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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hawklore on February 10, 2004, 02:07:53 PM
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I go to the dentist,
Need my Wisdom teeth pulled. :eek:
I turn 16 in April...
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an extremely pleasant experience awaits you.
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Originally posted by Hawklore
I go to the dentist,
Need my Wisdom teeth pulled. :eek:
I turn 16 in April...
I offer the following......
IV Sedation
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Neg on the sedation! It'll turn your brain to mush and if they get the mixture wrong it could kill you.
I went with the local anesthetic and had all 4 done. I was wide awake and well aware of what the dentist was doing.
Just tell yourself that they're Nazi madmen trying to extract the secret of Aces High from you, and resist man, resist!
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bunch of wimps... :D
I had all four pulled at once, with locals only. Hell, the dentist had three of them pulled before I even knew they were out. The fourth one cracked and he had to drill/tap so he could put a screw into it to get what was left.
Next day I went to senior ball.
Seriously. Its not a big deal, I bled like a stuck pig for about 6 hours which was the worst part.... Don't let these old farts scare ya....
Wait, i'm an old fart.... :eek:
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Go whole hog on the sedation. Ask for everything they've got.
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Hehe,
I wanna go with the local and gas...
Last time I had the gas...
Oohhh..so sweet...
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Had mine pulled two years ago, got local and all four out in about 15 minutes. I got some pain killers from the pharmicist and went home.
Word of warning: Take the gauze pads off before the bleeding is completely through, you do NOT want those to dry up on the wounds. Pain does not even begin to describe what you will be going through, but 3 percocets and 15 minutes later complete bliss does not do justice to what you would feel.
Other than that, I had no pain and was eating solid food two days later. Had the sutures removed 5 days later and that was that.
-SW
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You might get lucky and the teeth will come out easy and the doctor will have gentle hands, or you might end up like me and have all kinds of messed up impacted teeth. When I did it they also found two "supernumerary" teeth that they had to cut into the jawbone to get. No way did I want to be awake for that crap.
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Mine are almost impacted..
And My dentist is gentle, and is recomending someone...
So hopefully he or she is gentle..and she is cute.. :D
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Nothing like having your wisdom teeth pulled while in bootcamp by a dentist-in-training.
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Wimps?
First off, Novacaine doesn't work on me. I told the doctor this.
So I they put me on IV and put the gas on. I was out within a second.
The pain was so great that I woke up in the middle of the operation. I woke up through the IV **AND** the gas.
They doubled the IV drip rate and I was out within 30 seconds. Meanwhile they continued to operate on me.
Afterwards I asked what they used for a local. The bastards said novacaine.
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Only metrosexuals get their wisdom teeth taken out. Still got all my choppers.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Wimps?
First off, Novacaine doesn't work on me. I told the doctor this.
So I they put me on IV and put the gas on. I was out within a second.
The pain was so great that I woke up in the middle of the operation. I woke up through the IV **AND** the gas.
They doubled the IV drip rate and I was out within 30 seconds. Meanwhile they continued to operate on me.
Afterwards I asked what they used for a local. The bastards said novacaine.
Yeah I woke up briefly too. I think I was a bigger specimen than they were used to. Funny how pain doesn't matter if you can't remember it? :)
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Originally posted by Furious
Nothing like having your wisdom teeth pulled while in bootcamp by a dentist-in-training.
I can only imagine...
"Now which tooth were we pulling? -pop- uhh, yeah I meant to take that one.."
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Couple notes from my experience:
Make sure there is really a reason to pull them, not just cause the Dentist says so. A lot of Dentists are sending their kids through college pulling wisdom teeth for no reason other than the money it generates. (do some research, internet search, read up and find out if/why they should be taken out)
Two, I had mine pulled by an Oral Surgeon, they specialize in this kinda stuff and do it well.
Three, I had general anesthesia, one minute your there, the next minute your done. No problems, no aftereffects for me.
Mine were impacted, with one partially erupted and it was decaying, hence the need for removal.
Afterwards, follow the directions for care. Saltwater rinses, gently rinse the sockets, etc. Best to avoid problems and dry sockets, and dont use a straw until you are healed.
Good luck,
dago
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I've got two on the bottom that need to come out at some point...I never grew any on top. Does that mean I ain't very wise?
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I never grew any, ever.
that means I'm thupid.
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Had mine pulled under local two at a time.
But they where impacted so yeppers hurt like hell afterwards.
Do yourslef a favor let em knock you out .
No sence in feeling any of it if you dont have to LOL.
And get plenty of good dope for afterwards.
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LOL dont listen to the chicken ****s here :D
If youre lucky it take 1 min to drag it out (in the upperside of mouth) dont even need to be medicaded for that.
lower side can be a little bit more tricky and need medication if they grown into the bone.
but hardly more than 10 minutes.
good luck and dont be afraid.
