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How much does it hurt after getting your wisdom teeth pulled?

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I was all good. If you run out of meds, used disposable aspirin with a tiny bit of water.

You get a grainy paste. Swill this on the areas that hurt and your all good
 
I mean, it's different for everyone. Usually it's not bad, though it can be. I had almost no swelling and only took my painkillers once, and I'm really not sure I even needed them at all. I just felt a slight, dull soreness beginning to come on a while after I came home and the Novocain and whatever began wearing off, and figured I might as well pop a couple of the pills as a precaution, just in case it did end up getting worse. So after the bleeding stopped the first night I just had to deal with the annoyance of being careful what/how I hate and all the general upkeep.
 
To the point where I was unable to play Star Wars battlefront between the pain and the medicine kicking in of course
 
I JUST went through this a few weeks back. I'm 34 and the oral surgeon told me it's a good idea to get them out when you're much younger than older. So if you're younger than me you'll be having a better time of it probably.

That being said, the pain wasn't horrible unless I stopped taking my pain meds. Although I was prescribed Percocet, I opted instead for the mega-sized ibuprofen.

Once you get to the point of rinsing the holes with the syringe, keeping them clean will become an obsession! The NASTY taste comes from the holes in your face which are basically bacteria ridden foot traps. Disgusting.
 
I had 3 taken out all at once while being put under.

Had one taken out at the dentist.


Didn't hurt really. At most it was kind of a dull ache, but they will give you meds that you can load up on, I never really needed them as even the dull ache at times was pretty fine and boring. Mostly took the meds for funsies. I mean why not.
 
It's not that bad as long as you follow the dentist's advice and dont get dry socket.

For me, though, the upper ones were worse.

When I had the lowers removed I got by on Motrin...

The uppers, Lortab.
 
Ferrio said:
I got mine removed at 35 with no issue, I was eating solids 3 days later.
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NintendoGal said:
I JUST went through this a few weeks back. I'm 34 and the oral surgeon told me it's a good idea to get them out when you're much younger than older. So if you're younger than me you'll be having a better time of it probably.
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If you guys are getting them removed in your 30s and you weren't having issues before then, you probably didn't need them removed at all. A lot of dentists seem to have it instilled that ALL WISDOM TEETH MUST GO, and that's really not true in many cases.
 
Had 3 removed over the summer. Two on one side, one for the bottom of the other. Weirdly enough, I had much more issues and pains with that one tooth on the left than the other two. They had to pretty much break it to get it out, had pain for over 2 weeks, lots of Ibuprofen.

WhiteRabbitEXE said:
ALL WISDOM TEETH MUST GO,
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Lots of Money!
 
I did it in January as a 26 year old dude who put it off for years. All 4, 2 were impacted so they had to cut gum. The meds help a lot but after they ran out and I was just on over the counter stuff I had a few days of just dull aching pain that were helped by a mix of frozen peas and hot towels. You will sleep through the first couple days. The best advice to give is follow their directions on what foods to eat and cleaning the sockets exactly how they tell you to do it because the real pain will come if you unclot on of the sockets and expose the bone / nerve. It isn't something to be worried about if you are solid with following directions. Good luck.
 
Had all 4 of mine pulled at the same time. Knocked me out for the procedure. The pain wasnt too bad, stay up on meds and follow the Docs orders. The worst part about it was the blood. I bled like a mofo.
 
It depends. I had four pulled at the same time. Right afterwards yea mine hurt a lot thank god they gave me oxycodone. But mine were a bitch to pull out even my dentist committed that I had some of the biggest teeth he ever pulled out someone's head and he had to cut my gums to get'em out adding to the length of time it took to heal.
 
Just some discomfort for me. There are few times had to pop a painkiller but nothing where the pain would actually be crippling. I was actually glad to feel something though because having your entire lower jaw be numb and unsure if the feeling will come back made the first day unbearable.
 
I had my top two pulled out in what felt like record time, in chair, injection, crack and pull, thanks for coming.

My lower right was a different story. Xray revealed it was growing horizontally under my gum pressing into my other tooth. Opted for general anaesthetic as I was told it was open gum surgery. The whole operation took 3 hrs. That was in 1996. Last year a tiny jagged piece of fragment had worked its way up and was protruding out the gum, I just let it come out on its own accord.
 
I was lucky.

Operation was during middle of harsh winter. Almost -30* celsius and my face was frozen when I walked back to my home. The cold air really helped to stop the bleeding, and I only needed to take few painkillers afterwards. No dry sockets.
 
