effects after having wisdom teeth removed?
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I had all four of mine pulled in the Navy, out on the ship - so they didn't even put me out.  Just gave me novacaine (which didn't work - they didn't give me enough, I still felt everything).  Avoid smoking and sucking on things until you are all healed.  Otherwise you'll get dry socket.  I didn't, but I heard it's extremely painful.  Follow your instructions from your dentist, he may tell you not to gargle with alcoholic mouth wash for a while.  When mine were pulled they gave me Tylenol 3 and Motrin 800.  I only used a total of 4 Motrins over the course of 2 days just to keep the swelling down.  I didn't have hardly any swelling, or extra bleeding.  Just keep clean gause in the back.  It was uncomfortable, but not nearly as painful as everyone always says.  I ate Easy Mac, Top Ramen - things of that nature for a couple days.  Something easy to swallow and didn't invole much chewing.  You'll be just fine.\nGood Luck
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You need to contact your dentist.  He/She will most likely put a medicated packing in the dry sockets (painless procedure) & this will settle the problem down as long as you follow post op instructions.... no smoking, sucking thru straw, etc.  I would not wait another minute to contact your dentist.  Best of luck to you
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That's too many. You have dry socket. did you smoke afther the extraction. Call your dentist and ask to be seen.\n\nDry socket involves pain lasting several days after the extraction. It's caused by something dislodging the clot from the extraction. The bone that is exposed begins to die and hurts like crazy. Other than the pain, there's not really any other symptoms. If it's associated with swelling, then there is an infection, not dry socket. \n\nThinks like spitting hard or sucking through a straw or SMOKING can cause the clot to dislodge. To fix it they pack some medicing in the socket and the pain is almost instantly relieved. Call him before they close today.
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You need to cancel your appointment... That is way too much for your mouth.. You are not properly healed from your oral surgery. Give it 6 weeks before anymore trauma in your mouth. Plus your heart does not need anymore numbing pain medication going thru your system this soon....
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can be.  Sounds like a drop in blood pressure brought on either by the extraction itself, it is more traumatic than people realise and the body does go into a mild form of shock.  And/or you might have been given a sedative with the injection to make the extraction less physically/psychologically traumatic, which would also cause a drop in bp and your responses.\n\nIf you still feel the same in the morning, phone the dentist and ask him, if not, a visit to the docs to be on safe side, and good luck.
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please dont worry about the depth of the extraction wound as long as you are not having symptoms. Generally dry socket does not develop after a week. Rest assured, just do warm saline gargles which would help. Dont worry, may visit your dentist after some days just for a check-up and above all for your REASSURANCE !!-- all the best .
588124
As long as you took good care of your teeth while the braces were on you should be fine.  I think the problems like that come along when people don't take care of their teeth and get cavities around or under the braces and other problems like that.  You might notice pale spots when the braces are removed, especially if you drink a lot of soda or coffee/tea because the tooth under the brace itself wasn't exposed to all that while the braces were on, but they'll either fade in after a while or I'm sure your teeth can be bleached to even out the color.  \n\nDon't worry, the biggest pain in the butt with having them removed is sitting there while they scrape the cement off.  You'll love how it feels afterwards.
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Yes, you will probably feel better after surgery heals.\n\nTry to have someone stay with you your first 24 hours after you wake up from surgery, and your first 24 hours home.\n\nYour favorite pillow from home helps. Warm sox. Personal stereo. A small fan for your 'hot flashes'. Most hospitals will let you keep a small ice chest in your room with favorite drinks from home. And of course, pad, pencil, and picture boards to communicate.\n\nIf you have to take massive laxatives to prepare for surgery, get a potty from Salvation Army or rent one. Make a big thermos of cold water, keeps hand cleaner, Kleenex, etc handy, and camp out in front of the TV for 3-4 hours. If the rest of your family doesn't like it, too bad, let them go out and for a movie and pizza. They would not like it any better if you were in the bathroom with the door locked for 4 hours.\n\nMake sure things like glasses and dentures have your name on them. Clothes too. Leave valuables at home, including wedding ring. \n\nYou will be itchy for a few days, all over, from anesthetics and pain meds. A brush with medium stiff bristles, like a bath brush feels great.\n\nA discreet spray of Ozium can make a shared hospital room nicer, but don't use it if your room mate is there for breathing problems, pneumonia, etc.\n\nDid I forget anything?
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Get it out!!! Oh I totally feel for you and know exactly what you are saying. I am a dental assistant and I work in a dental office, however the doctors in my office did not want to remove my wisdom teeth because of the way they sat in relation to the nerves, etc. I waited it out, forever in so much pain before I finally saw an oral surgeon, who specifically deal with extractions opposed to general dentists. He did a great job, and no after effects, and all the pain is gone! I strongly advise you to get in there and get them out. They always warn you about the risks, they have to, but not to worry. You will be in good hands. Good luck!!!
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normal side effects are swelling, bruising, pain, minor bleeding.  Just make sure you follow the surgeons instructions on after care or you could develop a painful condition called dry socket.  When you are being put under you'll just feel sleepy.  It happens really fast.
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My daughter just had her wisdom teeth pulled last week (plus three others!) and she's doing fine now.  Here's what you can do:\n\nMake sure you follow your dentist's instructions for not eating past a certain time the night before.\n\nTell your surgeon you're nervous, and ask if they can prescribe a sedative for you.  They gave my daughter a valium to take the morning of the procedure and it helped her nerves immensely!\n\nAfter surgery, take your pain pills, and follow the Ice/Heat schedule exactly!  It really helped my girl.\n\nGood luck, you'll do fine!
