Did you get your wisdom teeth pulled out?

[Wyndru]

Never had mine out, the dentist said they came in correctly, although to me they feel like they are pointing outward. He said that as long as they cleared the jawbone and aren't bothering me, I'm fine.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

 

[isekii]

I'm 23 and my dentist recommends pulling out all 4 of my impacted wisdom teeth.

I've been reading out it and it makes me nervous of possible complications during and after the surgery such as nerve damage. Plus, it doesn't help that on the front page of Yahoo, there's news of a guy who died under anesthesia during a wisdom teeth extraction surgery.

If you got yours removed, how old were you? What kind of sedation did you take?

Got one side pulled last year the other side this year.

30 left 31 right

Mine were impacted but fully erupt so the dentist used local and pulled it. He spent about 15 minutes or so numbing the whole side of the mouth so I didn't feel a thing when pulled. It was amazingly painless. Find a good dentist and make sure he takes his time numbing you up. If you're in NY/NJ let me know I'll send you to my dentist.

He gave me some Tylenol with Codeine. I didn't even need to take it. Advil was good enough when I had slight discomfort.

 

[PingSpike]

I guess its an example of the glitches of evolution? Our jaws have gotten smaller but our teeth haven't got the message. Presumably, as long as the extra teeth don't kill off those who have them (thanks to dentistry) we won't evolve to stop getting them?

Think I had mine out when I was 17.

I think back before tooth brushes most people would be glad to have some spare teeth coming in to replace the ones that rotted out.

Anyway, I only have two and my father had none.

 

[kalrith]

I'm 31 and still have all of mine. My dentist doesn't think they'll ever need to be pulled. A combination of a large jaw line and my idiotic (former) dentist pulling two permanent teeth as a kid seem to be the reasons why I have room for them.

 

[MarkXIX]

Had all four of mine removed by an Army dentist with only local anesthetic, no gas, no nothing else. The sound of the crunching of the teeth as they broke them up and pulled them out was bad, but the Percocet they gave me was worse. I took it the first night and had the most fucked up dreams, so I toughed it out the rest of the time with ice cream and Slurpees.

 

[PenguinPower]

Never had wisdom teeth to begin with, so nothing to remove.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

had our teenage daughters taken out by a oral surgeon a few months back -

We paid for gas sedative to relax + IV sedation.

Avoid a normal dentist and find a qualified oral surgeon who will do sedation - not novacaine shots. out of pocket we paid about $1K - insurance picked up the rest.

took about 3-days for swelling to go down - lots of pain on the first day.

1-wek was at 95% recovery. 3-weeks at 100%.

 

[ponyo]

had our teenage daughters taken out by a oral surgeon a few months back -

We paid for gas sedative to relax + IV sedation.

Avoid a normal dentist and find a qualified oral surgeon who will do sedation - not novacaine shots. out of pocket we paid about $1K - insurance picked up the rest.

took about 3-days for swelling to go down - lots of pain on the first day.

1-wek was at 95% recovery. 3-weeks at 100%.

Did she have special case? You don't need oral surgeon for simple wisdom teeth removal unless you like giving oral surgeon some money. You just need a good dentist who knows what he/she is doing when it comes to wisdom teeth. I paid $300 total for my top two wisdom teeth removal. No insurance. No BS.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Did she have special case? You don't need oral surgeon for simple wisdom teeth removal unless you like giving oral surgeon some money. You just need a good dentist who knows what he/she is doing when it comes to wisdom teeth. I paid $300 total for my top two wisdom teeth removal. No insurance. No BS.

I went to an oral surgeon since the dentists around here just referred me to them. $150 a tooth. Did two, local only, didn't feel a thing, normal after about a week except for the holes in my gums. That took a few weeks to fill but no pain at after the first day.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Did she have special case? You don't need oral surgeon for simple wisdom teeth removal unless you like giving oral surgeon some money. You just need a good dentist who knows what he/she is doing when it comes to wisdom teeth. I paid $300 total for my top two wisdom teeth removal. No insurance. No BS.

Its about comfort. I wanted her to be extremely comfortable, she's a fragile teenage girl not hardened to the world like us filthy bastards.

I too had mine out by an oral surgeon under full sedation. Zero cost, thank you US Army. I asked my Army dentist for sedation and they agreed after a few rounds of back and forth.

I have a severe phobia of needles & have no desire to listen to teeth scraping pliers and levers removing them.

 

[sourceninja]

I had mine done at 17 when my parents insurance would cover it. They were all impacted and had to be surgically removed. It was a a tough week of recovery even with the pain killers.

My wife had her's done in her late 20's. It was a 2 week recovery with a bad infection. She threw up from being under and it was a big ordeal to help get her over the infection.

 

[SketchMaster]

Had mine taken out a few years back (mid 20s) since they were slicing into my cheeks and causing migraines.

Went to an oral sergeant and was put under, slept most of the day after I got home. Didn't have much pain after the 2nd day because I kept ice on my face for the first 12hrs. I only took a vicodin because I bit down on something wrong after the third day.

I was worried about being put under because I worked at a vet clinic and saw how quickly things can go bad on a operating table. For something like this you have an extremely low chance of dying in the chair because the drugs are easily reversible and it's not like they have to stitch up your chest before they can wake you up.

If they are actually causing you problems then go for it.

 

[HendrixFan]

I've had so many dentists tell me to pull my wisdom teeth but i never did anything until I really needed to. I only had one wisdom tooth pulled and that was because it developed an enormous cavity (first wisdom tooth pulled at 32 years of age). Unless they are hurting you or crowding your other teeth, leave them alone. Dentists routinely recommend pulling wisdom teeth so they can line their pockets.

