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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:48:49 AM EDT
I'm getting all 4 pulled on Friday. So whats it like?
 Hopefully I can get recovered enough before I leave for college |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:49:47 AM EDT
[#1]
I didn't feel a thing really. I was a little sore the day after but no biggie. The taste of blood got a little old though. I had all four removed plus a little bone that was wedged in there
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:50:51 AM EDT
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I was knocked out right before they began. I woke up as one of my teeth was shattering from the pliers. I didn't feel any pain but it was weird. They put me back under and I went home doped up with a bottle of painkillers. No real pain to speak of, just a little soreness.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:51:07 AM EDT
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Had all 6 (yes SIX) of mine removed not too long ago.
Did not feel a thing during the op but for the next 2-3 days after I was miserable. New pain. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:51:35 AM EDT
[#4]
fuckin' HURT. novacaine/lydocaine (however you spell it) has never worked well on me. mine were impacted so the dentist really had to lever on them and eventually just broke them into smaller pieces. then you can't drink or smoke for several days. it was a real pain in the ass.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:51:44 AM EDT
[#5]
WHART?
Double tap. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:51:52 AM EDT
[#6]
If you don't have painkillers for afterwards, it can be the worst pain imaginable.
With painkillers, you're on cloud 9 for 3-5 days. Make sure you get a minimum of 5 days prescription for painkillers. I only got 3, mine ran out and I had a lot of pain before I was able to get new meds. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:52:08 AM EDT
[#7]
I had mine done just as they started to grow... so i didn't have much pain.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:53:00 AM EDT
[#8]
I didn't feel a thing until after the novocaine wore off.
But the sounds of breaking and cracking and crunching in my jaws was a little unnerving. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:53:21 AM EDT
[#9]
Let your best bud kick you in the nuts with work boots on, while your girlfriend sticks a hot poker up your ass...
It wont feel anything like that 
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:53:47 AM EDT
[#10]
I was out when they pulled mine and I was hopped up on Tylenol 3's for the rest of the weekend.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:55:42 AM EDT
[#11]
Go to an oral surgeon and get knocked out.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:59:16 AM EDT
[#12]
It didn't hurt at all. I drove a couple of hours that night and partied at the Hard Rock in Nashville. But, everybody's different.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 11:59:57 AM EDT
[#13]
I was in and out in 45 min and within 36 hours I was eating solid food. Hardly any swelling. No bruising or naseua.
Mind you I came from the factory with only 3 and the roots never got past the cartilage stage. I was what the doctor discribed as a "rare case" |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:01:58 PM EDT
[#14]
Without anesthetic? It's got to hurt like a bitch!
With anesthetics, and some pain killers for a couple days, you might feel like someone punched you in the jaw yesterday. I had all four of mine out a couple years ago, under sedation. My whole face was numb afterwards... and that hydrocodone really helped. Not much discomfort at all. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:01:59 PM EDT
[#15]
I should have had mine removed over 18 years ago. I'm going to look for a really good oral surgeon and go the gas route. Mine start to grow every 4 or 5 years and hurt like a bitch for about a week. Good luck. And according to my friends, don't leave the Dr. without 5 days worth of hydrocodone (sp?). |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:03:22 PM EDT
[#16]
+1 ! That was the worst part for me. I was fine after the surgery... I didn't even use the painkillers I was prescribed. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:04:07 PM EDT
[#17]
Surprised nobody has mentioned "dry sockets" yet.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:04:29 PM EDT
[#18]
Felt really good, until the anesthesia wore off. Then it felt like I got kicked in the jaw. Two of mine were impacted, and they had to cut into the jaw a bit, so that was probably why it hurt like it did. Only had bad pain for about 1-2 days as I recall. Wasn't allowed to eat anything crunchy like carrots, peanuts, etc for 3 months or something like that. Started to think the whole thing wasn't that bad, until......
......2 weeks later, they really started to f-ing hurt. After the surgery, they will give you antibiotics. TAKE THEM AND DON'T STOP UNTIL THEY ARE ALL GONE! I was in high school, and like all high schoolers, I knew it all, and stopped taking them after about 4 days when all of the pain and soreness from surgery went away. Big mistake, got an infection with all sorts of swelling and fever, felt like I had the surgery all over again, without the benefit of anesthesia or painkillers. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:07:41 PM EDT
[#19]
I was knocked out for a day and a half. Wasn't bad at all, I just rinsed the sockets with water and had to pack them with gauze for a little while.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:08:27 PM EDT
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Are yours buried or exposed? Honestly I've heard a ton of different replies. It's different for everyone... I had mine out this past May. I was out for the surgery and my pain was managed well, though I just bore it for the most part (it wasn't too bad ... I have a somewhat high threshold for pain) because the stuff they gave me (vicodin) didn't do anything for me. I was swollen for a few days and that was it. I had the surgery on a Friday and went to work for a half day on Monday (wasn't intentional - i needed to rest) MAKE SURE you do what they tell you to do - rinse out with salt water carefully and regularly. I did and still got an infection. 
