so how bad is getting your wisdom teeth out and what can i expect? what's the pain similar to?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

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I got my wisdom teeth pulled out about 5 years ago (I was 19 when I got them taken out). I'm gonna be honest with you, it's not the most pleasant experience that you will ever have, but it's not nearly as bad as I thought. Honestly, the only pain you'll really have is when they put you to sleep with a little needle in your forearm ( I don't know your situation or doctor, they might use the funny gas or whatever it's called to put you to sleep). But you feel absolutely nothing after that because you are totally zonked out! The only nasty part is when you wake up, you have a mouth full of bloody gauze. I know that is nasty, but it's part of the process. But please don't be scared, because it's not that bad. And this is coming from a person who HATES to go to the dentist or get work done on my mouth! You will be in a little bit of pain after you wake up, but take tylenol or something like that to help dull the pain. You seriously will be good as new after a nice half day-full day of rest and relaxing. Just make some jello and make sure you have some ice cream for when you are recovering. Don't worry though! It's not the worst and you will be totally fine and you will feel so much better when they finally remove your wisdom teeth! Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember, it'll be fine!

Answer 3

It's not that bad. I was suppose to go under and be put asleep but I hadn't had anything to eat or drink since mmidnight, the dentist tried putting me asleep but he couldn't find a vain. They put you on laughing gas and you feel like you're floating on a cloud. I currently am in the process of having them heal and after the numbness wears off you'll be in pain for a while until you take the medication and it sooths you. The medication brings the pain down and you can't really feel it anymore. Stick to the soft diet and apply ice on the first day and then heat on the second. Just follow the sheet they give you and get plenty of rest you'll do fine. Seeing as I did and I'm still in the process of healing.

Answer 4

I hate answering questions that 30 people have already answered before me, but many of them are really wrong or are just teasing you. Getting wisdom teeth pulled really isn't so bad or painful, certainly not as bad as some people are saying. I know because I had mine all removed. When the dentist does it you will not feel any pain, maybe you'll just feel weird because someone is doing stuff inside your mouth but zero pain. If you do feel any pain at all, even just a twinge, just tell the dentist and he will further numb the area for you. Afterwards when the novacaine wears off you will have pain pills to take to eliminate any pain, and they work real good. Again, you will mostly feel a little bit odd because something is missing in the back of your mouth but thats probably it. You should not have any problem chewing on your other teeth afterward but your cheeks might be a little swolen. When I had mine removed I had one side done first then the other side a week later. I could have done them all at once but I was apprehensive before I had it done. Everyone was telling me the same thing as they are telling you, but as it turned out it was no big deal. And as it turned out, my teeth had very deep and large roots so the dentist had to put extra effort into removing them. But trust me, even so I felt no pain, and neither will you. I asked him if I could keep them for souvoniers so he had them cleaned up for me and put them in a little envelope and I still have them. But even though you will not feel any pain, that should still not deter you from demanding that you get fed ice cream for your meals for the next three days. That's just one of the obligatory benefits of oral surgury! And remember to ask for chocolate syrup, too. Good luck, you'll be just fine.

Answer 5

Not as bad as some people make it out to be, in actual fact the pain is minimal. I had 6 teeth removed 2 weeks ago, some where cut out and i had to have stitches too, and i had no pain on the sites after but i did have a bit of jaw stiffness and bruising around the jaw line and neck and i got a bad headache on the 2 and 3 but there was no pain where they took my teeth out and no throbbing at all, the ice pack or in my case frozen peas helped with the bruising and the meds they gave me helped with the headache. You will be fine, i got put to sleep and when i woke up it was all over, so nothing really too it and you can look at my previous questions and see how scared i was about the whole procedure - turned out to be the total oposite to what i had expected.

Good Luck!

Answer 6

During the surgery, it will not hurt because of the anesthesia. The dental surgeon will give you prescription for medicine so it will not swell and pain killer if you cannot endure the pain. Also, the dental surgeon will give you instructions on what not to do and what to do while the wound is still fresh.

It always hurt when you drink something with straw. You can ice cream or anything cold when the bleeding stops. It helps a lot to alleviate the pain. It is uncomfortable eating but it really does not hurt so much.

In my case, I took 2 painkillers and a heavy meal before the surgery. Ask you dental surgeon if it will be good for you to do this. I had 2 impacted wisdom teeth removed. It did not hurt a lot. I just took one painkiller after the surgery.

Answer 7

The actual extraction isn't bad, but afterwards you will be very sore. It will feel like you were punched really really hard in the jaw on both sides. Make sure they give you pain killers for after the surgery. On a scale of 1 to 10 it is a pain factor of about 8. But with pain pills it is tolerable and comes down to about a 2. Good luck.

Answer 8

They will likely put you under general anesthetic like they did for mine, meaning you are completely out. I actually woke up and asked if they had done it yet! That's how out I was. They give you pain killers and they help a lot, it's basically just a manageable, dull pain because of them. The stitches do feel strange but again it doesn't cause much pain. So there really isn't anything to worry about as long as you keep rinsing with salt water to prevent infection.

Answer 9

If the teeth are impacted (which means the tooth or its root has grown into the bone of your jaws) the pain will be strong and so will the pain medication! If they aren't impacted, you will be sore for a few days and as long as you don't get an infection, you'll be fine pretty soon after the procedure.

Answer 10

It kinda depends on how you get them out.

I was put to sleep for it, and when they got in there, they found that the teeth were starting to imbed themselves into the next teeth beside them and the roots were LONG. They had to shatter the teeth and take out the pieces.. and because I was asleep, they werent gentle in doing it!

If you just get local anestetic (sp), I think they would be gentler.. because you see what they're doing but not feeling it.

I had brusing and swelling once they were out and I was awake. Afterwards, it was just a throbbing feeling, but you can feel the holes where they were and irrigating them was a bugger.. but if you dont get infection, it's not too bad. Also, the meds (codine and percacet ) should help in handling the pain and making you feel happy! :) Make sure you take the antibiotic though,.. you DONT want an infection.

Answer 11

Mine was not much of a problem. I had four out at the same time, general anesthesia. The doctor prescribed a strong pain pill, but I just took it the first day, didn't need it after that. Your jaw will be swollen for a couple of weeks, probably; the doctor can also give you something to minimize that. The yuckiest part was waking up every morning for a couple of weeks with lots of blood in my mouth, but that was just annoying, not painful or harmful.