lower impacted wisdome teeth

[stretchy]

I have a realy bad case of horizontal impacted wisdome teeth and have an apointment to get them out..  I was told this is a little bit more extreem than usual as both sides are so low in the nurve and will need stitches in my gum and may be left with a num gum for life where the tooth was.. thay said I may be able to insist I be put to sleep for this . has anyone els had wisdome teeth like this.. whats it like waking up from an operation ??

stretchy

[Saffy]

I had 3 days in private hospital bed looked after by nuns when I had my wisdom teeth out and they was normal ones -  I wouldn't fancy a quick turn around in the chair jobby. You'll need someone with you to take you home safely as you will a bit funky in the noggin and not your self for some hours - probably be a bit puffy in the face/neck and aching for awhile too. Talk with the dental surgery they will tell you what to expect.

[Manicminer]

I've had 2 lower wisdom teeth out. Injection at the dentist and drove home about an hour later.

If they knock you out, you will need someone to drive you home.

[beast5680]

I had both sides bottom jaw horizontal impacted wisdom teeth removed, was told they would need to be cut into 4 and then removed  :shock: was a hospital dentist that did it not normal dentist i have so was worried but it took longer to park the car, from sitting in chair to teeth out was 15 mins and was up the pub for lunch, however a girl from work had the same and spent a week off recovering when her face swelled up, i think it depends on how they are removed whether you get side effects

[ChrisW70]

My bottom ones were compacted, had them out under general anaesthetic at Heartlands, went in for 9 in the morning and was out again midday-ish, then back again about 1 in the morning because the bed and pillow at home was covered in blood and I kept passing out due to the blood loss - wasn't healing in my mouth properly so got kept in over night for observation.

They did try and discharge me after I got back there on the night after being looked at but thought it best to keep me in overnight when I slid down the wall and passed out while a lift home was being organised.

Other than that I think I had two days off work to rest but no other major side effects..!

Not putting you off is it?  :-#

[stretchy]

hahaa no not putting me off I realy want them out now there is alot of painfull presure back there.. just never been put to sleep before so im a bit nerves about waking up in loads of pain

has any of you had permenant feeling los in your jaw bone as a result of having them removed ?

cheers

stretchy

[wormster]

First off I hate the dentist (or any doctor/medical thingamy) and secondly I have a MASSIVE needle phobia.

Had a couple removed a few years ago:

Getting the jaw numb was bad enough: lots of Novacane paste and about 27 injections ("Just a little scratch!").

The removal was painful to put it mildly (had to stop the toof fairy half way through the first one), it felt like he was going to rip my jawbone off!!

Stitching up after was unbearable, it took another visit a few weeks later to get them taken out. 

Getting shoved out onto the street spitting blood was demeaning, not being able to drive due to the amount of painkillers was a bit naffing annoying.

But, the most painful bit was "Err.......... you might pick a few bits of bone of your jaw" was EXCRUCIATING especially as a lump 1 inch long (using the tweezers on my Swiss army knife and in the South of France was pulled (by myself)) a month after!

Not to mention the several hundred quid he charged as well - THAT reely stung!!

That [!Expletive Deleted!] didn't last long after my complaint, the next time I went to the same practice some little oriental thing tapped my teeth took a few X-rays and said "Ah so - you need lots of work come back soon!" - my reply was "Foxtrot Oscar - you're not getting another quid out of me, you're only interested in the money!!"

I'd like to point out that until I had this work done I'd not had a tooth out or a filling my mouth.

So now I have a MASSIVE gap a the bottom of my left jaw and the latter still holds true - NO fillings.

I vowed never to go to a dentist again, I'd rather pull any rotten ones out myself, THAT way I can control the amount of pain I suffer and not get STUNG in my WALLET!!

(sorry fellas I'll get off my soapbox now)

DENTISTS...................GERRRR

Loss of feeling in my jaw.....................C'mon fella you're 'aving a giraffe!!

