How long does it take for your mouth to heal from removal of wisdom teeth?

Question

The dentist wants to take all 4 out at once, but will I be left with four holes. Will they ever close? What can I expect?

Answer 1

What Happens Afterwards - - - What Will I Feel Like?
Most of the time you will want to maintain a low profile for a few days. We ask that you follow your post-operative instructions closely as they will make you most comfortable during the first few days following your procedure. Please allow the time to let your body begin healing before resuming an active social, academic, or athletic schedule. Most patients feel like they are over the hump in 3-5 days.

Are There Any Problems?
As with any medical procedure, there can be complications or an unanticipated result that you should be aware of:

There is a nerve, which supplies feeling to the lower lip, chin, and tongue which is frequently very close to the roots of the lower wisdom teeth. Having these teeth out between the ages of 12 and 18 usually provides shorter roots so that the nerve is not so close to the roots of these teeth. Occasionally, when the teeth are removed, especially in older patients, the roots have grown longer and become closer to the nerve itself. This nerve can become irritated in the process of removing the tooth. When local anesthesia wears off, you may experience a tingling or numb sensation in the lower lip, chin, or tongue. Should this occur, it is usually temporary and will resolve gradually over a period of weeks or months. RARELY, it can result in a permanent alteration of sensation similar to the feeling of Novocain®. We feel that you should be aware of this before consenting to surgery.

The upper wisdom teeth are situated close to your sinuses and their removal can result in a communication between your mouth and the sinus. Once again, if the teeth are removed at an early age, the root formation is minimal and this complication is very unlikely to occur. Should this occur, it will usually close spontaneously. We may give you special instructions to follow if this is apparent at the time of surgery. We prefer that you don’t blow your nose for two or three days following the surgery. You can wipe your nose, but don’t blow your nose. If you have to sneeze, you should sneeze with an open mouth into a tissue - - you should not create any pressure in the sinus area, which may dislodge the healing blood clot. If you sense a communication occurring after the surgery, please contact the office. RARELY, an additional procedure may be necessary to close the communication. The most common problem encountered following surgery of any kind is infection. This usually requires an office visit and clinical examination. Many times, just placing you on an antibiotic for one week will take care of the infection. It will occasionally require drainage of the infected area, which may have accumulated near the surgical site, and even more rarely do the patients need to be admitted to the hospital for intravenous antibiotics and further surgical drainage.

Other temporary problems you may experience in the postoperative period include stiffness of the jaws, chafing around the corners of your lips, facial bruising, and blood oozing from the extraction sites. The postoperative instruction sheet we will provide should answer many of the questions related to these more common concerns. If not, don’t hesitate to call the office.

What Are Dry Sockets?
Dry sockets continue to be the most common problem people experience following dental surgery. They arise due to premature loss of a blood clot in the empty tooth socket and affect approximately one out of five patients. This seems to occur with greater frequency in people who smoke or are taking birth control pills. While both jaws can be affected, they usually occur in the lower jaw on the third to fifth day. They cause a deep, dull, continuous aching on the affected side(s). Patients may first notice the pain starting in the ear radiating down towards the chin. It frequently begins in the middle of the night, and the Motrin medication usually doesn’t help.http://www.drwdcampbell.com/procedures/wisdomteeth.html

Answer 2

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How long does it take for your mouth to heal from removal of wisdom teeth?
The dentist wants to take all 4 out at once, but will I be left with four holes. Will they ever close? What can I expect?

Answer 3

my dentist wants to do that to me also. he said that it will be uncomfortable, but that it should heal in a few days. ive had oral surgey before, which took about 3 days to heal. Im sure youll be fine, but just ask your doctor/dentist if you have an questions, im sure that he will anwer them. When i had my oral surgey( for another reason) the dentist actully stiched the hole shut. It sounds bad, but it really didn't hurt.
Hope this helped- good luck

Answer 4

in a week the stitches are removed, the blood clots form in a few hours or few days, the healing takes about a month

Answer 5

about a week. just be sure to clean the food out of the holes

Answer 6

A week or two.

Answer 7

usually 4 hours you'll have to relax and eat soft food