<p>I’m finding all of this information very helpful as S. is scheduled for surgery two days from now. Remembering my own experience like it was yesterday…swollen and bruised for days, the initial pain, I’ve been more nervous about this than he’s been. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. As a cost comparison, we’ve been quoted $1540 for removal of three partially impacted, one completely impacted, and IV sedation.</p>
<p>GoBlueAlumMom (I’m a GoBlueAlum too!): I also had a terrible time with my own wisdom teeth extractions (major swelling, one whole week off work, several more weeks feeling poorly). My D, however, breezed through her experience. She went to stay overnight with her girlfriends the following night! She really only had one day of discomfort (cranky, mostly) and didn’t even use any of the prescription pain meds. So, don’t worry too much, maybe your S’s experience will be different from yours.</p>
<p>GoBlueAlumom, Good luck. My son was cranky yesterday, and I really tried to stay out of his way, but I needed to make sure that he was taking in some fluid. I pushed the gatorade, ice pops, and jello. He did not appreciate that, but really enjoyed the ice pops. He did have some luke warm noodles last night (he ate a toddler sized portion of the bowties-bad choice, it was hard to chew) with butter. The doctor told him not to eat any hot foods yesterday. Today he wanted noodles and I bought smaller elbow macaroni and I intentionally overcooked it. He was a lot happier and had it with marinara sauce. I served it hot. Everything was fine. He is still cranky today, but he is up a little bit more. He took Vicodan every 5 hours yesterday and took one this morning. His face is swollen, but only on one side, although he iced both equally. I don’t see any bruising. BTW, for him the Vicodan is a blessing, b/c he had no adverse reactions from it.</p>
<p>As far as price, we live in the northeast, where everything costs more money!</p>
<p>When I was growing up there was the age old discussion about keeping vs pulling wisdom teeth…I kept mine, all four erupted in my early twenties, minor shifting of bottom teeth, no big deal…so i thought, “great!” But, no, a few years later I developed migraine headaches and jaw pain, according to dentists there was nothing wrong with my teeth, but I still had crazy pain. 10 years later it was suggested my wisdom teeth come out, for other reasons…never again have I had a migraine, apparently the wisdom teeth roots were just too long and irritated the facial nerve. Ever since then I have had headaches and cold sensitive teeth, so I will definitely have my kids wisdom teetn removed.</p>
<p>My D saved my $250 from the first appointment to the final extraction as her teeth were all coming in so fast the price went down!</p>
<p>Thanks for the words of encouragement and advice! I’m sure I’ll be nursing my 6’2", 210 lb. big baby just like you are, NEmom. He had hernia surgery a couple of years ago and kept me running for days. He’s an athlete and plays through that kind of pain all the time. But, if it’s for any other reason, it’s a whole different story! Thank goodness he also responds to Vicodin’s w/no side effects. </p>
<p>It would be great if S. has your D’s experience, bookiemom…keeping my fingers crossed. We’ve heard a few other reports like yours so maybe there have been some advancements in surgical technique over the years. Glad to hear from a fellow Wolverine!</p>
<p>Yes, I forgot about the cost of living differences with regard to the surgical pricetag…</p>
<p>GoBluealumom, Please keep us posted. For us it was not too bad. The first 3 hours were the worst. My son woke up understandably irritable this morning, but this afternoon when I was waiting on him, I got him to smile. He is already feeling much more comfortable.</p>
<p>I had three of my wisdom teeth pulled about a month ago. The fourth is still so high up in my gum or whatever that the dentist thought it would cause more problems that it would solve to try to get it out. I wasn’t knocked out, just numbed, and the actual surgery was the easiest part of it. I also don’t think the nitrous did anything for me, because they cranked it up high and I still didn’t feel at all different and couldn’t tell when they switched me back to oxygen. (Oh well-$25 lost). The first 24 hours were miserable. I had a bad reaction to the strong painkiller (not vicadin, I can’t remember the name) and couldn’t even keep down water. And then, almost exactly 24 hours later, the nausea disappeared and I could eat and drink–carefully, that is.</p>
<p>My advice? Rinse with salt water a LOT (after the first day, of course) and don’t freak out if the bleeding doesn’t stop right away, or even for the first couple days. And if a pill makes you feel weird in a bad way, for goodness’ sake don’t take it again.</p>
<p>I’m glad I got it over with, because my original appointment was scheduled for tomorrow.</p>
<p>GoBlueAlumMom: more advice from a fellow Wolverine.</p>
<p>My D acted very strange on the way home from the surgery. Stuck her bare feet out the car window! Be prepared for weirdness.</p>
<p>My sister demanded chocolate pudding the day she had hers out. My mom caved. The pudding didn’t stay down. Don’t allow chocolate pudding. </p>
<p>Also, watch out for fainting and barfing (not at the same time, of course). This same sister fainted in the bathroom and knocked my mom down!</p>
<p>northeast mom: so your son just had the local anesthesia? that’s it? was he good with the supposed sawing and hammering that makes most people want general?</p>
<p>I had all my (impacted) wisdom teeth out the summer after my junior year of high school (which would make it 4 years ago), and let me just sing the praises of the general anesthesia gods!!! 
