Having a tooth pulled - General

I'm 25ish, never had a pulled tooth ever. 3 of 4 of my wisdom teeth came in between 17 and 20 years old. Now one of them has rotted I guess from not brushing good enough. It's given me crazy pains for nearly 2 years now and I'm finally sick of it. I looked at it with a tiny mirror and it looks horrible so I got an appointment to see a dentist this coming Monday and I'm terrified, not only about getting a tooth removed but because it's a dentist and they're all the way up there next to clowns on my creep-o-meter. How many of you dudes have had a wisdom tooth removed? I will be getting a top wisdom tooth pulled. I've heard horror stories of dry sockets, but I don't suppose it will be as bad as having the nerve of a tooth exposed for over a year, will it?

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idk they make you numb as shit when they do it so it's just kinda like pop ow ok

If you get injections (you probably will unless your dentist is a sadist) you'll feel a burning sensation under your gums, other than that you wont feel any pain.

Prepare to die. Okay, in all seriousness, just ask for the anesthetic that puts you to sleep and everything will be fine. Sure you'll experience the oddity of having a gap in your memory and your face will feel like Joan Rivers for a day or so, but apart from that you'll be just fine.

I am not gonna tell you it's not gonna be painful, because pain is a very subjective feeling. Whats nothing for one can be excruciating for another. I am actually getting 6 Crowns and a bridge tomorrow done, so I know a thing or two about Dentists. For the wisdom tooth extraction it can be fairly easy just like the gentleman above me mentioned, but no matter how they do it, you will feel extreme pressure on your jaw when they remove it, not really pain but it's very intense none the less. Just make sure you tell the Doc you want to be frozen up to the nuts, and they give you needles. And don't worry those are really painless since they use gel first to freeze the gums, except for the two needles that go behind your teeth in the roof of your Mouth...they are a bitch and there is nothing you can do about it. I hope everything goes well for you Cheers, Alex p.s. thanks for not shooting me yesterday

The pulling doesn't hurt at all. Though the injections, holy shit. The needle going in stings a little but when they inject the fluid, it hurts like fuck and then it all goes numb. It's like 5 seconds of pain and then nothing.

I just had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed on Tuesday (I still can't move my jaws much) and the only thing that really hurts is the anesthetic injections into your gums. Those hurt a lot but only for a few seconds then everything goes numb. You can feel things going around in your mouth but they won't hurt. I would very much recommend bringing an MP3 player and listening to that during the procedure because I didn't and the sounds of my teeth breaking apart and cracking and being pulled out of my jaws was more psychologically painful than the actual pain. It was like $700 to go full under, not worth it. The anesthetics do a good job. You'll only really start hurting when you're home and the anesthetics start to wear off. I got prescribed some vicodin for that and it helps although it makes you feel pretty sick.

Dude Ive had 2 teeth pulled when I was 12, its not that bad, guy nums your mouth and you feel some pull tensions and pop, it comes out. Also try to talk to the dentist or listen to music while doing it, it helps. When I was twelve after the tooth was pulled, my dentist put on a firefighter hat and started to spray water from the hose in my mouth after it was over, made me smile.

Not as bad as you think if you just relax. Two years ago I had one milktooth removed because it got stuck, then I had the tooth that was supposed to replace it pulled while it was still inside my gums and the corresponding tooth on the other side removed as well, I think it took about 2 hours or so and it didn't really hurt that much. I [b]highly[/b] recommend however that you ask for a eye mask if they do not ask if you want one. I got one but I think two hours looking into that light hanging over you and watching them drill, pull and scratch my teeth would be equivalent to getting tortured without the pain.

If it's as rotten as you say, there's a high likelihood of them putting you under to do surgery. If that's the case, they'll either do an IV sedative or gas you. I got the IV. The needle was uncomfortable as usual, but apart from a bit of vertigo twenty or so seconds later you won't be able to remember much likely until several hours later.

Painless torture... Gee wiz this is going to be great :( [edit] Yes, it's pretty badly decayed. All the way to the nerve on one side.

[QUOTE=TrannyAlert;42478555]The pulling doesn't hurt at all. Though the injections, holy shit. The needle going in stings a little but when they inject the fluid, it hurts like fuck and then it all goes numb. It's like 5 seconds of pain and then nothing.[/QUOTE] Just what kind of stuff are you getting injected with? When they inject the anesthetic at the dentist I go to, first of all the sting doesn't hurt (just a strange uncomfortable feeling in your gums saying "hey somethings not right") and squeezing in the liquid doesn't hurt either. Never has. Takes about 5-10 minutes for it to set in and then it's numb. Also I got two of my wisdom teeth removed a few months ago, the upper ones. As said above, the putting in the anesthetic was unnoticeable, and removing the tooth was also totally painless (you just hear the scrunching when they rip it out). Later in the day when the anesthetic wore off, I took a couple of painkillers as first aid. The next day, it didn't need any more, as there was no pain - it was just my jaw that was hard to move and it worked again in a couple of days time. Oh and both my upper wisdom teeth were reaaaally decayed. There was like half of them missing. But they never caused me much pain other than stinging a little when eating cold food, the nerve somehow wasn't yet affected. I remember the dentist saying if I came in a month later instead, the decay would have reached the nerve.

