240Girl

I have to get my wisdom teeth (all four) taken out next friday . I'm so scared....anyone else got them out? Any advise?

Yme

i had to have surgery to remove mine.i went in,they drugged me...fell into a coma and BAM...woke up and they were gone.didnt feel a thing.the worst thing was feeling groggy when i woke up and the fact that i had holes in my gums but i was in no pain but everyone is different so good luck.

240Girl

Thanks for the words of wisdom (haha, get it? Okay, so I'm corny! ).
I am DEFINITELY gonna be drugged, no questions asked! When it comes to physical pain, I am a wimp. How long did it take you to recover--meaning when could you start talking straight and eating?

Yme

the very next day......it was just wierd having holes in your gums.theyll tell u what to eat and what not to eat..im a fast healer so i was up and about the next day.just take it easy cuz it is sorta a major surgery. but everything will be fine, its not that bad.

twofaze

it was a horrifying experience that will be branded in my psyche for all my remaining existence, i would not wish it on my worse enemy...
j/k

u'll be drugged wen they remove them...
there will be the holes, they'll give u this squirt thingy to clean out the holes daily wit b4 they finally close up...
u'll be fine, jus be glad u don't hav to fly on a plane like i did after i got mine taken out....

driftintoacurb

take two advil before you go in and everything will be alright. Good luck

240Girl

Thanks for the advise guys. I know when my brother took them out, it took like 3 days for him to fully recover, but knowing me I'll probably take longer!
You'd think by now evolution should have taken its course with eliminating accessory organs/structures (such as wisdom teeth, appedices, tailbones, etc.) that we don't use or need anymore, but no. They have no real purpose for us but to waste our money and time. Oh well!

nissan_s14

Let me take em out!! Dental student here...will do it for cheap!

240Girl

Dental student??? Uhh, no thank you. I'm going to this specialist, some old italian dude. But I could probably use you for the regular stuff

BTW: did you know that the suicide rate for dental school is the highest among all other schools? Just thought you might like to know!

nissan_s14

AH.....the ol' "highiest suicide rate" crap...jeez...if I had every dollar i've heard that, I'd have me a RB25DET engine sitting in my car right now! Seriously tho, that addage is not true...go look it up...here's a start:

http://www.ada.org/public/media/newsrel/0106/nr-03.html

240Girl

That's pretty interesting. It's funny how many people have told me that, so I figured that if all these people said the same thing, there must be SOME kind of evidence to back it up, right? Guess not! Well it wouldn't make too much sense anyways, I mean is Dentistry more stressful than lets say Neurosurgery??? I don't know, you tell me

nissan_s14

More stressfull than neuro surg.? I just started seeing patients this semester, so i cant really say...but I dont imagine it to be so...
Acutally, of all the dentists i've talked to/worked for in the past, they all say dentistry on the general is pretty rewarding and laid back...these are the people that only work 3 times out of the week and bank 6 figs!

240Girl

What made you go into dentistry? Personally I wouldn't want to be dealing with stinky mouths all day, but hey that's just me! And the thought of pulling teeth out-- AHHHH uke:
I'm thinking of going pre-med next year in college, but I'm still undecided, eh we'll see!


nissan_s14: Where are you located anyways, and what school do you go to?

nissan_s14

What made me want to go into dentistry? Well, i guess a number of reasons. First, I want a career in the health professions. I also like working with my hands...thus dentistry was the best match for me. Oh yea, it also helped knowin that the dentist lifestyle can be pretty rewarding...u can make some serious boo-koo bux. I go to the dental skool in Houston. You should consider dentistry...medicine is way too long imho

240Girl

OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!

Well I didn't get them out on Friday as planned, but I got them out this morning! %#^*$*&#&$#*$^#**&$#*&$& is all I have to say about it.
First of all, the doc couldn't find a freaking vein even after I warned him that he wouldn't, but the cocky doc starting poking around and now my arm hurts more than the freaking site where the teeth came out! It's all black/blue and swolllen !
The anestesia worked after like 2 minutes and when I woke, I felt like I was on the BIGGEST HIGH ever! I was soooo happy and smiling, laughing, feeling great. My dad was like, "we better get home before that novacain wears off and you start screaming from pain". Speaking of novacain, my WHOLE jaw and upper cheek and lower lip was NUMB as ****! I HATED it. I tried to take a pill and I had to put my finger on my lower lip to make sure it was going in my freaking mouth! Now I have to put gauze on it "as needed", which is like every 5 min!
And to top it off, today was soo gorgeous out but I couldn't enjoy it b/c the damn Motrin made me pass out!
And I look and feel like crap, so NO ONE is allowed to see me, not even my brothers. YUCK!