being an annoying ass moment approaching*
lol you guys are wimps
I don't even know if I was born with my wisdom teeth.....
Those higher on the evolutionary scale won't get them coming in.
I'm sure that they'll knock you out if you're getting all your wisdom teeth snatched out. It's terrible afterwords though.
I'm not getting put to sleep. I'd have to go to an oral surgeon for that, but my dentist is gonna do it.
I'm gonna be on all kinds of PILLS HERE, and I'll have a shot in my gums.
Quote from: Tsumaru on July 06, 2009, 04:56:51 PM
I'm not getting put to sleep. I'd have to go to an oral surgeon for that, but my dentist is gonna do it.
I'm gonna be on all kinds of PILLS HERE, and I'll have a shot in my gums.
... 0___0;
Yeah, the shot to the gums is good for making fill-ins painless, maybe a root canal, but wtf!? Having all my wisdom teeth pulled out is not something I'd want to be awake for, especially after seeing how it's done on YouTube. *shiver*
My mom and my brother were awake for theirs and they did fine.
It was at the same dentist, too.
That's good. The thought still makes me cringe though. >.<
I get to keep my wisdom teeth n_u
The experience really varies depending on how impacted your teeth are. If it's a bony impaction, you're darn going to want general (put to sleep) or twilight (technically conscious, but unable to remember the surgery after it happens) anesthetic. If they're just below the surface of the gum, it's probably alright with strong local anesthetic.
After-experience isn't bad provided you can get some Vicodin prescribed; I took those for a week and didn't have any major issues with pain. The only annoying (not painful) thing is that you may have to wash out the holes in your gums with saline for a couple weeks in order to ensure that no food particulates get caught in them.
Huh, my sister is getting her wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow too.
I was gut under that stuff that makes you relaxed or whatever, I don't know, it goes over your nose. After that, they gave me 20 shots in the arm to put me to sleep (they kept missing my vein). I was like half conscious during it and had no pain, just weird ticklish feelings when they crunched my teeth. I awoke in a wheelchair, tried climbing in the car and fell on the ground and I don't remember anything else after that.
Quote from: Nayrman on July 06, 2009, 11:30:09 AM
The aftermath is going to be FUN >:D
BTW I've had:
16 teeth removed at the same time (12 baby, 4 wisdom)
a major jaw reconstructive surgery
and braces twice
I don't want to hear any complaining now!
I may need jaw surgery at my rate off lower jaw growth...
I am developing an underbite :(
AND 16! I thought 9 was bad enough...
Got back from the dentist an hour ago. All went well.
Once I get this gauze out of my mouth I'll be fine.
I feel so woozy...
I once had four teeth cut out of my gums that hadn't started coming through yet. They put me completely under for that though, I had an i.v. and they made me breath gas so I don't remember any pain. At first I was going to try to stay awake but I quickly realized I would rather be asleep when all that was going on. My face did swell up a lot though and there was blood.
As a side note, that day Pokemon silver arrived in the mail.
Hmm, I thought I'd feel a lot worse than this.
I never took my medicine for the pain, yet I have no pain at all. o_o
Quote from: Tsumaru on July 07, 2009, 12:15:31 PMHmm, I thought I'd feel a lot worse than this.
I never took my medicine for the pain, yet I have no pain at all. o_o
Yeah, it looks like people were just exaggerating. Wisdom teeth extractions hurt for a few hours. It's rarely so unbearable, though people have different thresholds. The thing with wisdom tooth extractions is that it's sometimes the moment people find out that they have blood clotting disorders. Bad time to find that out. :]