I have no insurance. I have to make an appointment with some state employees for a voucher. I'm probably going to get my tooth pulled in a back alley of some slums.

I've had 5 teeth pulled (more because it was too crowded than because they were too decayed) It's somewhat unpleasant, but as long as you get anesthetics it should not be too bad. To be honest the feeling of numbness in your face for a couple of hours is more unpleasant than the actual pulling.

I had a tooth pulled as a child and it hurt like hell. I did get an anaesthetic, but it wasn't an injection. Pretty sure it was supposed to be one though. They just dripped it on my tooth and then tried to pull it out. Wasn't very fun, but if you get proper anaesthetics, it might be.

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled out in March, theres nothing to worry about really. They numb you and might even give you laughing gas to knock you out. The last thing I remember is them injecting my gums then I fell asleep, I awoke and had gauze and stuff in my mouth and my mouth was numb. They will hurt for around a week after you get them pulled but they give you strong pain killers, I got hydrocodone, and as long as you take them you will be fine.

I had my wisdom teeth pulled as well. They put the needle in me and 5 seconds later I was out of it. I woke up like 2 hours later dazed and confused. It was fucking fun being on drugs. Also it didnt hurt afterword. I know some people get really intense pain after, but I got none. Maybe im lucky idk.

I had an [i]impacted[/i] wisdom tooth. If you don't know what that is, it means it was literally, no joke, in a 90 degree tilt. So instead of a tooth being rooted from the bottom and emerging up, mine sat sideways. It looked essentially like this: [img]http://www.mckenzieperio.com/portals/145/images/impacted%20wisdom%20tooth.jpg[/img] And I could feel it like this before seeing it in an x-ray, too, but I didn't believe it. I thought I was feeling it strangely with my tongue or something along those lines, but my senses were right on target. In my experience, the procedure put a lot of pressure on my mouth, but was not painful! I was thinking about how amazing this was considering my Quasimodo of a tooth situation. However, the pain soon came. But not during the procedure. Later that night and the proceeding nights for about 1-2 weeks I had nearly constant pain and was on ibuprofen if not Tylenol with codeine (if I remember correctly), it was much stronger than the ibuprofen for sure, though. Sounds like hell, but it's an experience if you have that much pain, and something to look back on, but you will be fine. I hear some people don't even have pain after the work done on their mouth, so I hope you're one of those cases, but if you're not, just be on top of your pain meds and you'll do great! [editline]10th October 2013[/editline] Oh also, about dry sockets, I never had it, but they'll instruct you on what to do if your pain increases and it turns out to be a dry socket. Oh! Also, [b]this is important,[/b] because people won't tell you this, and I had to experience it for myself. You [b]will[/b] get shit in your socket. It's gonna happen, obviously try and eat on the side that didn't have the work done on it, but no one's perfect, and stuff is gonna get in there. [b]Wash your mouth at appropriate times[/b] (like after eating, etc.), and if you experience pain for seemingly no reason (as some food particles may dwell there and cause great pain.)

Dentist knocked me out for mine, and after about 12 hours after the surgery, the side of my mouth was a little sore. I also had dry sockets, and they aren't really that bad except the medicine tastes like the ass of a garbage monster. If yours will be anything like mine, you'll be absolutely fine, so stop worrying. [editline]10th October 2013[/editline] Everything acpm said is basically spot-on. Only thing I can say differently was that I had Vicodin to help ease through the rougher pains. Yet, there's still the chance you won't feel any pain at all, it depends on how your body reacts.

The upper wisdoms are much easier as food will rarely get lodged up there (when eating carefully) and the chance of a dry socket is much smaller compared to the lower ones. They also generally don't require surgery like the lower teeth, and can just be pulled out. Avoid washing your teeth or drinking/eating warm stuff for the first couple of days just to be sure. You [I]really[/I] don't want that blood clot to come loose.

It doesn't hurt at all. Then again I've had braces and have had my jaw pulled out so I suppose I'm kind of numb to pain involving anything in the mouth area.

[QUOTE=pixskull;42481955]The bleeding afterwards annoyed me. Soon goes. Worth it in the long run. Tooth ache is a bitch.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=420188&dateline=1380987553[/IMG] The avatar could hardly be more fitting than this.

