Hi, I need to get 6 teeth extracted 4 wisdom and 2 extra on top and i am terrified?

Question

Can some one please tell me is it as bad as they say? What is the pain like afterwards? Is it unbareable? Is there any good drugs you can recommend???

Answer 1

okay the first thing you do is tell your dentist how terrified you are. That way your dentist knows exactly what to expet and trust me it wont be the first time they've heard it all.

Most dentistry is pretty much pain free these days...

the stories that abound about all the pain are from the days before the modern pain drugs...

Do follow the dentists instructions following an extraction to avoid dry socket as the condition called dry socket is extremely painful but following the instructions of your dentist will avoid this condition altogether.

Having had multiple extractions in recent months I can say that the dentist may extract more than one tooth in a sitting but so long as the teeth being extracted are all in the same location.

The local anaesthetic the dentist uses will leve your mouth feeling a bit strange tingly or numb for quite a while so avoid hot and cold food until your senses return..

As the dentist pulled my teeth it felt a little like someone was pressing down on a tooth and nothing more. In more than one instance I did not even feel that much.

Be open and honest with your dentist. Your dentist will know that your fear is real and that it needs to be addressed.

Basically if you close your eyes and let the dentist do their job and dont try and be tough or macho about it it will be pain free or close to it.

Answer 2

If you have a good oral surgeon, you won't feel a thing....during. When I had teeth pulled, I got three shots of Novocaine on each side PLUS nitrous oxide (laughing gas). I didn't feel a thing. I think the worst part was the sound. Your head acts like a microphone.

For six teeth, your doctor will most likely give you a prescription for Tylenol with codeine (or something with codeine). I would strongly suggest getting that prescription fulled. Remember- codeine is our friend.

Within a couple of hours after the surgery, you will most likely start feeling the pain. Take the drugs as soon as you START to feel the pain. Don't wait until its unbearable. Good luck. Just remember, it may hurt for a while, but the pain will eventually go away and you'll be fine.

Answer 3

I had my 4 wisdoms out a week ago today. They put you totally to sleep and you wake up in a little room with 6 less teeth. You have gauze in your mouth and its a little sore, but nothing unbearable. After about an hour and a half, the novacane wears off. The doctor will prescribe you Vicodine. Take this about an hour after coming home. If you don't there is really bad pain, but the vicodin will take that away, too.

I got out of surgery about 10 am, I took three vicodin that day. When I woke up the next morning, I was fine. I didn't take a single one. Day three is where you start feeling your stitches, if you have them, and sticking your tongue in the holes (gross, I know, but you will do it). By day 4 most people are completely better.

At about a week, the stitches come out. Mine came out today. They give you this syringe thing to help keep the food out of the holes, and they are actually fun to use, and don't hurt.

TIPS:
Don't drink from a straw
Don't eat anything really hot or cold
Nothing hard for at least three days
Nothing with seeds that can get in those holes
Drink lots of fluid
Swelling on day 3 is normal.Odd, I know but its true.

Really, its not that bad unless you don't follow the tips. dry socket sucks, I hear.

Answer 4

Pay the extra cash to get knocked out cold.

I have had teeth pulled knocked out and awake. You do not want to be awake. The sound will stay in your head for a long time and the pain is 100 times worse.

After wards your mouth is sour and its hard to eat for about a week. Hot and cold really effects you and soft food is about all you want or can touch.

Keep the empty sockets clean while healing or you will get dry socket. That is not a pleasure to have.

Most pain killers don't work on me so I get some really strong percocet 5's. But most won't hand these out as they are high up on the prescription drug line.

Answer 5

I had my top two wisdom teeth removed. I was awake and aware of the entire procedure. What was it like? Imagine someone applying a wrench to your teeth and yanking like there's no tomorrow. Some of one of the teeth had to be yanked and yanked and yanked. And I could hear it, too. My advice? Ask for general anesthesia, although given the amounf of teeth they have to take out they probably will anyway. After the procedure it felt weird because there were holes where the teeth were, and I had to pack gauze in them to keep them from bleeding and from food getting stuck inside. Some pain as one of the holes formed a "socket" or whatever it's called - it's like this painful plug of blood in the hole. Heavy dose painkillers solved that problem. The absolute worst bit was the actual procedure itself, so if they're putting you under you should be ok. Just remember, it will heal up and you'll be good as gold in no time! Good luck and I hope it goes well.

Answer 6

What ever you do make sure you go to an "Oral Surgeon". I had two removed and never felt anything. It was the quickest that I have ever had a tooth extracted.

I was given some pain medication but had to take only about two.
He may also give you some anti-biotic (Amoxicillian) more than likely, and again may not. Good luck. You will be fine.

P.S. Some dentist have a sedative they give upon request. Ask for the Nitris Oxide, and tell him to turn it up wide open..

Answer 7

I am also having 6 teeth extracted, all on both sides of the top. The worse pain you're going to feel is when you get the bill. I was told $2,700 and that's before the cost of the bridge. Don't worry, I have had teeth extracted before and went to work the next day. To me, the pain is minimal. You should be fine.

Answer 8

It depends - if these are your baby teeth, then it shouldn't be too bad, but if they're your adult teeth is there nothing they can do to fix? Although root canals are painful, they're not nearly of a shock to your system as an extraction - - - I had to get 5 teeth extracted that couldn't be saved and it is not so painful when they're doing it, it's that after, your mouth feels like a trainwreck and it lasts about a week.

Lots of Advil Liquigels got me through it.

Good luck!

Answer 9

It's ok. If you can't get completely knocked out, they'll give you lots of novocaine and Laughing Gas. It does hurt, and you'll be sore afterwords, but then it gets better and you don't have any of the wisdom tooth pain anymore. I got 4 wisdom teeth removed at the same time, and I'm glad it was all over at once, rather than dragged out one tooth at a time. Pick out some good baby food. :)

Answer 10

The pain killers the dentist will prescribe are probably fine. It really isn't that bad. Just plan to sleep a lot for two days or so. After that it's really more annoying than painful. Just listen to what the oral surgeon tells you about waiting to drink out of a straw and when hard foods are OK to eat and all that.