My wisdom tooth is breaking through my gums and its killing me. I hate dentists and Im terrified. Who has had their teeth taken out? And how long does it take to recover?? Im hoping my cheek doesnt blow up by Tuesday (my e-pics).
OH NO!!! I have had 3 of the 4 out. Because of my age and the closeness of the tooth to the nerve, they will only take them out as they irritate me. Recovery is different for everyone. My first one took over a week and my eye was black and blue b/c it was so impacted, but the last two weren't bad. PLEASE TAKE THIS ADVICE. Do what they tell you to minimize swelling. Keep ice on it 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for the FULL 24 hours. It REALLY keeps the swelling almost unrecognizable. The first time I didn't and it swelled SOOOO bad.
I had all four removed at once, it took a few days to recover...when are you going to have them removed? If your pics are tuesday, I would say wait until after you take them...you just might look like a chipmunk!
Also, I'm petrified of needles and dentists, so i was completely put out for every tooth.
Posted by lyss4525
Oh... and a few tips that I found out AFTER the fact:
-don't eat anything hot
-don't drink through a straw (sucking motion is bad...)
Posted by yelley77
OH NO!!! I have had 3 of the 4 out. Because of my age and the closeness of the tooth to the nerve, they will only take them out as they irritate me. Recovery is different for everyone. My first one took over a week and my eye was black and blue b/c it was so impacted, but the last two weren't bad. PLEASE TAKE THIS ADVICE. Do what they tell you to minimize swelling. Keep ice on it 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for the FULL 24 hours. It REALLY keeps the swelling almost unrecognizable. The first time I didn't and it swelled SOOOO bad.
Posted by NapaValleyGirl
That happened to me last month. Literally, one morning, woke up and couldn't open my jaw. The dentist took one look at me and was like 'we gotta take this out, like now.' i thought it would take FOREVER to recover. took me a day and half and the next day look FINE. Literally,my boss looked at me like 'really? you had your wisdom tooth taken out?'
Ice, ice, ice. Three key words.
If it is coming out, you gotta get 'em pulled...not really an option! You'll be fine, my only concern for you is the epics. Can you hold off until wednesday?
Posted by lyss4525
If it is coming out, you gotta get 'em pulled...not really an option! You'll be fine, my only concern for you is the epics. Can you hold off until wednesday?
I had 1 taken out and I don't care if the next one is growing through my cheek, they are not touching me ver again. I did not get put out. Big Mistake. I felt everything, I thought he was breaking my jaw. I cried the entire surgery and The dr. was sooo mean to me. Unfortunetly my experience put a very bad taste in my mouth. Please make sur eyou get put out. Oh and also I have heard that the bottom ones hurts worse b/c your bottom jaw moves and your top doesn't. Good Luck and gets lots of pain meds
Ow they are just bad. I have 2 more to remove and had one taken out back in April. I was stuck in bed for almost a week because of that. They said the tooth was close to the eye, resulting on a nosebleed after the surgery.
Posted by Songstress1212
Posted by NapaValleyGirl
That happened to me last month. Literally, one morning, woke up and couldn't open my jaw. The dentist took one look at me and was like 'we gotta take this out, like now.' i thought it would take FOREVER to recover. took me a day and half and the next day look FINE. Literally,my boss looked at me like 'really? you had your wisdom tooth taken out?'
Ice, ice, ice. Three key words.
Thats exactly what happened. I cant open my mouth all the way. Its like a pain all around my jaw. That must be bad! Oh Lord. I hope my recovery is as easy as yours was. Im such a baby.![]()
OMG! Don't scare her!! I had all four at once, was put out, and didn't feel a thing until the novicane wore off.
Posted by DomTriniBRL
Ow they are just bad. I have 2 more to remove and had one taken out back in April. I was stuck in bed for almost a week because of that. They said the tooth was close to the eye, resulting on a nosebleed after the surgery.
Posted by Songstress1212
Posted by yelley77
OH NO!!! I have had 3 of the 4 out. Because of my age and the closeness of the tooth to the nerve, they will only take them out as they irritate me. Recovery is different for everyone. My first one took over a week and my eye was black and blue b/c it was so impacted, but the last two weren't bad. PLEASE TAKE THIS ADVICE. Do what they tell you to minimize swelling. Keep ice on it 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for the FULL 24 hours. It REALLY keeps the swelling almost unrecognizable. The first time I didn't and it swelled SOOOO bad.
I only have two wisdom teeth. The ones on the top. When they did an X ray a few months ago, I miraculously didnt have any on the bottom (THANK GOD) They never bothered me before and I started getting this horrible pain on the side of my mouth yesterday. I bought one of those little tooth mirrors at Eckerd and I see the tooth sticking out! Do you think I should get it taken out? Maybe it will get scared and go back in lol. Im afraid Im not gonna do too well. Ive only een to the dentist a handful of times. So they tell you to ice it after the surgery?? Ill follow anything they say. I dont know if I can build up the courage to go for it though![]()
Posted by ChristineAaron08
I had all 4 taken out at the same time and i was fine once i got off the pain killers. i just took advil.
I had 2 impacted and 2 partial impacts plus another tooth pulled at the same time.
It took about 2 days to recover.
