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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
I have! get the NO2. so much fun!
my brother ate pizza the same day lol
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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
yeah... what is the story... are they impacted? fully erupted?
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Dec 07, 2011Comments: 33 · Posts: 13769 · Topics: 154
All 4 have to come out... a couple impacted.
does it hurt when it's happening? I asked for the most potent freezing they had!
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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
are you have a general DDS do the procedure? or have you been referred to an oral surgeon?
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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
nitrous oxide lol which is actual n2o. no2 is probably poison. my mistake.
laughing gas. I wasn't aware of the whole procedure. I think a lot of general dentists use it now.
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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
I wasn't put out but the laughing gas made me unaware.
I can't keep up with this convo lol
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Aug 01, 2013Comments: 212 · Posts: 1202 · Topics: 67
I had all 4 taken out same time exactly 3 months after I had my daughter.
I felt the pain probably after the 3rd day....
BUT the swelling and Drewling is the worst part.
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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
I would wager, you will be fine for the procedure. As others have mentioned... the after effects are the real pain/inconvenience. Which you will get through as well!
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Aug 03, 2006Comments: 73 · Posts: 3385 · Topics: 36
Everyone reacts differently, so it's tough to guide your experience based on anyone else's.
Have you had previous dental work done? How did that go for you?
This is an oral surgeon, so it's his bread and butter. It's not like having a general DDS do your ortho work (trust me I've seen it, not pretty). You want ortho, you go to an orthodontist. You want your wisdom teeth vamoosed, you go to an oral surgeon.
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Sep 07, 2011Comments: 298 · Posts: 5049 · Topics: 48
Good luck! I only had two taken out. I can't imagine 4! OUCH!
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Apr 13, 2005Comments: 0 · Posts: 44084 · Topics: 685
I've had every tooth in my mouth removed, during several decades.
local, laughing gas and anesthesia .... with my wisdom (all 4 at once), I was gassed, and so fucked up that he couldn't have pulled my eyeballs out and I wouldn't have gave two shits.
However, the next day - up to 2 weeks .... my mouth hurt like a mother fucker
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Aug 01, 2013Comments: 212 · Posts: 1202 · Topics: 67
I was given Gas...
I was fine afterwards.
I was just delusional and with the giggles. Felt nnothing really.
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Oct 02, 2013Comments: 34 · Posts: 2216 · Topics: 66
I had them out all in one shot. My face swelled up like a balloon, but the pain was really minimal. Nothing that a couple of Ibuprofen can't solve.
The downside is that my face bruised up and it took quite a few days for that to pass. I had to wait through the a partial rainbow of purple, blue, green, yellow until the bruises all went away.
Overall...not a big deal. Don't sweat it.
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Nov 17, 2012Comments: 22 · Posts: 6178 · Topics: 30
I still got mine.
Does that mean I'm extra wise beyond my years ^.^
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Dec 07, 2011Comments: 33 · Posts: 13769 · Topics: 154
You guys and gals are so sweet for the support, I appreciate it tremendously because I am freaking out... I can't help it. It's tomorrow and my palms are sweating already.
Not many things make me this nervous ;P
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No big deal. I had three removed at the same time (4th was removed while preg and had 3 remaining). I was caring for my 2wk old baby as a single mom at the time. I don't recall them putting me out (like w/ a needle) but the female nurse was wearing a pink mask and the male a blue one and as I was going under I was told that way I could tell them apart LOL
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Aug 22, 2013Comments: 0 · Posts: 407 · Topics: 16
Hope you don't smoke or chew...can't do either for 4+ days afterwards.
Also, watch the pain pills. I had a week's worth of vicodin and I swear after the week was over, I felt a slight craving for more vicodin. SCARY SHIT, real talk.
Fuck big pharma.
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Nov 03, 2013Comments: 6652 · Posts: 25221 · Topics: 78
I had all done at once, I had one crack (top where impacted and it cracked against the molar it sat next too) which is what sent me in to the dentist and was worse pain than the actual procedure. I was knocked out because the top two where sideways. I felt nothing! I was on table talking to them, then getting woken up by some dude and I was in a wheel chair- no clue/memory of being moved from the chair.. that was freaky!
I would have gone back to work the next day but I could barely talk & my boss said no! I was back at work 2 days after, no swelling, just some discomfort. I am in recovery so I didn't do the pain pills, just lots and lots of ibuprofen (think 1000mil).
Everyone is different; but if you have a fairly decent tolerance to pain it will be no big deal.. and no STRAWS or smoking like others have said!
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Dec 07, 2011Comments: 33 · Posts: 13769 · Topics: 154
It's done. The surgeon gave me something intravenously, it really took the edge off and I was dozing off a bit. No pain during which was my biggest fear. I sense some discomfort now but I have my meds lined up.
So glad this is over with...
Had mine taken out under sedation. It was no big deal and the nurse that brought me out was kinda cute. Didn't even have to take any pain meds, although ice cream later that day was wonderful to stop some minor bleeding that remained.