Had the top two out a few years ago and it was far less painful than the infection that sent me to the oral surgeon in the first place.

Went straight from the doctor's office to work. Ate a pork chop for dinner that night, and never took any pain meds.
 
For me. Zero. My wisdom teeth came in normal, except the bottom two were partially covered by the gingiva.
So the top two were extracted by my dentist and the bottom two by my jaw surgeon.
Also, if anyone is curious, jaw surgery is surprisingly not painful at all. I just had double jaw surgery nine ago. I thought about creating a thread about it. So far the worst part is pressure (similar to having sinus congestion) and the current lack of feeling in my bottom lip.
The lip numbness and my jaw only being able to open about an inch makes eating a damned chore. The other day I gave Spaghettios a try which was an awful idea. I got more on my face, table and shirt than what I actually ate.
 
I had mine out in the low 20s. Pretty much all of them had to be broken apart before extraction, and the upper ones had never even erupted yet so I guess there was some cutting involved.

I never really needed to use the opioids that the surgeon so freely prescribed, leading to what was some unwise but fortunately not catastrophic experimentation. When I woke up from general anesthesia I didn't really even feel anything and I was driven home and immediately took a nap and bled all over my pillowcase.

I think the most I ever really felt was a mild soreness that didn't really bother me much. I was even out with friends eating a hoagie or cheese-steak at a restaurant within a day or two.

Of course, your mileage may vary.
 
WhiteRabbitEXE said:
If you guys are getting them removed in your 30s and you weren't having issues before then, you probably didn't need them removed at all. A lot of dentists seem to have it instilled that ALL WISDOM TEETH MUST GO, and that's really not true in many cases.
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Ahh, but I was having issues with them! The bottom one was impacted and giving me a lot of grief. Also for some reason I only had one bottom wisdom tooth, lucky for me. Made recovery a bit easier I think.
 
kirblar said:
It's not that bad, the painkillers get you through the worst of it. Just don't get dry socket.
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Pretty much this.

My own experience, had 3 pulled (1 was pulled early several years prior). Experience was overall quick and painless. I realize that's really not the case for some people, but for the most part I think most have gotten through it with little to no pain.
 
Chococat said:
Depends on the person. I was in no pain afterward. My brother was down for 3 days.
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This - varies. Just had mine this week, my highest pain was probably a 2. That was without painkillers. To top it off, they gave my hydrocodone, which is super strong.

My cousins on the other hand? Down for the count for 3-5 days. Think it also depends on if your teeth grow into the nerve/sinuses.
 
DO NOT DRINK FROM A STRAW!!!

The doctor broke a metal tool she was holding inside my mouth while trying to get my wisdom teeth out...

She spent 30 mintues trying to find all the small pieces that broke... she said she got them all, but I kept finding pieces inside my mouth for 3 days.

It's fine, don't worry.

Edit: I also had to sign a paper stating that she might cut a nerve that would cause my jaw to be numb for the rest of my life, if I didn't she wouldn't have removed the tooth, yay free healthcare!!!
 
WhiteRabbitEXE said:
If you guys are getting them removed in your 30s and you weren't having issues before then, you probably didn't need them removed at all. A lot of dentists seem to have it instilled that ALL WISDOM TEETH MUST GO, and that's really not true in many cases.
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Yeah I am of the opinion that mine won't really need to be removed. I have a pretty good amount of space inbetween my top two. The bottom one apparently may run up alongside the tooth next to it so i'm considering getting that taken out, but when I went in I got a written statement that all of them should be pulled and it would cost a pretty large amount.

I feel it's a moneymaking practice for dentists. If it's there naturally and doesn't cause problems I don't see why you'd opt to get them taken out and suffer for a couple weeks while spending money. If it's causing a problem then yeah, go ahead and get it outta me.
 
Less painful than having an impacted wisdom tooth burst through the neighboring molars (to the side and above, true story).
 
Just take your meds and you'll be fine.

The first two I had out were a little more harsh. They hadnt grown in all the way yet and they needed to chop my shit up and break them out piece by piece. Took a long ass time. I was mostly numb during the procedure so that was more uncomfortable than painful. The recovery time certainly hurt after that wore off, but I got by on ibuprofen without digging into the stronger stuff.

The second two I got out years later (this year in fact). By then they had fully grown in and taking them out took four minutes and a strong guy with special pliers. Really not bad at all. Recovery was much nicer, too. Hopefully you fall into this category.

