My daughter had all her’s removed over Christmas break last year. She was sore about 5-7 days. We scheduled it over break in case she had any complications etc…
One of my D’s wisdom teeth was impacted. It was hard to remove. The surgery left a hole of a small gum ball size. No complication but it took about a month to heal.
We had a couple new graduates who took more than a week to recover this summer.
Impacted wisdom teeth do not necessarily require immediate removal. Even the most problem-prone partially erupted ones do not necessarily require immediate removal unless they get decay or cause decay or damage to other teeth.
Well, lots of opinions here, but heavily saying call your doctor. Good plan. Also ask you doctor what you can use to help if you run into trouble. I expect your doctor wouldn’t be want you to call, if you have problems. For example, mine suggested oil of cloves from the pharmacy which worked great after I got the dry socket with the dampened cotton ball. Friends have found oil of cloves worked for them also. I would go equipped with recommendations like otc painkiller, tea or ice pack or whatever in case of a problem.
Both of my kids had impacted wisdom tooth and they were hard to be removed. D1 had hers removed 2 days prior o Thanksgiving and was able to eat some turkey, but D2 was not able to eat until 3-4 days later. We used the same surgeon. He was very experienced, so I think he wasn’t as rough on their jaws. We also followed the recovery instruction to a T. They didn’t go out or had friends over for few days, slept sitting up, gargled with salt water and put cold compact on and off. My kids’ face started to look better after 3 days. The older one didn’t have much of swelling, but the younger one did.
You don’t have to be at school until Sep 5 (move in day), maybe even later, that’s 11 days. You probably could even show up later if there is complication. I would have it done, keep your current flight, and change it if necessary.
I have three impacted wisdom teeth at age 48 and have never had an issue with them. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have them removed, but perhaps the degree of urgency to have them done right now may be exaggerated.
It sounds like a tight timeline given complications are always a possibility.
My mother has impacted wisdom teeth. Periodically a dentist would urge her to get them removed before they went on another tour of duty overseas. At 83 she still has them and they have never given her a day of trouble. I hope dentists are giving better advice these days, but who knows!
Son 2 had all four teeth removed about a week before starting his freshman year. He had an easy recovery. I feel like you’ll have enough time to have complications and treat them before you go off, so you’ll probably be okay. A dentist can usually help you find a new dentist in your new location if you do end up needing some followup care.
My daughter’s teeth were impacted and got very close to facial nerves that’s why she had to have it done, I think it was perhaps spring break. It took her 4 days for recovering, but I was helping her recovering. I think the suggestion that if there’s problem you could either go to new dentist or fly back home to see the old doctor.
yup, every person’s mouth is different. S’s surgery was easy-peasy, but he ended up with an infected pocket and was sick as a dog over the two weeks of Christmas. His first day back to school, had sports tryouts even though he had not even eaten a solid meal yet.
D’s surgery took 2x as long (3+ hours), but the dds was meticulous and she went to a HS party the next night, just on tylenol.
My kid’s surgeon told our kids not to go out or have friends over the first few days. He told them to rest as much as possible and apply cold compact (frozen peas) religiously (I think the first 24 hours).
My My DD had all 4 removed, several had started to erupt, so none were impacted. About a month later she had a major sports tournament and was still having headaches, so she was better in terms of mellow things, but her sports were impacted for a while longer & her extractions were totally simple.
Thanks for the advice, I ended up not going through with it and delaying it until next summer. Just in case something goes wrong.
As long as they are not bothering you and the oral surgeon thought it was okay, I think that’s a great idea. Best wishes as you head to Princeton!
It gets worse each year timing wise. The best year to do it is before freshman year. My kid has exactly 10 days to pull 4 wisdom teeth this summer when her internship ends. It gets worse next year, the year before senior year is also important for her to do internship.
I think you made a great decision!
Is it more common to have it done during high school or college? One of mine had her taken out after 9th grade - 6 days before we moved cross country. The other had her taken out as soon as she came home freshman year. My 28-year-old still has hers.
D1 did the summer before college, D2 was going to do it first year college winter break but had strep/mono combo so had it done the next summer.
D had hers done last week (headed into senior year of college). She felt better the next day. They were all impacted, iced like crazy but didn’t take the prescription pain med. Brother will get his done after Christmas before he goes back to school. He will have 2 weeks to recover.
Daughter had it done 2 and 1/2 weeks ago, she is now at school orientation and fine. She felt well enough to go to a family reunion after two days.