Wisdom Teeth Experiences

[IroNat]

You don't need them- have them removed if they are bothering you. Like others have said, its no big deal.

Wisdom teeth, gallbladder, appendix, one eye, one hand, one testicle, one kidney.

Not needed.  Get them removed.

[oldtimer1]

Wisdom teeth, gallbladder, appendix, one eye, one hand, one testicle, one kidney.

Not needed.  Get them removed.

Foreskin, hair and eye brows.

[Humble Narcissist]

Had mine removed in High School.

Terrible experience.

My general dentist did them and didn't realize how impacted they were.

Took him 2 hours to break them into pieces and remove.

I woke up while they were chipping one of them into pieces, no pain but i felt the pressure.

The dentist freaked out and injected me with something, i passed back out.

Worst procedure of my life.

Brutal. Best to get a surgeon who specializes in that one thing.

[ElPolloSalmonello]

I only have two (genetically) but one is giving me a little pain now at age 43.

How many did you have and did you have any removed?

How did it go for you?

My top ones were growing horizontally, so they had to cut them with a saw, pull them out a bit, cut them again, pull them out etc.

Before the op, they mentioned that they might have to break my jaw to get them out.

Which was all fine I guess - but they wanted me to stay awake during the process. Or rather - they wanted to give me this "twilight" anaesthetic where I'd be awake during the op - but I wouldn't remember it. My reply to this was "fuck that, knock me out". "But you won't remember it", "But I'll be awake"  - and round in circles we went until they agreed to knock me out.

Of course, I'll never know if they did knock me out on account of me not being able to remember it if they didn't.

Bastards.

[Dalnet]

Which was all fine I guess - but they wanted me to stay awake during the process. Or rather - they wanted to give me this "twilight" anaesthetic where I'd be awake during the op - but I wouldn't remember it. My reply to this was "fuck that, knock me out". "But you won't remember it", "But I'll be awake"  - and round in circles we went until they agreed to knock me out.

Of course, I'll never know if they did knock me out on account of me not being able to remember it if they didn't.

Bastards.

I had the same fear in the hospital when I fucked my knee up. The guy next to me broke his leg just above his ankle and they ended up putting some external metal framework with bolts coming out of his damn leg for all to see. I said no way am I going back to the ward with bolts sticking out of my leg WTF is all that about. They also did his using local anaesthetic where he was awake during it.

Luckily mine had to be done during general anaesthetic and all the metal shit was done inside. It looks crazy on the x-ray the amount of framework they put in. I was just glad to be under. I could not tolerate having my body opened up whilst awake. I don't care about the pain  meds working: it's the fact of knowing it's going on.

[IroNat]

Foreskin, hair and eye brows.

 

[LurkerNoMore]

My top ones were growing horizontally, so they had to cut them with a saw, pull them out a bit, cut them again, pull them out etc.

Before the op, they mentioned that they might have to break my jaw to get them out.

Which was all fine I guess - but they wanted me to stay awake during the process. Or rather - they wanted to give me this "twilight" anaesthetic where I'd be awake during the op - but I wouldn't remember it. My reply to this was "fuck that, knock me out". "But you won't remember it", "But I'll be awake"  - and round in circles we went until they agreed to knock me out.

Of course, I'll never know if they did knock me out on account of me not being able to remember it if they didn't.

Bastards.

Damn.

[Lartinos]

Got it taken out today and everything went smoothly.

I haven’t seen anyone get this procedure before where they didn’t get evident facial swelling like I’m lacking which is nice and unexpected.

He put something in my vein which cut pain and I don’t remember anything although I was awake.

I’m  taking half a Vicodin at a time for pain and the pain isn’t that bad but obviously it’s there when you just got a tooth ripped out.

My dentist specializes in a different form of surgery but him being a surgeon in general probably made this a bit smoother process.

Although my fear for this elective surgery was greater than some other ones I’ve had it wasn’t that bad luckily. Deviated septum was way worse and gyno surgery too.

I appreciate hearing everyone elses experiences!

[Phantom Spunker]

Got it taken out today and everything went smoothly.

I haven’t seen anyone get this procedure before where they didn’t get evident facial swelling like I’m lacking which is nice and unexpected.

He put something in my vein which cut pain and I don’t remember anything although I was awake.

I’m  taking half a Vicodin at a time for pain and the pain isn’t that bad but obviously it’s there when you just got a tooth ripped out.

My dentist specializes in a different form of surgery but him being a surgeon in general probably made this a bit smoother process.

Although my fear for this elective surgery was greater than some other ones I’ve had it wasn’t that bad luckily. Deviated septum was way worse and gyno surgery too.

I appreciate hearing everyone elses experiences!

Only a half pill? Is that even giving any pain relief at all? Glad it went well, though. I also had a deviated septum repaired but it didn't give me any pain - just swelling.

[Lartinos]

Only a half pill? Is that even giving any pain relief at all? Glad it went well, though. I also had a deviated septum repaired but it didn't give me any pain - just swelling.

The breathing tube pain (Deviated Septum) after I had after the surgery was terrible for me.

I also had a follow up office visit where they sent an electric shock into my nose to pop something.

That was all well worth it, but it wasn’t easy.

Half a Vicodin is helping me right now, but yes I am probably feeling a bit more pain by only taking half at a time.

[mac33]

Local anaesthetic and if you have normal roots, it should come out easy. It`s done by a seasoned dentist so don`t overthink it. They tell you to avoid warm food for a day or so and also, to eat lots of ice cream

I also used some icepack to cool the area as suggested, to lessen the swelling and pain, just be moderate about it, you don`t need to cool a lot, just here and there for couple minutes.

[Humble Narcissist]

Got it taken out today and everything went smoothly.

I haven’t seen anyone get this procedure before where they didn’t get evident facial swelling like I’m lacking which is nice and unexpected.

He put something in my vein which cut pain and I don’t remember anything although I was awake.

I’m  taking half a Vicodin at a time for pain and the pain isn’t that bad but obviously it’s there when you just got a tooth ripped out.

My dentist specializes in a different form of surgery but him being a surgeon in general probably made this a bit smoother process.

Although my fear for this elective surgery was greater than some other ones I’ve had it wasn’t that bad luckily. Deviated septum was way worse and gyno surgery too.

I appreciate hearing everyone elses experiences!

Good to hear it came out well. In a few days you'll be back to normal routine.

[wes]

The breathing tube pain (Deviated Septum) after I had after the surgery was terrible for me.

I also had a follow up office visit where they sent an electric shock into my nose to pop something.

That was all well worth it, but it wasn’t easy.

Half a Vicodin is helping me right now, but yes I am probably feeling a bit more pain by only taking half at a time.

[Tapeworm]

No, I'm 100% but I Mew a lot, so.

Glad to hear it all went ok. Kinda disappointed you didn't do the doorknob & twine thing.