Wisdom Frickin a$$ Teeth

[Steele]

I gotta get all 4 pulled on Dec 7th :( I hate Dentists...I get to be knocked out though...why are they called Wisdom Teeth? I think they should be called Stupid arse misery teeth :cry

[Ghryphen]

:rate_half

[SiFi]

I had all four taken out a couple years ago. I took general anasthesia too (impressively, it took 2 IV's AND gas to put me under): I did NOT want to be awake for that. Be warned: you WILL feel like crap for about a day, and you gums will bleed for a few hours afterwards. You'll also want to drink lots of water.

[Steele]

I was thinking I might wanna drink lots of Alcohol;)

[SiFi]

well, if you WANT to mix codine and alcohol....
I found that the painkillers and a bag of ice worked well enough. I was actually up and about, feeling more or less myself only a couple days after the surgery. I'm sure you'll do as well.

[Raiyven]

i get to have mine taken out this year too. I remember when SiFi had his done, and i halfways fondly remember holding him up when he was drugged off his gourd. fondly as in it was funny, but dude, you're damn heavy to someone 4/5 your size. :)

[SiFi]

It's all that muscle ;)

I was trying to walk, it just wasn't working.

[Cerberus]

I had mine pulled while i was wide awake, you guys are lucky.. two shots... and teeth out.. major jaw bone removal for me too... nice

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Heh. I told them I wanted to do it awake. Then they just looked at me and put a mask over my face. I remember starting to yell at them before I was out.

But I woke up during the surgery. Scared the poo out of the surgeon too.

I had all four removed just to do them all at once. And they had to really cut back and deep into the bone to remove two of them. One came out pretty easily, and the fourth one didn't want to come out at all. They broke it up, then got some vise-grip pliers in there and twisted and pulled. That's when I woke up. ;)

But because I woke up, I was groggy for about 2 hours afterwards. I couldn't walk either. And the pain killers were pretty good cause I got knocked out a day at a time from one of them. I think I slept the first three days because of the pain killers. Then I stopped taking them because I didn't want to sleep all the time. Frozen peas and corn are definitely your friends when you go through this!

[XRogue]

I got all 4 of mine out at once too. Knocked out, didn't wake up till afters thankfully. All of 'em came out pretty easy according to the doc, but I got a dry socket on one and had to go back every couple of days to get it repacked for awhile. On codeine for a slap month, thankyouverymuch, and had carrion breath for 2 weeks.

Occurs to me I shoulda quit the codeine and tried the whiskey. Good luck, Tim.

[Steele]

Dry Socket? carrion breath?

This does not sound good...what is it?

and the fourth one didn't want to come out at all. They broke it up, then got some vise-grip pliers in there and twisted and pulled. That's when I woke up.

you guys are scarin' the hell outta me...I swear if I wake up during this I'm going to punch the Dentist

I had mine pulled while i was wide awake, you guys are lucky.. two shots... and teeth out.. major jaw bone removal for me too... nice

WHAT!?! I think I'm gonna puke :barf :alcoholic

[Cerberus]

yeah, if they havn't broke the gum line yet, that have to dig it out of your jaw.. plus you'll get a hole in your gum line after.. and it's full of black and red goo.. real nasty.. but if you keep accidentally sucking the goo out, like lets say you use a straw, and it comes out you can get dry socket which is pretty painful and goes straight to the nerver that runs allong your jaw and goes up into your face.. OW.. Good luck buddy!

[Steele]

They've all broken the gum line...The Dentist actually wanted to pull them 4 years ago...but they did not hurt then and the Oral surgey sounded like somthing i did not want...then about 2 months ago I was chewing gum and one broke...now it's a cavity and hurts like hell...can't eat or drink real hot or cold stuff...

And when they took xrays he said they were impacted...i did not want to know what that meant but I figure it means more pain...thanks though for the encouraging words...

I hope I get to keep em when they are out...I'll put em under my pillow and wait for the tooth fairy...when he shows up I'm going to beat the hell outta him...

[XRogue]

When the tooth gets pulled, the hole where it was gets a clot/scab thing over it, the black/red goo in question...if that scab falls off, it won't reform over the hole, leaving it unprotected. That is a dry socket, and it leaves the nerve exposed. Hurts like hell on toast.

Do NOT use a straw, or suck on the holes, or that is what will happen to you.

