<p>D is now back at school after a week following four wisdom teeth being extracted. What worked for her was: ice and more ice. She couldn’t fit teabags into her swollen mouth. </p>
<p>Pretty much she didn’t eat for 2-3 days, then the yogurt, applesauce, milkshakes, pudding, scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes etc held her for another 2-3. Meatballs were her big breakthrough and a nice protein boost, too.</p>
<p>Hope your expeience is better than hers!</p>
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<p>All four of mine were impacted, with roots that had grown little hooks on the ends of them and had firmly lodged themselves in my jawbone. They had to be broken into pieces and dug out, and it took so long that I woke up about halfway through and they had to put me under again. By the time I got home, the novocaine had worn off and I sat in bed and sobbed from the pain while my husband went to the drugstore to fill the prescription… I didn’t cry when I broke my elbow, I didn’t cry when I had kidney stones, but that wisdom teeth extraction kicked my rear. It really varies from person to person. Sounds like you were lucky…</p>
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<p>no nothing actually. I just had it done raw, my dentist doesn’t do anything like that, like giving drugs or putting people to sleep. Im no dentist, but he says its dangerous and I trust him enough.</p>
<p>I don’t think a dentist is allowed to do deep sedation or a general (someone else can correct me if I’m wrong). The oral surgeon is an M.D. I had one wisdom tooth done with just local by a dentist, and the other three by the surgeon they put me under. I had a long discussion with the surgeon about the anesthesia because I have quite a few drug allergies, and I am comfortable that it is very safe. As I said above, watch out for dentist who say they can just do it under local, it was a disaster for me (partway through the dentist even said he wished he had sent me to the oral surgeon in the building instead of undertaking it under local, but it was late on a Friday and too late for that…). Dr. Horse, pardon me, but your dentist sounds like a nut - - who would undertake pulling wisdom teeth with no anesthesia? Sounds like dentristy from a hundred years ago… <em>shudder</em>.</p>
<p>well hes not a Nut hes actually one of the highest ranked dentists in NY and a member of board of the Greater NY dental meeting. Just because you think its safe to be put under doesn’t mean it is. There are alot of dangers, just search for em. I trust my doctor and the pain was not really that bad. I see no need for any local anesthetic or general anesthetic.</p>
<p>D2 is having all 4 out on Friday. OK, so after reading these posts I’m a little worried.</p>
<p>ShesOnHerWay- Don’t be worried, the advice on this board has been a terrific help. Son is about five hours post extraction now, including one wisdom tooth that was partially growing in sinus. So far so good. He’s had one Vicodan and has a little “discomfort”-not bad. Had applesauce and mashed potato 30 minutes before so no nausea from the meds. Just had yogurt, chocolate milk and Wonder Bread. He’s up and about, but keeping ice packs on, though while he was eating his checks became more swollen.<br>
The most challenging part so far was the four block walk home then up three flight of stairs. He was absolutely goofy and not making a huge amount of sense. Was quite a sight with the gauze in his mouth, holding ice packs on his cheeks and me hanging on to him as he staggered along. Good thing he remembers none of it!</p>
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<p>Don’t be worried! I have, by far, the most horrendous wisdom tooth story of anybody I know. I waited until I was 24 to have them taken out, which was probably a big part of the problem… I’m sure your daughter will be okay.</p>
<p>Dr. Horse, I don’t think anybody disputes that sedation can have its risks, but it is, for example, less risky than not getting screened for colon cancer after the age of fifty.</p>
<p>I can sympathize with not wanting general anesthesia, I insisted (over my oral surgeon’s objections, since mine were impacted) to only go with local anesthesia, and I’m glad I did. Local carries a lot fewer side effects, as long as it’s not contraindicated.</p>
<p>But not having local is majorly different from not having general. Any surgeon willing to do an impacted extraction without some kind of anesthesia is being irresponsible and unsafe.</p>