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:11:06 PM EDT
[#21]
'We will knock you so far out, you won't remember a thing.'
I actually believed them I should add that I never felt any pain during the procedure.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:11:12 PM EDT
[#22]
Mine hurt like hell. Partially impacted.
Even the Vicodin didn't take the edge off. They only took two the first time...Said the other one "shouldn't cause any problems" (only one developed on my top). Last visit the dentist said it's gotta go...  I'm not looking forward to it. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:11:35 PM EDT
[#23]
Mine went something like this: Poke! ow. crunch....crUNCH....CRACK! POP! shtup! Hmmm... crunch....crUNCH....CRACK! POP! shtup! ohhhh... crunch....crUNCH....CRACK! POP! shtup! Hm. crunch....crUNCH....CRACK! POP! shtup! Thats it? The whole thing took about 15-20 minutes. The longest part was letting the novicaine work. My dentist is a true artist. I've since let him fill cavities WITHOUT anesthesia. No pain. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:12:34 PM EDT
[#24]
I diddn't really have any pain, but I bled like a champion for a few days. Waking up initially after being knocked out was the best high ever.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:15:40 PM EDT
[#25]
all of them are exposed, but the bottom two are canted in alot |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:16:43 PM EDT
[#26]
I had an IV with anasthesia in it. I watched him inject the stuff into the IV, and he said it might take a bit for me to go under. I think it took 5 seconds at most.
Next thing I know, my girlfriend was waking me up and helping me out to the car. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:18:41 PM EDT
[#27]
i got mine out around Oct, I'm 31, it was easy, i never used my pain meds, (saving them for a rainy day)
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:19:54 PM EDT
[#28]
Had my procedure done on a Friday before returning to college on a Monday.
I had them knock me out, though. No way in hell was I gonna sit there under merely novacaine and go through that. I took loads of Tylenol that weekend and lived on strawberry Blizzards from Dairy Queen. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:23:29 PM EDT
[#29]
Got all 4 of mine pulled during my freshman year of college. Mine were already out (I guess I have a big mouth
) so it was simple extractions for all of them. 8 shots- one on each side of each tooth, and yanked 'em out with pliers. The worst thing was the sound... it sounded like trees falling in my head.For a few days after you can't use a straw or eat anything will small pieces (like cottage cheese, nuts, etc.) They gave me some Vicoden at the time, but I never used it- it really wasn't that bad. Then again, I have a pretty high tolerance for pain.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:25:26 PM EDT
[#30]
+1 After my pills ran out, I was in teary-eyed, screaming agony and all they would do was put some gauze soaked with clove oil in the socket. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:28:01 PM EDT
[#31]
I had problems with mine. 1st They got compacted and infected.
The following week I go back and I wasn't completly sedated when the Dr. went to work. It was very interesting watching them pull out the first two. The top two were easy. Then it started to hurt like as I could hear the Dr. breaking the third bottom tooth then digging out the roots. OMG I can still hear the crunching. It took about two weeks before the swelling went completely down. I looked like a chimpmunk. About six months after, the bottom sockets became infected again and swelled up big time. Then did it again about a year later. That was sixteen years ago and while the sockets don't swell up any more they do get irritated from time to time.  |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:29:22 PM EDT
[#32]
For me it was no big deal. I was a bit dopey afterward. I was eating sloppy joe meat that night. The next day I felt fine. I had to watch what I ate for a couple days but that was all.