[Disco Matt]

Anyone else noticing the parallels between this and the "help, my truck is doing this..." threads? We seem to have as many worst case scenario horror stories about medical procedures as we do about vehicle problems!  :lol:

[wormster]

Well...........yes you're going to get extreams.............but that's life.

As a mate of mine said though: if you grab the dentist by the knackers and say "Too much pain and I squeeze!!" he'll get the message!!!

[The Smiths]

mines female - what do I grab then???

[Saffy]

 just never been put to sleep before

you're gonna be like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs

[Lozza]

I had all four wisdom teeth out at once - under general anaesthetic.  I was at the dental hospital for about 4 hours, then sent home.  You should be able to control the pain with strong painkillers and it will probably last a few days.  I didn't suffer any long term effects. :dance:

I think you should insist on being put to sleep.  You will be much better in the long run as there is nothing worse than toothache.

[DEANO3528]

You have my sympathies, I had all four out together - all impacted.
The pain whenever I ate was intense to say the least. I was constantly dosed up on Aspro Clear; the only thing that would give me any respite.

Went into hospital to have them removed under a general - deffo my recommendation.
Went in the previous afternoon, op in the morning and out the following dinnertime.
This was when the NHS used to actually work of course, around 30-odd years ago.
Coming around after the GA was just like waking up in the morning, but with your gob full of cotton wool. Mind you I've had some rare nights since, that felt similar in the morning!
Have I got holes in my gums where they took them out? No, you'd never know they'd been removed (and nor did the trainee dentist who gave me a check up some years later and stated that I'd need my Wisdom Teeth out so make an appointment! I did make an appointment, but with another dental practice as even I know you only get one set of those!).
Are my gums numb as a result? No, absolute tosh!
Are bits of bone spat out months after? Well that would depend on the guy doing the work i'd guess. I vaguely recall having a piece of detritus find it's way through the gum a while after but it's natural for the body to reject like that. I recently had a piece of gravel eject itself from my eyebrow 40 years after it went in (I landed face down on the road after doing a handlebar flip on my pushbike!).

All the best with it

[Suzuki Sax Girls]

I too am dental phobic, though do go and get em done.  Had my impacted wisdom out in dentist chair by normal dentist, she said she wanted to do it as I was so bad phobic wise and it would be unfair to let a stranger do it.  In went the local, for me thats always the worst part, a bit of pushing an levering sounds bad but wasn't to bad and out it came, hardly any pain after. I have a permanently broken jaw at the mandible joint on one side so pushing down on it can cause problems, but normal dentist was aware and took great care.  Get em out its worth it in the end as no pain and pressure from them once gone.

[wormster]

mines female - what do I grab then???

wellll.....................I *could* get all graphic, but, as this is a family forum you'll just have to imagine!!!!

[andycwb]

I could have sworn a wrote a longish reply to this a few days ago but can't see it.

General anaesthetics have improved a lot in the last few years.  I had a minor reaction the first time (about 14 years ago), with my blood pressure dropping through the floor as I came around, and again when I tried to stand up an hour later - and again when I tried to leave that evening.  That was when I had one wisdom tooth out.  The second time I had a general - for something else - I was asking for something to eat within 20 minutes of coming around - that was about 5 years ago.   

The big advantage of the general is that you're not aware of the dentist slicing open your gum, yanking out bits of teeth, and stitching the gum up afterwards.  I was told mine was "not a straightforward extraction" but had no complications at all and was blissfully unaware of the complexity.

I was told to alternate doses of ibuprofen and paracetamol every three hours to keep the pain at bay and it was pretty effective for the couple of days it was needed.

Numbness or tingling in the jaw is a possible complication because there nerves to all the other teeth run along the gum there and can be damaged but it's pretty rare.  I was warned this was a possible side effect because they have to tell you. 

Within a week I was feeling fine and within 2-3 weeks the gum had more or less completely healed.

I'm not phobic about dentists at all - when I had my root canal done in the adjacent tooth (decay due to delaying the extraction of the impacted wisdom tooth - you have been warned!)  I was watching him drill into my tooth - I could see what he was doing reflected in the chromed side of the microscope.