Monday I am having 2 wisdom teeth extracted. Both haven't erupted yet but the dentist said they are starting to push against the other teeth as they don't have enough space to come out. Can any of you who went through this, tell me how long does the procedure last? Is it painful after the surgery? Is the bleeding that bad? How long does it take to heal? I am going to need to extract the other 2 as well in a few weeks :(
Thank you!
2007-02-17 03:00:27 · 4 answers · asked by Λиδѓεy™ 6 in Health ➔ Dental
First let me say that you will be fine. Also did you know that the wisdom teeth are the smallest rooted tooth in the mouth? Being small makes them easier to remove and the fact that yours haven't formed completely it makes them smaller and easier to remove since they aren‘t fused in the bone.
They will start by getting you good and numb in the whole mouth, and probably have N20 available. Just remember to breathe through your nose not your mouth or you'll lose the effects of it. The dentist will open an area of tissue just above where the teeth are and push the tissue back some, then he will elevate them out by use of one or two different instruments. It can take from 2-3 minutes to 10-20 it just depends on how difficult yours are to lift out. Then he will scrape around the socket area to clean it out good and cause it to bleed so the clot can form. You may or may not get sutures it just depends on how large the opening is. Before you leave the office we make sure the bleeding has just about stopped. You may leave with some gauze in your mouth that is used to keep pressure on the extraction site until you’re settled at home. By then you can remove it and use the ice packs.
All of this seems like a long time but it really isn't. Most of the time is used waiting on you to get numbed up. And as far as painful, no because you will be numb. You may be sore when the feeling comes back in, a lot of that is from your jaws and it’s normal and the dentist will take care of that with pain medication. The dentist will also give you some instructions to follow and just stick to them! He will give you a prescription for pain, get it filled and take it while you’re still numb. It's easier to keep something from hurting rather than try to get it to stop after it starts. Then about 2 hours later take 600 mg of Advil or Motrin to help reduce the swelling and inflammation and extend or prolong the pain medication effects. Use an ice pack and drink and eat lots of cold things that day, ice cream, smoothies, Jell-O, pudding and more ice cream and Popsicles, these help to reduce the pain. Don't use a straw or take up cigarette smoking anything with that type of sucking action can cause the clot to come free and you to develop a dry socket. And stay away from any carbonated drinks, the fizz can bubble the clot out. Just take it easy the first day and lay around letting someone wait on you hand and foot.
The next day you can start gently rinsing your mouth with warm salt water several times a day which helps reduce the soreness. Also start "exercising your jaws" by stretching open and closed several times a day, opening wider each time. This help to loosen the jaw muscle that was "stretched tight" from holding open during the procedure, and help you to regain full function of your mouth as quick as possible. You'll be groggy the first day and pretty much just sleep or lay around watching TV or videos and the second day you can decide if you need any pain medications or not and get up and move around or wait on your self unless you can convince someone to keep doing it!
Then slowly start adding foods back into your diet avoiding hard, sharp or grainy meats or things with seeds. Try not to eat anything that could lodge into the socket area and get stuck. You don’t want to disturb the clot so use some caution and think before you eat. Hope I’ve been of some help, you’ll do just fine! Most patients opt to have all four removed at once to get it over with at one time, you may want to reconsider this. I should know, not only have I assisted with thousands of these procedures, I was one of them myself. Good luck and try to relax! It will be over before you know it and one day just a memory.
I WAS THINKING OF YOU AND JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD LUCK TODAY, YOU'LL BE FINE!
2007-02-17 03:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My advise is to do them all at once and have one healing period. The procedure takes about 30 mins if you go to the oral surg. and they will IV sedate you. This is safe and you wont feel a thing or remember it either. After surgery you will be given pain meds... take them before the pain starts... stay ahead of the pain. Healing is different for everyone... the first 48 hrs you need to not smoke, drink Thur a straw, no carbonated drinks, and avoid alchol. these things will dissolve the blood clot and cause a dry socket... not fun had one hurts like hell, but there are things they can put in the dry sockets to make them go away. Full healing time is around 4 to 6 weeks but in about a week you will be fine
2007-02-17 04:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kimmy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
look the first thing to know abt 3rd molar extractions that they are not easy, if ur dentist is a fool one, then he'll brek the molar root with the extraction of the crown only, and if he was an idiot, he'd push the tooth over the bone hard while extraction, and if he was a dum head, he will let u hurt after the procedure, all he has to do is inject u with an inesthiser, cut ur gingiva, hold ur molar by the forceps, rotate it clock wise and anticlock wise, and then extract it, the procedure wont hurt u if the dentist haven't touched the alveolar bone, he'll give u some drugs so that it wont hurt u after the procedure when u go home, believe me it depends on the dentist not the patient
2007-02-17 03:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by dr_futuredentist 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a couple of years ago, i got 2 wisdom teeth removed. other than the prick of the needle to inject the novacane (they also rubbed numbing creme on my gums), i felt no pain at all! i couldn't eat any solid food for about a week, and i think i only used the pain medication they gave me once. the following week, i got the stitches removed (not painful at all).
i went to an oral surgeon to get them removed... i don't know if there would be a difference from getting them removed at a dentist office.
2007-02-17 03:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by saldiamond@ameritech.net 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