Questions about wisdom teeth extraction, cant remember what the dentist said?

Question

I just had my teeth pulled 24 hours ago. I took a nerve pill before I went in, and I didnt even think and the dentist gave me some valium. Well that threw me for a loop, the combination of meds. I was so wacked out, I fell asleep during the extraction. I remember it vaguely, dentist had to keep waking me up to keep me from moving, he had a device in my mouth to keep it open. Well when I was taken home they had to put me in the passenger seat and had to be put in a wheel chair.

Ok heres my questions:
Is this normal?
I only have the gause they gave me at the dentist, its full of blood, can I use anyhing else????
I think I am not allowed to smoke, so I haven't. I am shaking because I am having a nicotine spell.
If I put alot of paper in the holes do you think I can smoke?
My mouth is still numb (everything lasts longer, low toleration to any meds, even novicane). You think I can use a straw?
Its normal to have pain near the neighboring molers?
How long will my gums be in pain?

I cant remember where i have my release papers, All the medicine stuff that happened was a total accident, I just didnt want to go into a panic attack so I took my anxiety meds from a year ago when we had a death in the family.

I don't want to come off as stupid. No one has ever told me what its like to have the teeth taken out.

I got the upper ones done. And in two weeks I will be getting the lower ones.
Do you think the lower ones are going to hurt more, I think I may have stiches because they are coming in one side weird and i probably might have to have stiches.

Answer 1

HI LADYRAVEN,

IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU MAY HAVE MISPLACED THE WRITTEN POST-SURGICAL CARE INSTRUCTIONS, SO CLICK N THE LINK BELOW AND PRINT UP THESE INSTRTUCTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

Answer 2

If it's been 24 hours since these teeth were extracted you can start to rinse your mouth with warm salt water several times a day.

Did I read this correctly, you still have the "same gauze" in your mouth that they placed yesterday? If so, remove all of it, and do not place any more. You may have some slight seepage and that is fine, you need to be rinsing now.

You can eat a soft diet but try to avoid using a straw for a few more days.

Do not put paper into the socket area to smoke. If you must smoke, fold some of the fresh gauze and place them to cover the extraction sites while smoking. By the fourth day you should be safe to smoke without using any gauze.

Some patients react differently to medications so it's possible that you are feeling a slight numbness.

Yes, you can have some pain in the surrounding teeth, this is not uncommon.

How long you will experience discomfort will be entirely up to you. Follow all instructions given by your dentist along with any medications prescribed or advised and you should feel more like your self in a few days.

I hope I've been of some help and continue with the warm salt water rinses, these help reduce the soreness tremendously.


Additional information: if you find your post op papers that the dentist gave you; there is most likely a packet of extra gauze and possibly your pain medications that you should be taking. You can also take Advil or Motrin to alleviate the swelling and inflammation. Good luck with your healing process and with your pending surgery.

Answer 3

I'm in this exact same situation. I have a co-worker who had the procedure done (same group plan) and his was NOT COVERED by medical, so the dentist sends the EOB to Dental insurer and they covered. His procedure must have been full bony. My claim was accepted as covered on all line items, even though only one was a soft tissue extraction. Of course, medical applies to deductible first and therefore I pay the first $400. If they had not covered the whole claim, my dental deductible would have been used, which was only $50. I've researched this to death. They really try hard not to give you information that you can use. I've almost got it figure out though on how to proceed. Click on my profile name and shoot me an email or IM and we can share some info and navigate this together.

Answer 4

I had my wisdom teeth out on the 27th (last monday) and i was fine pain wise except for the following day when i went out to my eye doc apt and brief training at work. I found that my tongue was always hanging out form time to time on Tuesday, and the nurse said that was fine. Then Wed came and the tongue refsused to get back inside my mouth. Mum found out when she rang me, and told me to stay put and she'll take me to the hospital She turned up, saw me like convulsing and rang an ambulance. They were al confused about why i was fitting and my pupils were not the same size etc. It wasnt until mum found some maxalon in my bag and tld the docs that we knew what was going on. Turns out i got a dystonic reaciton to the maxalon and that caused all the shaking. So they gave me some cogentin to stop the fits ans well as valium---as though i wasnt already confused nad light-headed, that valium made me feel more dizzy.

So yeah i spent thur mornin in the ER, and went home later that day. And then i just went home with some cogentin tablets to keep reversing hte efects, and so far my tongue isnt protruding which is great.

Only prob ive got now is a big ulcer on my left side of my tongue from where i was clamping down on it so hard...i felt like i was going to bite my tongue off!

Answer 5

I know it's stinking hard, but DON'T cheat and smoke. I did that once, then it didn't get that healed over thing on the extraction place, and I ended up in trouble. There's a word for it, I just don't remember it --- Just don't smoke - and don't use a straw either - nothing that you have to do suction with your mouth.
That whole side of your jaw might even hurt, let alone your gums.
Call the dentist if you are unsure of anything. Pack gauze in the place.
Good luck.

Answer 6

You should not smoke or use a straw. The reason is because you don't want to remove the blood that has clotted in the extraction site because that will cause a dry socket and they hurt really bad and it will take alot longer for you to heal. A dry socket is when the bone is exposed. You mouth is going to be sore for a few days so you should try to take it easy. Eat soft things so your gums don''t get food stuck in them. This can also cause an infection.