I would have hated to have been awake through that shindig. Bring on the drugs I say. Vicodin is also a great invention of modern medicine. Two of those bad boys and I was out with friends a few hours after the surgery (granted, my mouth was a bit swollen, but hey, no pain so why not).
General anesthesia is almost perfectly safe in todays world, especially for a healthy young teenager. Hell, I would go under GA for getting cavities filled if they would let me.</p>
<p>This is a well thought out description of the controversy. Medicine is not practiced based on anecdotal experience, but on scientific data where possible. On this subject, all the data is not in but there is evidence that against intervening. It is like a war, how can a parent feel after the surgery has already been done. That it must have been necessary. The many who have there wisdom teeth don’t contribute to this forum because it is of no interest. The group is therefore self selected, with a bias toward intervention. For any who read this forum who are asymptomatic and still have your wisdom teeth, I advise caution. Only a minority will require later intervention. </p>
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<p>I had all 4 impacted teeth removed during Spring Break of my senior year. I still missed a week of school because I was so swollen and in pain. The rest of my teeth gradually shifted after surgery and I did need braces as an adult. </p>
<p>D is like H and no wisdom teeth ever developed. Lucky them!</p>
<p>search google: harvard study wisdom teeth debate
Click
“When wisdom teeth should be removed”. This is first real link.</p>
<p>What are your options</p>
<p>Option #1- do nothing</p>
<p>pro - Take a wait and see attitude - if it is not broke; do not fix it. You can always have them removed it they cause problems. If the teeth are not uncomfortable or infected, this is a viable option. Many folks never have a problem. In fact, before local anesthesia, almost no one had them out.</p>
<p>con - They may have to come out in the future. This may happen at a inconvenient time, vacation, wedding, school, job etc.</p>
<p>If one of the teeth is infected or painful you will need to do something.</p>
<p>faculty.washington.edu/quarn/3rds</p>
<p>n fact, before local anesthesia, almost no one had them out.</p>
<p>So local anesthesia- since end of 19th century?
<a href=“[Historical development of surgical wisdom tooth extraction] - PubMed”>[Historical development of surgical wisdom tooth extraction] - PubMed;
Before that- what was average lifespan?
Probably not many came to adulthood with all their teeth so it was probably handy to have a few extra ;)</p>
<p>I had three out this winter, and I’m a bit of an old hag.</p>
<p>I probably should have gotten them out earlier. They weren’t causing problems, until one was causing wear (and eventually decay) on the molar it was erupting into. Now that they are out my dentist has found some other spots on other teeth and I may need yet another filling. Argh.</p>
<p>The surgery wasn’t that bad, maybe because I’d read the horror stories and had extreme expectations. But when the time comes, I won’t hestitate to get my son’s out.</p>
<p>Just a couple of hints that we used a few weeks ago when D had all 4 removed. We iced religiously for the first 48 hours. We started with the tube socks and D said it was hardly cold at all. So, I improvised with the plastic tubes the newspaper comes in – filled ziplock bags with ice and placed them down in the long plastic tubes – tied closed ends together under D’s chin and the tops above her head. This places the ice just where it’s needed under the jaw and up onto the cheeks. The other hint I got was to make sure she did not lie flat for 48 hours. The anecdotal stories indicate tremendous help with swelling if the head stays above the heart for the first 2 days. She had very little swelling, never took more than 800 mg of ibuprofen, and was out and about the 3rd day after surgery. So, I think sleeping in the recliner for 2 nights was very helpful. Good luck with all the extractions!</p>
<p>Both my kiddies had their wisdom teeth out after 10th grade -when the teeth were still in the “bud” stage. No roots, they pop out easy! Peas and corn make good icepacks, but we also found that the soft “gel pack” ice packs are wonderful. They are flexible, cheap ($4), and mold to the face so well. Buy 4 so that you can rotate them in and out of the freezer. Our insurance paid all but about $1300, if I remember correctly. Our local Pharmaco, (medical investigation) company will take out the wisdom teeth of people over age 18 for free, in exchange for testing pain medications. We decided to go ahead and have the kids get it done earlier, before the wisdom teeth affected their permanent teeth - instead of waiting for the free post-18-year-old option. Neither had room in their mouths for the teeth. Bot did fine with “twilight sleep” anesthesia.</p>
<p>I just got back from getting mine out. I only had two bottom ones, one with a soft tissue impaction and the other with a partial impaction. The IV didn’t hurt nearly as badly as I thought it would, though I did curse when they put it in. Then they connected it to the drip and started pumping me with versed (sedative and gives you amnesia so you don’t remember anything). I felt fully awake and my blood pressure on the screen was huge since I was so nervous. They put electrodes on me, and I was still completely awake, not even feeling drowsy at all. Two seconds later I find myself laying down with a blanket and a crapload of gauze. I felt very wasted and I didn’t know what was going on. Eventually I got up to leave and couldn’t walk straight. I still have gauze, and I’m starting to get some pain in my right side. Overall it wasn’t that bad, but let’s see how I feel in a few hours. I think I’m gonna get some frozen corn to put on my right side now.</p>
<p>Oh crap, now suddenly right after I posted I felt a sharp pain. Well, this won’t be pretty…</p>
<p>Damn, I need my soup so I can have my penicillin, vicodin, and steroids to make me go sleepy.</p>