Whos had there wisdom teeth removed?

2-step · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:34

got 3 of mine removed yesterday under general anaesthetic and boy is my mouth still sore!

they were growing at 45 degree angle under the gums and one had punched a hole in the tooth next to it

RedDanDoc · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:36

I had one removed last year and couldn't believe how quick and painless it was. A bit of an anti-climax as I was expecting bucket-loads of pain.

arc@css · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:37

One down, three to go. I don't know if they are generally very slow to come through but mine have been doing this for what seems like forever.

Strife212 · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:40

I'm having two out on Tuesday! Under general.

mattx2 · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:41

I had all four pulled a few years ago worst part was the injections and I was back eating most solids after 24 hours as well

Brian8bit · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:41

I'm having the tooth in front of a wisdom tooth removed as it's basically a filled in shell now and the dentist said that the wisdom tooth should grow in to replace the tooth that will be removed. Bonus.

Tooth pain is something else though. Rough as hell.

RedDanDoc · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:43

I didnt have general I just had to see a dentist who was trained to use special pliers. I laid there in his chair and I thought he was getting me ready when after a few seconds he just said all done.

Strife212 · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:43

RedDanDoc said:
I had one removed last year and couldn't believe how quick and painless it was. A bit of an anti-climax as I was expecting bucket-loads of pain.

mattx2 said:
I had all four pulled a few years ago worst part was the injections and I was back eating most solids after 24 hours as well

Mine are under the gums and I'm having an operation at the hospital to have them out. Were yours just pulled out at the dentists?

bash247 · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:45

The worst pain is when the tooth snaps in half while the root of the tooth (rhymes

) is still stuck.

Happend to me - very uncomfortable and painful.

If everything goes accordingly then its a fairly painless procedure.

RedDanDoc · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:49

Strife212 said:
Mine are under the gums and I'm having an operation at the hospital to have them out. Were yours just pulled out at the dentists?

Yes but not my own dentist I had to make an appointment with a specially trained dentist.

fidget · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:53

yes, had one removed a few years ago and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

It was a big tooth and I ended up with be having the legal limit of jabs (and I could still feel it *a lot*!) and two dentists going at it at the same time.

After an hour and a half of constant attempts, they drilled it in half and pulled it out in two parts....

Not a pleasant experience at all and had I had known, I would have had a general.

krooton · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:04

I had a single compacted one coming out horizontally, looked like Popeye afterwards with all the swelling.

dowie · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:13

I'm going to have them all removed soon - top ones have come through fully but bottom ones are only partially through the gum and both are impacted - one of the lower impacted ones has been giving me a few problems recently and the dentist basically recommended that all be removed anyway.

Out of interest - for people who have had 4 removed - how long before you were able to eat normal food? I've got my cousin's wedding coming up in two weeks and not sure when I can get an appointment (ideally end of this week...). Would 1 week be enough to be able to eat normally again?

craptakular · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:15

had one out, i got injected, seemed to be over in 1 second, remember nothing and 15 minutes of time had passed.

No pain at all.

orderoftheflame · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:19

Strife212 said:
Mine are under the gums and I'm having an operation at the hospital to have them out. Were yours just pulled out at the dentists?

I had this a while back (six years now?), yours are growing horizontally (fully impacted) I presume?.

Learn to love soup.

Haze · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:40

i had 1 out under general, they can some time cut nerves when removing them and u can loose feeling in parts of ya face

Strife212 · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:42

orderoftheflame said:
I had this a while back (six years now?), yours are growing horizontally (fully impacted) I presume?.

Learn to love soup.

Yep

Bennie-Mac · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:43

I had to have 2 cut out under novacaine, no pain but holy poo was there a lot of blood. Ruined my tshirt :mad:

arc@css · 4 Sep 2011 at 15:46

Bennie-Mac said:
I had to have 2 cut out under novacaine, no pain but holy poo was there a lot of blood. Ruined my tshirt

Sue 'em.

bhavv · 4 Sep 2011 at 16:13

Three of my outermost wisdom teeth grew fine, but one is tilted inwards against the next tooth and less than half grown, but it simply stopped growing and doesnt cause any pain or discomfort. So no need to get any removed.