Carrion breath means I had this foul rotten taste/odor in my mouth for a week or ten days. Didn't matter how much I brushed, mouthwash, etc.

[Steele]

Oh...sigh...this is sounding more and more horrible...

[XRogue]

Look, this is essentially a surgery, no matter if the teeth are erupted or not. There will be pain/discomfort and the need to take precautions so you'll heal well. Follow instructions, do not use a straw, be careful when brushing teeth after the extraction to stay away from the holes with your brush. If you use an electric toothbrush, don't use it, get a regular one to use while you heal. Take your painkillers and ice your face, and if you have to drop liquid down your throat with an eyedropper to avoid sucking when you swallow, DO IT. You'll be fine.

[LoS-NutzholzWolf]

I haven't read the prior page but I had my wisdom teeth removed in early June this year. I was scared of it going in, but it wasn't that bad afterwards. I had 4 other teeth removed for braces a few years back that I still have nightmares about because the Orthodontist didn't put me out or give me any general pain killers (his pulling and yanking, pulling and yanking, over and over and over and over for what seemed like an hour with him saying that I couldn't feel pain from the pressure near my eyes since he wasn't doing anything there).

I was basicly out for one day for the wisdom teeth removal but the surgen was awsome. He and his staff even sent me a card the next day with their signatures on it. To drink I just tilted my head back and poored it down. To eat, well I basicly ate oatmeal and pudding for a couple of days. I brushed my teeth, from habit of braces, after every meal with a soft brush for the holes but a regular brush for the rest.

After all said and done, you couldn't even tell I had them removed an all my worries were for nothing, that time.

*Edit*
They will start you on antibiotics the day before the surgery, which you will continue to take for about a week or so after. For me they put me on a IV drip to put me out, they numbed my skin my freezing it a little. I went out rather fast, didn't wake up during the entire process, but they did wait about 15 to 20 minutes for me to wake up after the normal time it takes for people to come out of it. Mentaly I was not all there, couldn't really feel anything and basicly all my body movements were based on sight since I could hardly feel my limbs. My Mom had to stablize me from the chair to the van, then the van to bed. I remember taking a couple of sips of water and some more pills, but for the rest of that day I slept.

The second day I layed in bed but didn't sleep all day, just mentally couldn't focus on anything. Watched TV all day, couldn't stand looking at a monitor (for some reason I felt like throwing up each time I did for a couple of minutes). I had no holes form from the removal of the teeth, and in fact I can hardly even see any evidence that they were ever there. I was basicly back on my feet on the second day, and operating a vehicle even though the lable on the pills said not to (the family dog needed to be picked up from the trimmers and my Mom couldn't get there before they closed so I just drove the half mile. I told my mom afterwards that I would not try that again for awhile because of the drozyness).

Don't worry about it. Most likely it will go off with out a hitch and you will only suffer a day or two. After that then you basicly are back to normal and wouldn't notice a difference.

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Tim, when the dentist said they were impacted, it means that the growth of your wisdom teeth caused them to be pointed at your other teeth. And as they grew, they eventually made contact and that's what the impacted term means, I think.

If they don't get removed, they'll screw up the alignment and orientation of your other teeth.

And they're called wisdom teeth because they don't usually come in until you are in your late teens or early twenties.


My dad's story was a bit different for his. His were not impacted, or growing in funny or anything. But the Coast Guard said that he had to have them out, because they didn't want his teeth to all of a sudden come out and have him bleed to death. So he went to the doctor on base, took a shot of whiskey and then the doc took a shot of whiskey, and they took them out. Only a minor amount of local anesthetic because the petty officer doing the drugs didn't want to use up the rest of the supply of stuff and they didn't consider my dad a major surgery. Needless to say, it wore off during the operation and my dad went the rest of the way with no painkillers. He said that it couldn't be worse for me than that, and he was right.

My surgeon wasn't drunk, didn't have shaky hands, and knew what he was doing. That is until they stretched my mouth out so much that my lower lip split. Did it hurt? Nope. But I have a nasty scar there that barely shows up now. Except when I smile.

You'll be fine as long as you follow what Rogue said. And don't EVER, EVER, EVER eat hard things like tortilla chips for a week or so after the surgery. You get something hard to press into one of your scabs and it HURTS like nothing else.