For my brother it was hell. His were impacted. He was nauseous from either the anesthesia or the taste of blood. Then he would vomit, which would cause him to bleed. After a while the taste of blood made him nauseous again and the cycle would repeat. He was laid up in bed for 2 or 3 days. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:30:09 PM EDT
[#33]
I wouldn't have done it if they wouldn't have knocked me out,
I slept through all the fun, I was eating real food a day later...BUT I'm fat |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:32:32 PM EDT
[#34]
The top two were removed by a guy named Dr. Payne. Really. No biggie, went great. The bottom two were jackhammered out by some son of a bitch who cracked my jaw on the right side. I never even knew until a couple years later when I got x-rayed by a friend of mine who is my dentist here. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:40:59 PM EDT
[#36]
All four of mine were impacted, they came in with what should have been the grinding surface pointed straight forward and none ever came close to emerging. I went to an oral surgeon who said he would take two out on the first visit and I could return two weeks later to get the other two removed. I went in and got the gas and five hours later I woke up with both sides of my jaw swollen and hurting like hell. I asked the doc why I was sore on both sides and he told me that the wisdom teeth had been impacted much worse than the xrays had shown, and he had decided to go ahead and remove all four at once because "With as much pain as you are going to endure, you would never have come back for a second procedure" I was 17 at the time and my father agreed with his opinion, and about four days later so did I; Thank god that is a one time procedure
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:43:11 PM EDT
[#37]
I'd say you're going to be good to go.  *should be* a pretty easy extraction. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:44:57 PM EDT
[#38]
Me too, except the waking up right when they broke one. I never felt a think, woke up, went home was a little sore is all. I never needed to use the pain meds. Just do what they tell you after you get them pulled, I hear a dry socket is the worst. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:50:09 PM EDT
[#39]
I was knocked out for mine (4, all pretty deep, 1 impacted). I woke up and began to flirt with the nurse, apparently. Was prescribed hydrocodone and did fine. Very minor discomfort and that was about it. Drove to my girlfriend's 30 miles away the same day.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 12:58:47 PM EDT
[#40]
I had all four of mine, which were impacted, yanked when I was 14.
Some people come out of it and are pretty much fine that day. Other people who are sissies, like me, get their ass kicked by it and have their face swell up and look like Richard Nixon. I was on the couch for four or five days. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:06:05 PM EDT
[#41]
Mine felt like a guy was wedging my fucking (impacted) teeth out of my jaw with a flathead screw driver... which he was.
I was out of work for 5 days. Have fun and be sure to take your meds. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:15:28 PM EDT
[#42]
All four of mine were impacted.
If you have a tolerance to alcohol and or pain meds be sure to tell the doctor. I came out of the anesthetic during the procedure and was less than happy with what was going on. The nurse had to jump on top of me and pin my arms down. + a lot on getting more than three days of pain meds. ARH |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:22:57 PM EDT
[#43]
3 of them in one sitting....
If they use enough Novacaine you'll not feel a thing...the sensation is kind of disturbing, that and seeing the Dentist straining with all his might to pull them. The stitches are not too bad, the bleeding was not too bad either. YMMV |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:25:23 PM EDT
[#44]
Tell the dentist it's Demerol or adios. They don't give you medals for pain. They plugged me in and the bamboo print wall paper started to sway in the breeze. Afterwards he gave me many pills and told me to start taking them as soon as I got home and finish the bottle. "Pain is easier to prevent than to defeat."
The only pain I felt is when I wrote a check for my portion of the deal. I did have a couple of black eyes that changed to chartreuse. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:25:48 PM EDT
[#45]
Im getting mine pulled 2morow I ll let you know how it goes
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:42:38 PM EDT
[#46]
Whats it like- its like there is a party in your mouth- and everyones coming...oh wait....
Probably more sore from holding that cocksucker wide open for two hours.....oh wait.... aw hell, nevermind.... |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 1:58:33 PM EDT
[#47]
I've had ONE taken out, and only because it had a cavity in it and wasn't worth filling.
I was totally out under general when it was done...by request. I'm not a particularly good patient in a dentist's chair even for a routine cleaning. Dangerous, actually. There was so little residual soreness for me that it was really almost nothing to worry about. I've had hangnails that hurt a lot worse. The weirdest thing about it was that the absorbable sutures they used on me started to STINK after a few days. I was glad when they fell out on their own after having done their job. Those little threads that I spat out were really quite ripe.  CJ |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 2:04:58 PM EDT
[#48]
They give you some fun drugs. Don't take them, sell them to your friends, use proceeds to buy more ammo.
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Posted: 1/2/2007 2:06:30 PM EDT
[#49]
I was awake for the procedure, but didn't feel a thing.
Excellent doctor. |
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Posted: 1/2/2007 2:09:57 PM EDT
[#50]
I was smart, and did one of them thar "studies" for pain meds. Free teeth pullin! Woo Whoo! NOT! I got the placebo. I have a small mouth, I had to have two permanent teeth pulled so the others would have room. I wore braces for 6 years. It is not good to hear the surgeon say, "hmm, nice roots". My face swelled up 4x it's normal size. And for the icing on the cake, I was alergic to the pain meds prescribed. Face swollen like some sort of Quasi Moto thing and puking my guts up for a week was not fun. Good wieght loss program though.
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