<p>Had four impacted ones taken out this summer. The oral surgeon was fantastic. I got about to eating solid foods right away and did not take pain medication. The most difficult part was washing the pits out because food would tend to collect in there.</p>
<p>I was born without wisdom teeth! My daughter was supposed to have hers taken out over her break but refused. She had just one that is slightly impacted and the dentist was unable to give her a good reason to go through the trauma of having the other three taken out and she’s in no pain from the slightly impacted one. She says that she’ll be off of our insurance soon enough and if she needs something done, she’ll take care of it with her insurance.</p>
<p>Be glad you are not attending the US Merchant Marine Academy where you are REQUIRED to have wisdom teeth removed (at your own expense) before you are sent on your sea time. Cadets are sent for a 4 month and then an 8 month stint to work on ships. As you can imagine, not a good place for a toothache. Prophlactic dentristry is practiced. Son was fine; avoided the percocet (it makes me sick), stuck to Advil and took the antibiotics and was good to go. Look to your collective family histories, because teeth are truely genetic!</p>
<p>I am getting my two remainding wisdom teeth out in 3 hours. Gosh I cant wait for it to be over! Lets hope I dont die. I know im being dramatic and I am saying it in jest … but I actually am a little scared of possible complications.</p>
<p>D was actually much better the next day- we gave up on the pain meds though- ibuprofen was enough
poor thing because of her prematurity, she has more pain receptors than most kids- and a lower pain tolerance but she made it through with advil and is enjoying hanging out on the couch till she goes back to school</p>
<p>weski
remember james herriot and all creatures great and small?
He was in the RAF and told some great stories about vets who pulled teeth prophlactically during the war.</p>
<p>To Sid19 - </p>
<p>I wish you luck…it may take time but you’ll be fine! Just make sure that you take it easy and don’t force yourself to recover too quickly. Some people have no problems and others have complications but usually most people are absolutely fine within 4 to 7 days.</p>
<p>Take Care!</p>
<p>Thank you adviceplease :)</p>
<p>I just realised in my previous post i wrote remainDing … lol how silly of me … It wont let me edit now</p>
<p>I am still alive!</p>
<p>it was much better than the last two i got out. I was supposed to get the next two out but the dentist decided to only take one out and let the other one come through some more. Back to the chair in a year or so :(</p>
<p>I just wanted to thank everyone for all the support I received here. My daughter has now made a full recovery. Her swelling is gone, antibiotics taken, and pain meds abandoned. She’s good to go and went back to school when it started back up last Monday. (swollen still then though).</p>
<p>To all of you that are going to go through the experience, good luck and it’s not always bad.</p>
<p>Thanks to all!</p>
<p>I had eight permanent and seven baby teeth extracted in three separate procedures over a span of ten years. (Major orthodontia issues.)</p>
<p>Everyone in my family has a bad gastric reaction to opiates, so the first day we just put me to sleep with benzodiazepines, and the next day the pain had subsided enough that it was controllable with Advil. Stomach drama avoided. Sleeping through the first day and night is the only way to go. I recall eating a lot of yogurt and tomato soup during recovery.</p>
<p>As a father of a couple of college kids and an Oral Surgeon, I thought I could give some insight into this whole wisdom tooth dilemma. First, not every tooth needs to be removed. Make sure you have a consult to discuss the indications for removal (btw, crowding is not an indication as many studies have refuted this idea). A simple rule is any tooth that is decayed, infected, partially erupted, or has pathology associated must be removed. Anything else is elective. I always advise to plan plenty of healing time. Murphy’s law is always present. So if the teeth are not bothering you, wait till xmas break or summer. Most importantly, if removal is indicated, do it when they are the easiest. Your Dr. will be able to tell by the stage of development when removal is easiest. Some teeth are just plain hard, and as a result, post-op recovery is tough. But if you wait till they are close to the surface, but not quite fully grown, recovery shouldn’t be too bad. Finally, having done this for 20+ years, I have realized that some operators are better than others. Talk to friends and see how they did. In my experience, there is a difference in swelling, bruising, pain, etc. based on the surgeons technique. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice Raksyr!</p>
<p>I have no brusing and very little swelling. I think that may be a testament to my dentist. I have seen friends who go all shades of blue/yellow and are extremely swollen. Poor things. </p>
<p>I also put arnica on my face strait after i leave the dentist. It is supposed to help stop bruising… not sure how effective it is but i do know that i dont have any bruises!</p>