2006-12-11 09:10:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I recommend whatever method you use, take a lot of pain medication. Have Fun!
2006-12-11 09:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by noelis12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend you go to an oral surgeon. Most general dentist do not want to bother with wisdom teeth because of such things as roots breaking off from the tooth and other complications. An oral surgeon specializes in these procedures and can do it in a fraction of the time as a general dentist and his office is set up to handle any complications; especially "dry sockets" that may arise after the teeth are extracted (pulled). This comes from eating or drinking too soon after surgery and washes the blood clots out of the sockets. This can be very painful. Their office will explain all of this to you when you go in for a consultation appointment. Impacted teeth can be a tedious job and should only be done by an oral surgeon in my opinion to minimize brusing of the face and surrounding tissue. Anesthesia is given in an IV with trained dental assistants so blood pressure and vitals can be monitored. If available you can also have nitrous oxide(laughing gas) to make you more at ease. I highly recommend it. As soon as the procedure is over, you are taken to recovery where you stay until you are alert and everything seems fine. You will have to have someone with you to drive you home. Most oral surgeons will give you a presciption for pain at the consultation appointment so that you can have it filled before the day of your surgery and they most likely will give you a dose for pain before you leave their office. After about 48 hours you will be fine to do whatever if there are no complications.
My seventeen year old daughter had hers out a year ago. She is deathly afraid of needles and expected the worst. She had gas to calm her, and then the IV and the tissue around the teeth were numbed before the procedure started.. The only thing she felt was slight pressure and all four teeth were impaced. She took one or two pain pills that day and needed nothing else. Her swelling was minimal but you must keep ice packs on after the surgery to achieve this. It makes ALL the difference!!!
Oddly enough, I am 52 and I still have all my wisdom teeth. I was missing teeth on each side of my mouth,upper and lower jaws, known as (congenitally missing), so my general dentist wouldn't pull them. He said I would need them to eat but the oral surgeon said they will only affect my health later on. I am having trouble with one at present!
I hope this answers some if not all of your questions. BEST OF LUCK to you! I know you'll do fine if you listen and follow their instructions. Remember the ICE!!
2006-12-13 03:08:09 · answer #2 · answered by junk n my trunk Mom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get put to sleep. The dentist can do a more thorough job while while you are in comfort. I had 3 removed that way.
One by gas which I didn't like too much. I do not know anyone who has kept their wisdom teeth all their lives, but I guess some do as long as they pose no problems.
2006-12-11 09:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't put to sleep when I had mine removed, just had local anesthetic on my mouth. If the teeth are impacted, that is, at a slant , it can be more painful/difficult to have them removed. The local anesthetic should take care of the pain in having them removed although you will still feel the pressure of the extraction and it certainly isn't pleasant (unless you like that kind of thing). It is more painful after the removal, but if you follow the after care instructions, you should be fine.
2016-03-13 05:49:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They knocked me completely out when I had mine removed. I woke up with no recollection of what took place.
I suggest the same. - There's no fear, no pain, just sleep - It's really not so bad b/c you go home and sleep the rest of the day...and other than some swelling, you'll be normal within the week.
*They had to do mine this way b/c mine were Impacted. If yours aren't impacted they can just use general anesthesia and yank them out while you're awake - though that would be traumatic for me so I liked being knocked out cold. My husband had one yanked while he was awake. It didn't hurt him but they had to pull hard and...the whole thing just sounds scary when he tells me about it. I wouldn't do that. You should be put to sleep for it!
2006-12-11 09:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by Corn_Flake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funnily enough, I ham having this on Friday.
Me dentist is planning on giving me an injection, followed by a slow pulling and rocking of the tooth
2006-12-11 09:14:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest allowing your oral surgeon to sedate you and pull them out. It's much faster and allows him/her to be far more exacting, meaning that you will have fewer problems and a shorter recovery time.
2006-12-11 09:12:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GET PUT OUT! i mean, go fully under anaesthesia! i've heard horror stories of how painful it was for the people that just got local anaesthesia, and from the people that just got laughing gas. because of these stories, i decided to go fully under anaesthesia, and i'm really thankful i did it! it made the procedure quick and painless!
2006-12-11 09:13:36 · answer #8 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different methods now? I just went to the oral surgeon and out they came!
2006-12-11 09:11:42 · answer #9 · answered by samthecatrocks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do it before your jaw is whacked out of shape, before they impact your molars and do only the ones that need to be pulled. dont the dentist talk you into doing them all at once. its a scam to make them money
2006-12-11 09:12:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