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[dragyn]

In less than 12hrs, I'll be sittin in the dentist chair getting all my wisdom teeth removed. They're gonna put me under so when I wake up, they will be out. One of them they're gonna have to cut out and it also happens to be one of the lower ones.

They said sometimes when they pull the back lower teeth out, it can damage the nerves that go to your chin and your mouth will always have a numb feeling. Hopefully that wont happen.

So whose doesn't have their wisdom teeth anymore? Was your mouth numb for a few days? Dry sockets?

Just thinking about tomorrow gets me all squirmy..ugh..

Here's a good pic of my thoughts for tomorrow:

[Trelane]

I had my wisdom teeth out last summer. I was very scared as well, but for a different reason. I am terrified of needles. I was hooked up to their heart monitor, heart going a steady 70 beats per minute. The simple mention of an IV caused my heart rate to skyrocket to 110 beats per minute. That is how terrified I am of needles.

Anyway, the doctor was really good at his job and he put the IV in without my knowledge. After he started injecting the anesthetic, everything was good. I didn't give a crap what they did to me! It was lights out for me.

When I woke up, I didn't even feel my mouth and I was extremely giddy. I laughed at nearly everything. My brother, on the other hand, was a total grump. We both had our wisdom teeth out the same day, so you can imagine the fun my parents had with two kids acting the complete opposite of one another...

I did as the doctor ordered, and my mouth was fine within a week or so. The only negative thing I could say about the whole experience was seeing other people eat nice juicy hamburgers while I had to eat jello. Talk about torture! I will offer some advice about the pain medication: don't take it unless you're sure you need it. I took one of the pills and threw up about 15 minutes afterwards. That is not a fun experience when you have four wounds in your mouth.

About losing feeling in your mouth: I read all the same stuff and it scared the crap out of me. This rarely happens, so don't worry yourself over it. About dry sockets: as long as you do as your doctor tells you, you'll be fine.

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

[Scronch]

They had to break mine in half with a hammer and chisel to get them out.  I was numbed up, but my muscles and tendons hurt like crazy at the time, and for a few days afterward.  Just don't plan anything for 3 or 4 days, in case you have to take strong pain killers and zone in front of the TV.  I've never heard of anyone getting significant permanent nerve damage.  I think they have to tell you this to cover their butt from all the legal beagles who'd like a good look at it.

Scronch

[RemyJ]

Had mine taken out over 20 years ago courtesy of the USAF.  Walked in, 4 shots of Novocaine, 4 quick yanks, and NEXT!  On the way out I got handed my teeth in a little box, some instructions on what to eat and not to eat, a small bottle of Tylenol #3 and a slip to get me out of work for the rest of the day.  I went back to work anyway.  I was restricted to a desk for the day but it was better than hanging out in my room with nothing to do.

[Roger the Shrubber]

My lower wisdoms were impacted as well and I had to have a fairly mild general anaesthetic (|PLS|-20 years back) prior to their removal.

I had no problems apart from a bit of pain and a Chip 'n Dale look for a few days.

Good luck!

[KingSparta]

>> I'll be sittin in the dentist chair getting
>> all my wisdom teeth removed.
mouth all bleading, and it really hurts, the pain you will have is going to be really bad.

[sekim]

One of the few humans on Earth to NOT have wisdom teeth. Sucks to be you.

[Charlemagne 8]

Leave it to the King to come in with a really uplifting comment. You are a ray of sunshine. Sunshine.
CVIII

[KingSparta]

hehehe

when i was in the military i had mine removed the roots were all hooked and had to be cut out and the teeth broken into parts.

when i was at fort campbell they only did it on friday so you could have 3 days to recover on your time not the armys.

[Charlemagne 8]

I had mine out about 25 years ago. They strapped my arm down and hooked an IV with Demerol to me and told me to tell them when it started to hurt. It hurt several more times than it actually did. My inhibitions went out the window but fortunately I couldn't move or the nurse/assistant would have slapped me ... hard.
I actually do have some nerve damage (two of them were sideways) but aside from being really strange for a few days, I hardly ever think about it. My lower lip is not numb, it's just switched around. If I touch my outer lip, it feels like my gum and vice-versa.
Hopefully, Dragyn has already done the thing and is zoned out somewhere and not reading any of this. I slept for two days straight ... I think.
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[dragyn]

Well they're finally out. I went in at about 10:30 (10:45 appointment) and then sat there for an hour. At 11:30 they finally take me in to the operating room but I had to make a bathroom stop first. I didn't want to have any unfortunate "accidents".

I get in there and there hooking me up to the IV and putting heart sensors on. The IV I think was the hardest part of the whole thing (for me). I'm not to fond of needles, esspecially big/long ones. I did give blood once and that went fine but if someone even takes like an ounce or two, I'll pass out right there. I've done that too many times. It's gotta be all or nothing.

It took awhile for the Demerol (I think that's the stuff) to work. It felt like it was at least ten minutes but once that stuff kicks in, you're out. I don't remember anything. I didn't dream anything either. It was like going to a movie without the movie, popcorn, and all the crazy ppl.

At about 1:00, I was back awake. The left side of my mouth feels normal like they didn't do anything. The right side feels like a truck hit me (lower jaw). I think they had to cut away the gums to get it out. It's all puffed out and my lower lip to the right is numb still.

Thanks everyone for your stories. I actually did read some of these before I went to see what I was gonna be in for.

I'll be off from work for the next two days so I'll most likely be here (how fun is that?

[DeathRider]

I had mine pulled 15 yrs ago in the military, the lower were impacted but came out. the complete kob took 2 1/2 to 3 hrs to do because the top right was so bad that it went part way into the sinus. They started to put me under with gas but that wasnt working and I was still counting so they gave me a shot in the IV tube and bam I was out, but when they started to drill into the sinus I started to wake from the pain and I heard them say hurry, give him another shot. I was in the hospital for 4 days with a high fever and on a lot of drugs, then spent a week and a half at home on percocet with 2 abseses. BOYYYYYYYYY am I glad I have to go through this only once in a life time, the next time I might save the trouble and just shoot myself  LOL.

But realy, it is on a case by case basis, yours might be bad and might be easy, you wont know till it has been done. either way, once it is over you are done. After that you just have to worry about keeping the rest of your teeth as you get older. Isnt it strange, when you are young they are hard to come out and when you are old they are hard to keep in, ROFLMAO.

[Scronch]

>they only did it on friday so you could have 3 days to recover on your time not the armys

Be all that you can be.  

>they started to drill into the sinus

Yeah, that's what I want--some guy who couldn't hack being a real surgeon, and wound up being a dentist and golfing four times a week, drilling into my sinus.  Geesh.

>when you are young they are hard to come out and when you are old they are hard to keep in

I wish you'd keep your mind on the discussion.  It was about teeth.

Dragyn - Glad they're out.  The main thing I recall is that on the 2nd (or was it the 3rd?) day, the pain became so intense that I passed out.  It was related to the procedure they had to use on me, where the gums had to be cut away to gain access.  Some sort of bacteria gets into the open wound, takes 2 or 3 days to multiply to dangerous levels, and, whammo, it feels like someone is inside your mouth with a right-angle grinder.  I guess it's fairly common, so be ready.

Scronch

p.s. i'm kidding; trying to keep up with the king.  i hear it's good to be the king.

Scronch