Either way, the pain you experience after the procedure is more of an intense soreness or strong ache, not a sharp alarming pain like a stab. I mean, if you dont take some pain meds you'll start feeling pretty alarmed, but you take my meaning I hope. Just follow their directions very closely and it'll be fine. If you don't then you could be in for some serious pain (dry socket).

I thought the bleeding was more annoying than the pain, really. Disgusting. And not being able to eat solid food was annoying and difficult without using a straw.


WhiteRabbitEXE said:
If you guys are getting them removed in your 30s and you weren't having issues before then, you probably didn't need them removed at all. A lot of dentists seem to have it instilled that ALL WISDOM TEETH MUST GO, and that's really not true in many cases.
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My dentist when I was a kid said two of mine were growing in just fine and that I only needed to get two out that were growing at an angle. Sounds great, we agreed.

Regret. Many years later as an adult, those "fine" wisdom teeth were causing multiple issues. Should have just gotten them all out at once. It's not like I need them for anything. I say if you can afford getting them all out, why not? Two less potential problems to worry about.
 
Depends on your dentist.

I never needed a single vicodin that I was prescribed. I took a couple of big tylenol the first 2 days for swelling and that was it.

Was eating solids like 3 days after.
 
WhiteRabbitEXE said:
If you guys are getting them removed in your 30s and you weren't having issues before then, you probably didn't need them removed at all. A lot of dentists seem to have it instilled that ALL WISDOM TEETH MUST GO, and that's really not true in many cases.
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Mine were impacted, not terribly so but in such a way they were hard to clean, were uncomfortable at times (not painful though) and had *lots* of cavities.
 
Doesnt but that much and only for a day or so... Just don't get dry socket cause then you'll want to kill yourself. Enjoy the drugs!
 
It depends, very different from person to person.

I got all 4 pulled out at once, under general anaesthesia, a few years ago and had 0 complications and almost no pain. Barely used the prescribed painkillers. Almost no swelling either. It was just annoying to eat soft foods for a while, but that's it.

But, two different friends had wildly different experiences.

One was a smoker at the time (ex-smoker now) he had his pulled, so he had what he called "dry sockets" as complication and he said it hurt like hell. I don't think he even got all 4 pulled at once too, yet his pain was way worse than mine.

Another friend had an infection as a complication and needed hardcore antibiotics treatment and was in horrid pain for weeks, and it took several weeks to resolve. Poor guy.

I don't know if they were just unlucky, or if my dental surgeon was pretty darn amazing or what, but yeah.

Good luck OP, hope you're more like my case than my friends'!
 
I was working two days later, I remember mild discomfort but no pain at all.

Helznicht said:
Dull ache at best. Couple pain pills and your golden. The act of pulling them though......hold on to your ass.
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Didn't hurt to get mine pulled, but all the precursor sensations that happen before pain were present and the anticipation of actual pain was nearly unbearable. And the sound of him cracking my teeth...
 
My top wisdom teeth that were just pulled out didn't hurt at all. The bottom one that needed to be cut out with a small piece of my jawbone with it hurt quite a bit. Still haven't got the second bottom one out yet.
 
I'm almost 24 and all of my wisdom teeth are 75-90% of the way through with no pain and seemingly no problems with other teeth.
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I'm just hoping I'm one of those people that don't need to have them removed.
 
It wasn't so bad for me since I haven't had any mouth problems and I'm generally a healthy person
even though I'm unfit
. But the worse thing about it for me were the holes in my teeth being heated as fuck and everything I drank went down warm, with a tinge of blood. Stock up on pudding buddy.
 
I had my lower left wisdom tooth surgically removed at the end of October.

In the immediate aftermath, it wasn't really painful, but then about 3-4 days later, for the best part of a week, the 'walls' [of] the socket were very tender and painful if agitated.

I ended up with a dry socket because there wasn't a blood clot to begin with.

Now it's fine and [has] been for a while. It's on its way to closing up and you just have to be careful with food particles and generally keeping it as clean as sterile as possible.
 
I had all 4 of mine taken out at the same time and I wasn't in much pain afterward (though they were all simple extractions). I was given a few days worth of pain meds and by the time I ran out the pain was gone. The only part that sucked was the first evening when I had to change my gauze in my mouth and I was bleeding like crazy, so I wasn't sure if it was normal or if I opened my mouth too wide. It wound up being ok though.

Otherwise just do what others have said - don't suck on straws, don't spit when you brush your teeth (just let it dribble out your mouth into the sink), don't smoke, and avoid letting little bits of food fall into the pockets (so live on shit like applesauce or soup that you can swallow without chewing for a few days).
 
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