Wisdom teeth removal?

dentist are a new breed today!! Talk to them. I have this dentist that takes it as a personal insult if you feel pain during or after his procedures. He goes to a Painless Tooth camp every summer?? seriously he is that into no pain.
The techniques are better, the tools are better and you find a dentist you can talk to and go with the one that makes you go, I can do this!

 

I had all mine out at once (also impacted) when I was in my late 20s. I didn't even fill my painkiller Rx, and I'm not one to tough it out. It just wasn't bad! I had to change out some icky gauze a few times the first day or two, but after that it was close to life as normal, just with more soup and milkshakes instead of other foods. My mom recommended making a huge batch of potato soup and freezing individual portions so I could just heat it up in the microwave. That was lovely. Grate some cheddar on top and you can easily pretend it's fresh from the stove.

 

Oh, and yeah I should have had mine out when I was in high school. Mine didn't get better either. Funny how that works.

 

I had 3 removed in one go, 1 of them was at a nasty angle, so a fairly big "creator" left behind. Don't schedule work the first day, you will want to sleep.....
After that soft food and careful to keep the mouth clean, but all in all much easier and not as painful as I thought it would be.
Good luck , and like Anne says talk to your dentist.

 

Just saw an oral surgeon with my son about this today. He recommended going home right after the surgery and eating while your mouth is still numb, taking a pain pill. Take the pain pills as needed about 15 min before you think it's going to hurt. Eating whatever you feel like you can eat because it's tough to open your mouth much with the swelling (so no real restrictions at all about what you choose to eat). Ice to help with the swelling. Be good to go on day 3 for the most part.

I had mine out in my 20's too. I remember taking pain pills, eating instant mashed potatoes, yogurt and pudding. Mine was a relief to have out because the pain of them pushing against my other teeth was horrendous. Healed beautifully.

I'll have an update on current stuff on Monday as my son's are being removed at 10:30.

 

I had all 4 of mine out about 7 years ago. It was done under a sedation, rather than a general anaesthesia - I slept all the way through, didn't feel a thing - I really hate going to the dentist btw. The after affects were ok except I had a nauseous reaction to the painkillers they put me on. I didn't really need them anyway so once I stopped taking them, it all recovered very quickly. Much better not having the impacted teeth, have not regretted it all.

 

Just do all you can to avoid dry sockets. As long as you don't get those, you'll be fine.

 

I had mine out right after I got married, so I was like 22ish. I had anesthesia and I don't remember anything about the surgery, but I do recall I slept the whole day after. I'm super weak when it comes to pain meds though, Benedryl knocks me out forever, lol! I don't know how long I had off work though. I remember my husband was super jealous. He had his out when we first started dating and he swelled up like a chipmunk and was in pain for days.

 

My dentist recommended taking 1000 MG of vitamin c everyday for three days before I had mine done, and continue if I could swallow it (obeying the rules for no dry sockets) for two days after. I had them out in a Wednesday morning and went back to work Friday. I was in my mid twenties. There's something about vitamin c that helps with oral healing. Idk what, but I recommend it to everyone! Especially since they had to dig one of mine out.

 

I had mine out at about 25 years old and it was really a great recovery. I think I only took one pain pill total. The only annoying thing was the stitches feeling weird in my mouth and I kept feeling like food was going to get caught in there. I did mine on a Friday and was completely ready for work on Monday. I hope yours goes as smoothly!

Funny story about my experience. They took me back, and gave me laughing gas and then just when I started to feel woozy I mentioned that I hadn't taken my contacts out. They wanted them out and I had to walk up the hallway to the bathroom and take contacts out of my eyes while totally feeling the effects of the laughing gas. Whee! I'm sure I looked totally drunk stumbling my way there and back with a nurse nervously holding my arm the whole time.