Wisdom Tooth Extraction. Please be nice to me. 😷

[Atalune]

I’ve had one out today. It’s been fairly straightforward but I’ve had the gauze in for half an hour or so. Can I take it out?

Can anyone help. I feel grot bags.

Oh I see.. must admit I had to mimick sucking through a straw though to work that out. I am not having any kind of tooth surgery whatsoever and only clicked on this thread by accident but now I feel I’ve learnt something!

Ah it will be ok OP. I’ve had one out under local and two removed under general in hospital. The local one was a breeze :) they should have given you an instruction sheet of what to do and what to avoid?

Use the spare gauze if needed, but if the bleeding persists call your dentist. Avoid extremes of hot and cold food and drink for a couple of days. Aim for softish foods (you don’t have to live on soup and jelly, but I wouldn’t go for crunchy / chewy / splintery things.

Gently rinse your mouth with lukewarm salt water - gargling is for your throat! Don’t furiously swish it around like mouthwash.

You should be fine for your presentation on thurs :) good luck!

Well at the risk of of TMI I’m looking forward to having a odour free floss and not find a million bits of gross old food up in there.

And no more pressure pushing against the other teeth.

Let’s hope the clot sticks!

Yes. Will do the gentle swishing before bed.

Thank you!

Arnica and neurofen and I was fine, the men at work however declared it the worst pain in the world!

I don’t often do dental comments anymore but:

When you do the salt water, you’re trying to bathe the socket, not swish something from between your teeth so be gentle. Imagine bathing a cut on your skin-you don’t want to dislodge the scab.

No straws because it creates a vacuum in your mouth that can dislodge the clot.

dapple there’s a pretty small post of painkillers that dentists can prescribe on the NHS, it’s bigger privately but because everyone hates the dentist, they don’t really want to put their necks out & get complaints and general misery.

The evidence base is that paracetamol and ibuprofen, alternated, is the best analgesia for dental pain. Your anecdotal mileage may vary.

Massive bugbear people coming on to tell OP how dreadful their experience was. Be useful or be somewhere else.

Sorry to highjack your thread OP but how do all you people get your dentist to agree to take your wisdom teeth out??

My top one is leaving me in constant agony, and my dentist just gives me antibiotics and says they don't take wisdom teeth out unless they're causing problems even though I've gone there because it's causing pain and is infected, impacted and god knows what else and then paid for the bloody privilege. I refuse to go every time I have pain, because I would be there every week because the pain comes back as soon as the antibiotics wear off. I just want it out but he refuses every time I ask

How much would it be privately?

Could I go to the dental hospital and have it done there?

My dentist told me to not brush my teeth until the following day....also don't be tempted to feel the 'hole' that's left with your tongue or a finger - basically just leave it well alone for 24 hrs. Mine healed with no problems xx

I’m shocked your dentist won’t take it out bing my tooth cost £56 on the nhs to have it removed. If I were you I would have a chat with the practice manager and say your not happy about the care (lack of) you’re being given and ask for the tooth to be removed.

Private would be an option but I think the prices are significantly more.

Are there other nhs dentists in your area you can try?

I had some baby teeth taken out as a child and the trauma of that had meant a profound fear. But I do feel like I have overcome it some this past few weeks.

I have done a gentle salt rinse and brushed one side of my teeth.

Just taken some more pain killers and off for an early night.

Thanks for all your lovely messages. You’ve helped a great deal. Thanks you bunch of toothsome vipers.

MrsMorton - I certainly don't hate either of my dentists (the one who's doing my implants is different to my regular one). They are highly trained, highly skilled medics who are also charming, kind, intelligent interesting people. I feel lucky to be treated by them.

privately but because everyone hates the dentist, they don’t really want to put their necks out & get complaints and general misery.
I don't understand this - surely there'd be less complaints and misery if dentists were allowed to prescribe stronger pain killers? In my case the pain didn't last that long but it was agony while it did.

Atalune. DO NOT SWISH with salt water. You'll remove the blood clot and get a dry socket. Just hold the warm salt water in your mouth. No swishing required.

Have done some gentle salt water rinses with no swishing and I have managed to hold onto the clot.

My jaw hurts like crazy though.

You would be amazed at the things people complain about. Really amazed. And the stress that even a vexatious complaint causes and the additional fees when you already pay £6000 to work 4 days a week... it’s not worth it for the majority of them.

OP, it’s going to be sore as youve had jaw surgery, not tooth surgery. Think of it like that and your expectations will be about right.

bing my dentist said it was urgent (I had severe infection caused by my tooth crumbling away).
I had to wait til I’d had my baby- but got it done shortly after having him. At the appointment they looked and said we can leave it, but at some point the other side is going to need to be taken out too, might be next year, might be longer- but we can do both today.
I said get them out at the same time thanks very much, and twenty minutes later it was all over.

May I ask how long you've refused the dentist for? I've put it off for years and I know I need wisdom teeth out amongst other work which I'm dreading. It was supposed to be my New Years resolution to get it all sorted too but I haven't done as well as you!

Had a big molar out last year. The important thing is to not dislodge the clot, it will go greyish in a day or two and that’s the scab. The clot eventually forms the new flesh in the hole. Amazing really how different the mouth is to elsewhere on the body given how deep the wound is initially.

Mine healed without problem. I had soups for a day or two. Rinsed gently with salt water after eating to make sure nothing got stuck. Don’t swish the hole. Slept slightly upright for first night to ease any bleeding.

Might be different with a wisdom tooth extraction but mine only felt a bit sore, def not painful. Was much easier than I’d expected.

Hope you're feeling better op.

I have a wisdom tooth that's putting pressure on my other teeth and this only thing that helps is clove oil. The downside is it burns the corner of my mouth leaving it really sore and split. For a couple of days I couldn't open my mouth properly to eat.

I had all 4 of mine out at the same time, took the following day off work, took arnica tablets for a couple of days then was fine. It was horrible when the stitches started to dissolve though as I was spitting bits out for ages.

Hope you’re doing ok OP. I had all 4 out last year and got infected dry socket in two of them. Was not fun. I didn’t get prescribed anything but paracetamol is a wonder drug and really helped with the pain.

user18 I have been to the dentist 5 times in my adult life. Which is shocking. I’m 41.

All five have been in response to something drastic. I have had fillings, crowns and now a wisdom tooth extraction.

I have to say having all this work done in a relatively short space of time ( 2 fillings, a crown, wisdom tooth out and a mouth guard made) has made me realise that although it IS unpleasant it is not painful at the time.

It really is all in my head now bad it will be. Tthe idea of it.

Injections- a bit sore and freaky
Drilling- No pain just noisy
Filling- just pressure, no pain
Extraction- unpleasant sensation, not painful. Some bruising and pain afterwards but controlled with painkillers.
General poking around- the worst for me as I don’t like metal in my mouth and it makes me jumpy!

I shake from head to toe and and cold sweat. But it’s only ever for 20 mins at a time. Then I sob afterwards like a giant baby. But I have managed to not cry in the chair anymore. Big big achievement for me.

My dentist is very professional and thorough. That helps! And I ask to hold the assistants hand which helps a great deal.