I am scared to get my wisdom teeth pulled? What should I do?

Question

Any encouraging advice? Please?

Answer 1

My daughter just had her wisdom teeth pulled last week (plus three others!) and she's doing fine now. Here's what you can do:

Make sure you follow your dentist's instructions for not eating past a certain time the night before.

Tell your surgeon you're nervous, and ask if they can prescribe a sedative for you. They gave my daughter a valium to take the morning of the procedure and it helped her nerves immensely!

After surgery, take your pain pills, and follow the Ice/Heat schedule exactly! It really helped my girl.

Good luck, you'll do fine!

Answer 2

Ok, you'll probably get scared less if you know exactly what's going to happen.

1. The dentist will give you one or two shots. These can hurt but not more than any regular shots that you get from your doctor. When you get the shots just think about something fun and before you know it they'll be done.

2. The rest, actually, is piece of cake. you don't feel pain when your teeth are pulled out. you just feel some weak pressure and in a second the tooth's gone! if it starts hurting when the dentist tries to pull the tooth out tell the dentist imediatelly and she'll give you another shot. If you're really scared of pain when your tooth is being pulled ask the dentist to tap on the tooth before she pulls it out. If you don't feel the tap then you won't feel pain when she pulls your tooth out.

3. After the pulling out you'll bleed a bit but it's not too much. Don't eat anything hard after and in a few days you'll be just like you were before the tooth was pulled out.

One last thing, if you're scared, talk to your dentist. She can find a way to make you less scared.

Answer 3

I had my wisdom teeth removed from my sinuses, they grew in sideways. Sure, it hurt, and one of them infected[boy did that hurt!]. But it hurt really bad before the surgery, and Doctor said to leave it was to invite more pain and maybe infection.
I also had bone processes removed from the back of my jaw. Same thing, pain and discomfort. But the pain left for good after the surgeries. I felt so much better! Chronic pain is not easy to deal with. To me, it was well worth the discomfort of the surgeries, to be rid of the pain.
The doctor gave me Valium IV, it knocked me out cold. I was groggy for awhile. I had pain meds.
I had a tooth pulled recently. It wasn't too bad. It did not bleed after I got home, it was really throbbing for a couple hours, then the throb slacked off, then it quit, and was just a little sore. I had the dentist give me a couple pain pills, I took one.
Good luck, it really isn't that bad, I even told the dentist at the check-up visit that I was surprised how little it hurt. He said it was because he did a good job. Ha!

Answer 4

Don't be scared. They will at the very least numb you. Mine were impacted so I had to have them cut out. They put me under for it and gave me painkillers for afterwards. In fact, they gave me a couple of pills to take right before I went in and even though I have a very high chemical tolerance, I had to have someone walk me back to the room. If they don't put you under, the novacaine shot might sting a little, but it's not bad. The worst thing about losing your wisdom teeth is having to rinse out the sockets. It doesn't hurt, per say, but it's just gross. Be sure to do that!!! You don't want to end up with dry socket. It'll be ok though, no worries.

Answer 5

Go see a specialist and get them to give you the options. You can be put to sleep to have the procedure done or just have a general anesthetic or sometimes they give you narcotics. If you need your wisdom teeth pulled, though, you really SHOULD get it done or you will be in severe pain at a later date.

Answer 6

It should only take about 10 or 15 minutes when they begin. You'll probably wait for like an hour or 45 minutes before that. But don't worry after they administer the anesthetic it'll be a cinch, all you feel is a lot of pressure that's about it.

Answer 7

Go to an oral surgeon, and don't be afraid. If you have a good doctor, you won't feel a thing, except the shots. He can even numb your gums so you will hardly feel them. he can even put you to sleep if you want that. I know it's hard to do, but try to relax, and things will go better. He will prescribe pain pills in case you need them afterward. I had my wisdom teeth extracted.

Answer 8

Go prepared. You have to sign a legally binding document for doing the procedure from the dentist, so it's only fair that you make your own.

Include clauses like:
-every time there is a sharp pain I (insert your name) get to punch (insert doc.s name)in the face
-every time the big light hanging from the cieling get shined in my(insert name) eyes, will result in a kick to (insert assistant's name) groin

You know stuff like that. You'll feel much better during the procedure, and they will take more care with you.

Answer 9

I am one of those people who aboslutely hates going to the dentist. I had a bad experience with an idiot who called himself a dentist, and it has stayed with me for years.

So...years later, I had to get four wisdom teeth pulled. Two were impacted, and two weren't. I swore to God, and on my Daddy's grave, that I would allow these teeth to rot in my head before anybody went in there and dug them out.

But then, somebody recommended an oral surgeon, and asked me to please just talk to him, so I did.

This guy was kind, patient, understanding, and accepted my fear as rational. He explained the entire procedure, and told me I would feel nothing..before, during or after.

I allowed myself to believe him, and afterwards, having been been proven he was right, I even sent him a thank you card.

I suggest you trust your gut, yet allow yourself to listen. Talk to more than one person. If you're not comfortable with one, you may be comfortable with another.

It really is not as bad as it seems it would be, and it's much better for your health to get rid of those teeth if you don't need them.

Good luck! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, okay?

Answer 10

Don't sweat it. You will be uncomfortable for a while after. So make sure you have soft foods on hand. You'll also need plenty of salt to make warm saltwater rinses. Plan to take some time off right after you get them pulled, you'll want to rest.