PS ! big time sissys always cry for nothing :)
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Go for the local, so you can stare at the dentists' eyes 3 inches from your face as you hear the grinding and cracking. You won't feel a thing, but make SURE they give you a prescription for extra painkillers afterwards. I ran out, and it wasn't fun.
Another thing... when you eat food afterwards bits of it will accumulate in the holes. Get a syringe, warm water, and gently blast out the food that gets stuck in there.
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Thanks guys,
Mine are nearly impacted, and it's hard to tell from the X-ray if there touching or not, there angle is greater then the forward slash mark growing upwards, / , the other two on top arn't as bad and point away from my teeth but need to come out otherwise they will grow and grow...
I trust my dentist and he and she are not gonna send me to an oral surgeon just to send there kids who are already in college to college =).
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Hawklore,
I had mine removed last spring at 30. Note that most people do it when they are younger, by atleast 12 years! Anyways, my uppers had both partially erupted and had started to decay, hence their need to remove, the lowers were both horizontally impacted completely in the bone, and growing forward pushing the lower teeth, causing excruciating pain. I therefore, said, gas me up, local, and pain killers after. Ohh, and beware of what they say in regards to care, DO IT. I had one dry socket, and man did it hurt like a my nuts were being chewed on by an epileptic having a seizure....
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Hiya's,
Late tip it seems but...
Move lower jaw to one side when brushing teeth and do opp side, This way you will keep your wisdoms ;)
(Got a right wisdom to comeout next dentist trip, He told me about the jaw trick for em but in my case right ones had it anyways)
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Originally posted by Defiance
Hiya's,
Late tip it seems but...
Move lower jaw to one side when brushing teeth and do opp side, This way you will keep your wisdoms ;)
(Got a right wisdom to comeout next dentist trip, He told me about the jaw trick for em but in my case right ones had it anyways)
Don't think I quite understand that..
Umm..bedtime anyways time 2 read...
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Originally posted by Bodhi
I had one dry socket, and man did it hurt like a my nuts were being chewed on by an epileptic having a seizure....
Yeah I tried to macho my way through one of those, really stupid. I finally went in and they fixed it in like 5 minutes, no more pain.
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Had all 4 taken out in one shot at age 15. Not an experiance I would care to repeat. I had 2 fully impacted on the lower jaw growing straight towards the front of the jaw. The uppers had not erupted and weren't close to geting to the surface either. They had to go very deep for them. I awoke groggy but also in pain. When the general wore off they had to double the pain meds to get any relief. I didn't feel human for 3 days.
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top two with gas, back at work that afternoon...was easier than a filling
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I had all 4 taken at once....worst medical experience of my life. Doctor gave me 4 valium...told me to take 3 an hour before my appointment. Went in pretty happy. They shot me up with novacaine and went to town. They were really impacted bad and each had to be drilled, broke into pieces, and pulled out. Hurt like a bastard. Oral surgeon actually had a knee up on the armrest of the chair at one point trying to pry enough to break them into pieces. Went home and spit out pieces of teeth for about a week. Couldn't work for 2 weeks. Surgeon said "don't smoke", but I was too smart for that and did. Got dry socket in both bottom ones. Ended up being on codeine for about 3 weeks. It's been 10 years and I still get pieces of food caught in the little crevices where the **** didn't heal right.
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I had heard stories like Raubvogel's above, so when my time came (in 1997) I went straight for the hospital/general anaesthetic option. Some bleeding, but otherwise I felt fine. Had to take a taxi home the next morning because in Britain you're not allowed to drive a car within 24 hours of a general anaesthetic. Could have gone into work the next day, but they had told me to take that day off. So I spent the day at home playing WB. :cool:
Hawklore - before you go in, try to listen to "Unfinished Sweet" by Alice Cooper. It's a song about having a tooth extracted. You actually hear the sound of the drill, and then the tooth extraction - including the sounds as the tooth begins to shatter under the strain of the pliers, and the moment it finally gives way and blood fills the socket. :eek: Gawd, I was nearly ill the first time I heard that...
"De Sade's gonna live in my mouth tonight, la-da-da-daaah-da, and the rotten tooth fairy is satisfied - aching to get me, get me, ohhhhh!!!"
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Just tell yourself that they're Nazi madmen trying to extract the secret of Aces High from you, and resist man, resist!
My dentist's name is E. Mengel. :eek:
He is well aware of the resemblence to the infamous doctor, as on the pack of toothpicks you get on the way out he has written it Mengel.e :)
He removed the two lower ones of mine when I was 16. They lay horizontal in the mandibula and he had to drill them into 3 pieces to get them out. He just used local anesthetic (general anaesthetic is only used in rare cases here, mostly on children <6 years or so.)
I didn't feel a thing other than the warm taste of blood and some shake as he tried to coax the thing out.
The following day my cheek was double size, and I could hardly bite over a spoon, but pain wasn't that bad.
I had 4+4 removed as well, and that was even less trouble.
Just a bit of LA, pop, a bit of gauze and off you go. No stitching whatsoever.