Agreed.

I went to a dentist at the age of 15 who recommended pulling my wisdom teeth. He said they were coming in crooked and would push all my teeth in, making it quite painful. He showed me the x rays they took while explaining it to me.

I told him they looked as straight as my other teeth.

He assured me they were crooked.

I told him the only thing crooked here was him. No joke.

It is almost 18 years later, I never had them removed and haven't had a single problem.

 

[Lanyap]

Had one pulled by dentist and the other three by oral surgeon in my mid-thirties. I woke up from anesthesia about half way through while they were using a hammer and chizel to break out one of them. I said "hey, how are things going". Surgeon said fine and told nurse to bump up the anesthesia.

 

[silverpig]

I made a post on here about my wisdom teeth a while back. Here are my tips:

1. Get a good doctor and dont cheap out too much. It will save you pain/time/hassle. I googled, yelped, everything I could with my doctor. He was awesome and kept contacting me after to see how I was doing.
2. Dont bother getting put to sleep. I did mine with just local and didnt feel a damn thing. The numbing took about 10 minutes, the removal took about 5. It ached a bit afterwards but that was going to happen either way. Only took vicodin for a day.
3. Only do it if you have to.

Before actually doing it, I was scared as fuck and wanted to be put asleep etc etc. Ended up only doing local since putting asleep cost an extra $400. After doing it all, I realized I was scared for nothing.

This. I had a similar experience. I just had a local, and had all 4 out when I was about 20. I had a few T3s the next day and didn't have any after that.

I was nervous for the first one, but after that it wasn't a big deal.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Got em ripped out during basic training. That hurt real bad. I loved the two days of rest right after though.

 

[Geosurface]

When the Navy took out my wisdom teeth, it's the only time in my life I've been high in any way. Interesting feeling. They gave me Vicodin.

I've never drank to the point required to even get a buzz, or done any drugs or anything... so yea, that remains the only time I was really intoxicated in my 33 years. I thought I saw a worm thingy crawling between the ceiling tiles. And felt really floaty.

I remember when I drove my brother to get his wisdom teeth out, years before that... and driving him back home was entertaining. It was truly like having a zombie in the car with me.

 

[Cuda1447]

I still have all of mine, but my wife is getting two of hers taken out next week.

 

[boomhower]

I had mine done when I was 18 or 19. Mine were coming in sideways. Doc recommended knocking me out and the insurance agreed to pay for it so that's what we did. Halfway through the procedure I woke up. I didn't feel any pain, just the pressure where he was working. He looked down, saw my eyes open, said "oh shit" and gave me some more gas. Afterwards there was a bit of pain but nothing like I was expecting. Overall not bad.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

I'm 23 and my dentist recommends pulling out all 4 of my impacted wisdom teeth.

I've been reading out it and it makes me nervous of possible complications during and after the surgery such as nerve damage. Plus, it doesn't help that on the front page of Yahoo, there's news of a guy who died under anesthesia during a wisdom teeth extraction surgery.

If you got yours removed, how old were you? What kind of sedation did you take?

Had all 4 of mine out at 25. The two on the top were badly impacted and were pushing my existing molars out of alignment.

Not sure what kind of anesthesia I had, but I was knocked out for ~25 minutes. I think it was sodium pentathol. Wasn't a big deal. Sat in the chair, got an injection, passed out, woke up 25 minutes later with mouth full of gauze and all four teeth out.

The recovery sucked, especially for the first 3-4 days. Pray you don't get a dry/infected socket, as those hurt like hell.

My 2c is if you have impacted wisdom teeth, get them extracted before they cause problems. I went from being fine to having huge headaches and two molars wildly out of alignment. Learn from my mistakes.

 

[darkxshade]

Did mine back in Dec 2012, had all 4 taken out with just local anesthetic. I was 31 at the time. Only had 1 impacted, was in and out after an hour. I went in expecting lots of pain and it was worst than I could ever imagine... don't do it, it's torture. Just kidding. Doc did freak me out at first by saying I'm a brave man to do all 4 on just local but it's a one time thing and I wanted to experience it even if it would be painful. Fortunately, it wasn't that bad other than the discomfort of tugging and chiseling. First 24 hours is critical so take good care of yourself and you'll be fine. No spitting or drinking from a straw. I was fine and eating comfortably enough after 3 days with soft foods.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Yup. Nearly everyone in the military got them pulled when I was in unless you had absolutely PERFECT teeth. I was 20, and received local numbing injections (about 12-14 if memory serves) and then tylenol after. One was partially impacted, one was fully impacted and had to be shattered in place and pulled out piece by piece, if that matters.

The shots hurt far worse than the procedure, though I was hella sore for the next few days. Would have been miserable if it was during boot camp, allowing me nearly a week of bed rest.

 

[Oyeve]

Im 46, I had 3 pulled but only because 2 were cavities and it was cheaper pulling them than filling them and 1 was an emergency pull after it shattered while eating a hamburger with bacon that was literally hard as a rock. I still have one wisdom tooth that has not erupted yet. Everytime I go to the dentist and they do xrays I get to see that freaking timebomb in my mouth. I have no reason to pull it tho.

 

[TwiceOver]

I was 19 had all 4 removed at once. They did what they called "Twilight Sleep" where I had an injection and gas. They injected me then had me count back from ten to one. I remember saying "Tehhhhh" and woke up on the car ride home. I remember nothing in between but clearly I was able to get in the car and such.

When you have it done, be sure they give you a syringe and blunt needle for cleaning out the holes. I ran into a chick that just had hers done and all were infected because they only told her to rinse. YOu need to clean them holes out good or you're fucked.