And probably one of the gross things about the surgery was that I looked like I got hit in the face with a sledgehammer for a couple of days after the surgery. But then I healed up just fine. Until the damned chip of death entered my mouth! Oh and when the stitches come out, you might not feel them. Though I did have one pop out during lunch at school the next week. It just popped out and I bit into it, and had some nasty tasting stuff in my mouth (all the bloody mess of a scab and some nasty food particles). But I actually swallowed one of them while I slept.

[Steele]

mmmmm yummy:) 1 week til D- day:)

[SiFi]

The likelyhood of anything going wrong is extremely slight. I didn't have any problems the way the people above did, nor am I going to try and scare you with horror stories ;) Just try to avoid working for a few days afterwords; you'll probably feel like crap.

[Steele]

I go in tomorrow AM at 8:00. I picked up all the pain pilss and antibiotics today...Wish me well... :alcoholic :barf :ugh

[LoS-NutzholzWolf]

Have fun, don't think about it, and see you in a couple of days. It will go fine.

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Or it won't and we'll wonder what happened to you. ;)

[Steele]

Asha...if you were'nt bigger than me, I'd soo kick yer arse:)

that was funny:)

[SiFi]

Good luck. Remember, I'm pullin' for ya, we're all in this together.

[XRogue]

Rotsa Ruck, Steele. You'll be fine. Painkillers are our friends, and so are frozen peas.

[Ghryphen]

If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

[Stang]

Give them his drugs and they will find him handsome :D.

[Steele]

drigs are nice til they were off...I amde it one peasce...going back to bed know...vuck this hurts

[XRogue]

Stay there and get better dude. :(

[Stang]

:(

[LoS-NutzholzWolf]

Just lay in bed, read books (if they still exist), watch TV, and make sure you take all the pills you feel like you need. For me I stopped taking the pain killers a couple of days afterward and only took them when I couldn't stand the pain any more, which was not very often (I still had pain killers left over in the end).

[Steele]

yeah doing a bit better today...damn i miss food...never knew slim fast tasted so good:)...I've had 2 slim fasts a 2 pack of ramen noodles...and lots of water...Can't wait til I feel like chewing again

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

lol

Just don't get cocky and try potato chips. ;)

[XRogue]

Slimfast is good. Tho I won't repeat the joke I once heard about it....Ok, I will. Fat comedian telling jokes about all the different diets he has tried....says, 'You know that Slimfast stuff? Goes *great* with nachoes."

Hope you continue to do well. No chips.

[Steele]

No chips.

I am so craving Tim's Cascade Jalepeno chips...today I was digging through the cubbords looking for something soft to eat and ound an open bag of them...I just sat there and smelled those chips...then went and ate some mac a cheese:( Then later one of my kids jumped on me and accidently kicked me in the jaw...I was like SH#&, P!$$, F*#$...you get the point...

[Stang]

Owie :(

[Cerberus]

lol

[Steele]

Got my stiches out today...I have 4 holes now were the teeth use to be...they said they'll close over time...and I should not have to worry about the fod that gets stuck in them...I'm like wth? it would seem to me that food impacted in those holes are not a good thing...Oh well I'm eating chips tonight baby:)

[SiFi]

You didn't have dissolving stitches?

[LoS-NutzholzWolf]

You do have to keep those holes clean or else they will become infected.

You're stitches didn't dissolve or fall out on their own? I know mine did.

[XRogue]

Mine were dissolving also.

[Stang]

Well what do you expect when you live in the boonies and in the mountains :).

[SiFi]

Now now, don't be mean to him (even if he does piss on people): he's had a traumatic experience.

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

That's not traumatic!

Peeing off the one of the piers in downtown Seattle, only to have the wind blow it back into your face and on innocent bystanders is traumatic! Not that I've done that though...

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Actually, THIS is even more traumatic...

http://p078.ezboard.com/fdragontalonmercstheshazbotawards.showMessage?topicID=49.topic

[sh@rp]

Heh, how long did she laugh at you ?
:D

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Just a second or two at most.

[sh@rp]

Awww.... that's not toooo embarassing ....





well ok ya it is :-P

[Stang]

Yaaaaaaaa suuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Steele]

Nope No Dissolving Stiches...Asha peed off a pier in Seattle...and the French Fry thing was sooo frickin funny I almost peed on myself ROFLOL