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This is normal. Having teeth removed, especially if there is a cyst involved. is considered surgery. Depending on the level of complication, it could even be considered major surgery. Swelling is ALWAYS worse 1 - 2 days after the procedure is done. Just refrain from smoking, drinking out of a straw, or anything else that requires a sucking action. Also... if you are rinsing with a slat wter solution, make sure it is ONLY 1tsp per full glass of water. Anything more will hamper with the healing process. The things to watch for are... severe pain (ie 8 - 10 on a scale of 1 - 10 with 10 being the worst), a red line going from the area of the extraction down your neck (it would look like someone took a red marker and drew on your skin), or a really bad taste (not like the tase of blood that I'm sure you are experiencing now, but more of a rotting taste) and severe oozing (not like the little bit I'm sure you are seeing now, but enough that you feel like you are swallowing all the time). If ANY of these things happen, call your dentist IMMEDIATELY. Everyone tolerates pain and surgery differently, but these three things are the standard "something is really wrong" markers.
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It depends on how many you are having pulled and if they are impacted or not.  I had four impacted wisdom teeth pulled at once and it was very painful. I had to take double the dosage of pain medication.  And my cheeks were very swollen for two to three days.  But I have heard that is is not as bad when you have less to pull and if they have already come through the gum.  Good luck!
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I had my two bottom wisdom teeth pulled a while back and if your not in a lot of pain now, its only going to get better. They gave you some Vicodin right? just take that until you feel like you can be OK without them. After like three days you should be able to eat normal food again. If you have any concerns about it, all you have to do is call up your dentist and ask them about it. they will gladly help ya.
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"Maxillofacial surgery" is a specialty of dentistry.\n\nIf you had corrective jaw surgery, it would be called "orthognathic surgery", and continued swelling (provided it is decreasing) is normal.  If all you had was your wisdom teeth removed, then your symptoms would be abnormal.\n\nNumbness of your face, i.e. below your eyes and the right and left halves of your chin and lower lip are normal, for a while.  Nerve injuries, temporary or permanent, are a distinct possibility with orthognathic surgery, and your doctor almost certainly discussed the risks with you beforehand.
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I recommend all 4 at the same time.  You only have to modify your diet once and you only have to recover once.  Also another aspect is money.  It's cheaper to get all 4 extracted in one session than 4 different surgeries.  You have the same amount of complications/risks/benefits from 4 extraction as you do with one tooth extracted.\n\nShould You Have Your Wisdom Teeth Removed?\n\nJennifer Flach was a college junior when her wisdom teeth started making themselves known.  "My other teeth started moving around," she remembers. "The wisdom teeth were pushing out and undoing some of the orthodontic work I had done in high school."\nAt the same time, her brother — who's two years younger and was also in college — had no symptoms. But the family dentist suggested his wisdom teeth should come out too.\nJen and her brother had back-to-back wisdom tooth extractions and recovered together at home during spring break. "It was quite a week at my parents' house," she says.\nPatrick Grother was 26 when his dentist mentioned that his wisdom teeth might need to be removed. His bottom left wisdom tooth had partially erupted into his mouth and a flap of gum still covered it. "The dentist said food would get trapped there and it could get infected," he says. Patrick then visited a periodontist, who said that the gum flap could be cut away but it would grow back.\n"I put it off for awhile," Patrick said, but he eventually had the wisdom teeth on the left side of his mouth extracted.\nA few people are born without wisdom teeth or have room in their mouths for them, but like Jen and her brother, many of us get our wisdom teeth taken out during our college years. And like Patrick, many of us are first alerted to the problem when our wisdom teeth don't emerge (erupt) into the mouth properly because there is not enough toom for them to fit. \n"A part of the tooth may remain covered by a flap of gum, where food particles and bacteria can get trapped, causing a mild irritation, a low-grade infection called pericoronitis and swelling," says Dr. Donald Sadowsky, professor emeritus of clinical dentistry College of Dental Medicine and the Mailman School of Public Health. This usually happens with the lower wisdom teeth. Pericoronitis and the pain it causes is the most common reason people need their wisdom teeth taken out.\nPericoronitis is just one of the reasons that you may need to have a wisdom tooth or more than one removed. \nIn many people, the wisdom teeth never even partially enter the mouth. Often the teeth are tilted under the gum and blocked from coming in by bone or other teeth. Dentists call these impacted teeth; they may cause pain, but you may feel nothing at all for years. You may not even be aware that you have wisdom teeth until your dentist sees them on an X-ray.\nRegular dental visits are important during your teens and early twenties because this is the time when teeth are most likely to decay. Regular visits allow your dentist to follow the progress of your wisdom teeth with X-rays. \nEven if your wisdom teeth aren't causing any pain or other problems, they may cause problems at some point. The most common problems are decay, infection, and crowding or damage to other teeth. But more serious complications can occur, including the development of a cyst that can cause permanent damage to bone, teeth and nerves. \nHowever, not all wisdom teeth need to be removed.\nIf removing wisdom teeth is necessary, it's easier in younger people because the tooth roots are not fully developed and the bone in which the teeth sit is less dense. Extracting your wisdom teeth before any complications develop also allows for shorter recovery time and less discomfort after the surgery\n\n\nIf you need all four wisdom teeth removed, they usually are taken out at the same time. The top teeth usually are easier to remove than the lower ones.\nHere are the types of wisdom teet
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YES IT DOES. YOUR BONE STRUCTURE IN YOUR JAW CHANGES SO THE SHAPE OF YOUR CHEEK WILL ALSO CHANGE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, BUT WHEN WISDOM TEETH ARE PULLED  YOUR JAW-LINE USUALLY GOES IN OR SHALL I SAY CAVE IN CAUSE THOSE TEETH ARE GONE. I TOOK DENTAL TECHNICIAN FOR 1YR AND THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED WHILE STUDYING.