Wisdom Tooth quesiton

[Amelya]

For what it's worth all of mine have been in completely for 10 years or so and I haven't had any issues....

[Kaylia]

Wisdom teeth are the proof that evolution is just a scam.

[Boyiee]

Welp mine came out today. Only one was sideways and required stitching. Had local anesthesia, still some bleeding (surgery was at 1000am). Got a moist teabag on the worst one where the stitches are, going through gaws every 20minutes. Got lots of pain meds, back to work on sunday. So far so good.

The list of things to do actually says to eat/drink often (obviously things like yogurt, smoothies, and mashed potatoes when I can handle warm stuff). Turns out that opening the jaw, using it etc helps with the relief. I downed a mcCafe before, worked better than the percosets.

[Melena]

I seriously must be the luckiest bastard around. I've had two yanked, need to do the other two. Both so far have been nothing more then some shots of numbing medication, wait a few minutes, then twist, pull, yank, done in 5 minutes.

[Boyiee]

Tomorrow makes it 1 week, ended up getting a dry socket I think with the one. Still in pain, but the dentist has stuffed clove oil'd gaws in the one hole the last 2 days which was extremely relieving. Getting the last of that removed tomorrow and hoping my 6 percosets last me the weekend.

[Eaglestrike]

So, I'm scheduling to get my top two out soon (Obamacare has me covered until the end of the year...we think, still working out some of that). I work as a delivery driver for Pizza Hut, Fri/Sat are our busiest times so I want to be back in full force by Friday. Tuesday my boss usually has me manage while he's having a weekly meeting with his boss. I was thinking of going for a Tuesday surgery after this shift and being ready for Friday. How likely is it I'd be able to return to work in 72 hours?

There's nothing wrong with my two top wisdom teeth, they're a little above the rest of my teeth but they're coming in straight and such. Thinking about just getting some cheaper pain stuff (it's like $600 to go to sleep but only $130 for a numb shot or something?) too, even with insurance likely covering it.

[Niiro]

There's no way to tell how long your recovery will take in advance but best case scenario it's not long.

I mentioned earlier in this thread I had mine pulled on a Friday and I was back at school on Monday, if it goes well the recovery time is negligible. The reason for the huge price increase that comes with being put under is they need to bring in an anesthesiologist but if you're covered I'd opt for it (unless you've had some kind of adverse reaction before). It's not only less stressful for you, being out cold and all, but the surgeon can do whatever s/he needs to without being distracted/concerned with your comfort.

If you're less than lucky you may be out of commission for a few days, as some of the horror stories in these threads can attest to, luck of the draw unfortunately.

[Boyiee]

I had all 4 pulled on friday, went to work on sunday with no problem. But monday/tuesday/wednesday were the worst days of my life, especially at night, I guess due to the dry socket. I've had surgeries in the past, nothing was like this pain. I went to bed shaking in pain one night, it was aweful.

Two of those nights I had to go out and spend about 30$ in drinks on myself to be in comfortable enough state to go to sleep.

[Hyan]

Does anyone have experience with jaw surgery to fix occlusion? It sounds pretty... risky to me, although its a standard operation pretty much.

I went to dentist this week and she told me I might need one, or I'm gonna be in trouble once I get older. Of course she also said 2 wisdom teeth gotta be removed... fucking teeth keep bringing me trouble.

At least it'll all cost me like 20 euros. free healthcare ftw