[QUOTE=Mobon1;42478367]idk they make you numb as shit when they do it so it's just kinda like pop ow ok[/QUOTE] A bunch of the time for wisdom teeth they just knock you out, at least here in canada

[QUOTE=acpm;42480043]I had an [i]impacted[/i] wisdom tooth. If you don't know what that is, it means it was literally, no joke, in a 90 degree tilt. So instead of a tooth being rooted from the bottom and emerging up, mine sat sideways. It looked essentially like this: [img]http://www.mckenzieperio.com/portals/145/images/impacted%20wisdom%20tooth.jpg[/img] And I could feel it like this before seeing it in an x-ray, too, but I didn't believe it. I thought I was feeling it strangely with my tongue or something along those lines, but my senses were right on target. In my experience, the procedure put a lot of pressure on my mouth, but was not painful! I was thinking about how amazing this was considering my Quasimodo of a tooth situation. However, the pain soon came. But not during the procedure. Later that night and the proceeding nights for about 1-2 weeks I had nearly constant pain and was on ibuprofen if not Tylenol with codeine (if I remember correctly), it was much stronger than the ibuprofen for sure, though. Sounds like hell, but it's an experience if you have that much pain, and something to look back on, but you will be fine. I hear some people don't even have pain after the work done on their mouth, so I hope you're one of those cases, but if you're not, just be on top of your pain meds and you'll do great! [editline]10th October 2013[/editline] Oh also, about dry sockets, I never had it, but they'll instruct you on what to do if your pain increases and it turns out to be a dry socket. Oh! Also, [b]this is important,[/b] because people won't tell you this, and I had to experience it for myself. You [b]will[/b] get shit in your socket. It's gonna happen, obviously try and eat on the side that didn't have the work done on it, but no one's perfect, and stuff is gonna get in there. [b]Wash your mouth at appropriate times[/b] (like after eating, etc.), and if you experience pain for seemingly no reason (as some food particles may dwell there and cause great pain.)[/QUOTE] I had the same thing with all 4 wisdom teeth. Felt like a tiny bump of tooth sticking out of my gums. They were giving me massive headaches so at 17 I got them all pulled. I was knocked out for most of the surgery until I woke up in the middle of the 3rd extraction. I can still remember the sounds of the hammer chiseling down on my tooth and cracking of the pliers. Still didn't feel anything, my nose was itching though so I kept trying to scratch it but they restrained me. As far as the giant holes, yeah shit will get in there. I would start off by rinsing carefully, nothing hard. Then about 3-4 days later after the bleeding stopped and I could rinse hard. Like seriously create a vacuum pocket in your mouth with the salt water/peroxide solution and suck harder than you ever sucked before. I would get huge chunks of debris out of the sockets this way. Best part? Plenty of Oxycontin to keep you drowsy.

I don't get people's aversion to the injection I didn't even know the dentist injected anything into my gums the first time I had it done. I was about to ask if it worked properly but when I started talking I just kind of made NUHHH noises

Speaking from experience, I've had 8 teeth pulled. 6 were on the same day and involved 4 bicuspids and 2 wisdom teeth drilled from the bone. The last 2 were another pair of wisdom teeth that also needing to be drilled from the bone. They started off numbing my mouth with a couple of Novocaine shots to my gums and put me under the gas. I had the option of going under anesthesia but it meant not being able to eat breakfast or lunch so I said fuck that. I felt like I was floating and then blacked out. Not sure if I fell asleep (I most likely did) and after 2 and a half hours I was done, It felt like only 30 minutes because of the gas though. There was no pain at all which was amazing. Really the only pain came from the soreness after going home and resting. [editline]asdlsad[/editline] Hell when I went back the second time I purposely asked for the gas because it just feels fucking awesome.

I've had two extracted. The first was absolute hell. Shot didn't work, I felt every single bit of pain. It was hell. Second was better. I had laughing gas and I didn't feel pain, only crunching and cracking and that was unnerving. I also had one cavity filled and that was weird but not painful until the dude hit the gum a bit.

I've had 26 teeth pulled. I can say that at this point I am legitimately afraid of the dentist because when I go in for an appointment I'm just waiting for the "well, looks like we've got a problem". I had six wisdom teeth. Six. however, honestly it wasn't that bad. Despite my orthopedic surgeon tricking me into thinking I was going to be knocked out for the procedure, and instead just gassing me, it wasn't that bad. The recovery is uncomfortable solely because you'll have no control over your face for a bit, but after that wears off it's only moderate pain, nothing some drugs can't take care of.

When I was around eight I had a pretty bad cavity that I had to get taken out, unfortunately it turned out I had an allergic reaction to the anesthetic (procaine or novacaine I think?) and I in and out of consciousness and almost stopped breathing apparently. The worst part is that they didn't let my parents into the room when they were trying to resuscitate me or something along those lines. So my Dad (who pretty tall and can be an imposing fellow when he wants to be) almost punched out the doctor who wouldn't let him and my Mom into the room while all of the nurses scrambled over. We apparently weren't the only ones who had similar issues with the place and ended up getting a small cut of a lawsuit. Overall it was pretty traumatizing. I still get nervous going to the dentist even ten years later.