It depends on what they need to do to get them out.
I only had three wisdom teeth, and had to have them all out; the ones in my top jaw had come in on their own and so were just pulled, like any other tooth extraction. Very little pain, very little problem, done in-office with novocaine.
The third one was impacted, though not sideways or anything (as far as I know). They had to cut the tooth in half as well as cutting into my jaw to get it out, but it was also done in the dentist's office with novocaine and gas. That one was just as easy for the procedure, but the dentist didn't want to give me anything stronger than over-the-counter pain meds afterward, despite the fact that (I later found out) when you cut into the jaw, you usually end up with some pretty hefty pain for about two weeks. Eventually I hassled him into giving me a narcotic pain reliever for the first four days or so, and then after that I coped with just regular Tylenol.
Even with the jaw pain from the latter experience, it wasn't really that big a deal. If necessary, I'd do it again without hesitating, which is more than I can say about some procedures I've undergone. *g*
Caveat: I have no issues with the dentist, have never been nervous or stressed about any dental procedure, so my anxiety level was really low for widom tooth extraction.
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Date: 2006-05-08 07:08 pm (UTC)I only had three wisdom teeth, and had to have them all out; the ones in my top jaw had come in on their own and so were just pulled, like any other tooth extraction. Very little pain, very little problem, done in-office with novocaine.
The third one was impacted, though not sideways or anything (as far as I know). They had to cut the tooth in half as well as cutting into my jaw to get it out, but it was also done in the dentist's office with novocaine and gas. That one was just as easy for the procedure, but the dentist didn't want to give me anything stronger than over-the-counter pain meds afterward, despite the fact that (I later found out) when you cut into the jaw, you usually end up with some pretty hefty pain for about two weeks. Eventually I hassled him into giving me a narcotic pain reliever for the first four days or so, and then after that I coped with just regular Tylenol.
Even with the jaw pain from the latter experience, it wasn't really that big a deal. If necessary, I'd do it again without hesitating, which is more than I can say about some procedures I've undergone. *g*
Caveat: I have no issues with the dentist, have never been nervous or stressed about any dental procedure, so my anxiety level was really low for widom tooth extraction.