Having a tooth pulled - General

[QUOTE=Saza;42484895]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.[/QUOTE] If you feel pain you tell the dentist to freeze it more [editline]11th October 2013[/editline] The part that hurts the most about dentistry is holding your jaw open, always ask for the thing that props it open if you're going to be there more than 10 minutes

[QUOTE=Orkel;42479155]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.[/QUOTE] I don't know, I had 4 teeth removed each from seperate sides of my mouth. The needle was pretty chunky for starters and no idea what they injected into me though. It was some intense pain for like 5 seconds. I'm from the UK, they might use different stuff in different countries, I don't really know.

You might want to sleep on a towel so you don't bleed on your pillow. Other than that, enjoy your Vicodin-like painkillers.

[QUOTE=acpm;42480043]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] Odd I remember having some sort of tube like syringe (that you fill up with water) that I was given to spray out those sockets. I honestly never had a problem with that.

[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] I've never really found the injections that painful, they are just quite unpleasant. It's still better than not getting your tooth numbed :v: Interestingly, my wisdom teeth grew in nicely.

I've had four teeth pulled. They just numb your mouth and pull it out, you will bleed for a while and not able to eat but it's not all too bad.

i once had 4 teeth pulled out and it was awful oh hey!

My dentist is a really chill guy, the way he speaks and his mannerisms can make anyone calm That said when I was younger I used to despise going to the dentist. But I was in for a check-up and had to remove calculus and it really wasn't half as bad as I remember it. I didn't really feel much of anything and I just thought of other shit in the meantime. The whining drill was kind of annoying but that's it. That said having a tooth pulled is a whole nother thing entirely but they numb your gums all the same so it'll hurt for a few seconds and then nothing.

It's not that bad.. it's uncomfortable when everything around your tooth gets numb. The syringes are so small that they don't even hurt much. You won't even feel it when they pull out your tooth. 3 of my 4 wisdom teeth were to big to just pull them out. They need to crack them and put out the parts. At one tooth they even put out a bit of my jail they said. But the only uncomfortable thing were the cracking noises right in my head. I didn't feel much pain, only a bit when they went deeper. But then they used another syringe to make it more numb. This all sounds terrifying maybe but it really isn't that bad.

don't wake up while they are in the process of pulling one out. :(

People overreact about the pain of getting your tooth needle injected. It stings a bit for a short while but that's it, nothing bad at all. You shouldn't worry about it. Though you should definitely be awake when they remove your wisdom teeth. You'll hear some nice loud cracking noises and feel some strong jaw tension during the operation. After the operation you'll probably also get your bum needle injected. It'll help reduce mouth pain when the initial anaesthetics wear out.

eat, gorge yourself after the procedure before the drugs wear off... once they do your not going to be able or want to eat for a while... [editline]11th October 2013[/editline] I think the reason why people freak about the syringe it just feels really weird I guess when they inject it because your jaw is essentially bone a little flesh and. a bunch of nerves and small blood vessels, so it just feels like they are jabbing into your bone or that the needle is scraping the bone

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;42489653]People overreact about the pain of getting your tooth needle injected. It stings a bit for a short while but that's it, nothing bad at all. You shouldn't worry about it.[/QUOTE] I've had three teeth pulled. One happened to be a supernumerary, and I'll tell you getting injected at the roof of your mouth right between your front teeth hurts like a bitch. It doesn't always work either, my dentist couldn't get it at what's apparently the optimal injection angle the first time and had to do it again before I was relieved.

I had all my 4 wisdom teeth pulled. The actual pulling doesn't hurt, sure, and the needles weren't much of a problem either. But having someone ripping something from your jaw with extreme force is terrifying, i felt like the dentist was going to rip my mouth from my face and that is terrible. It also didn't help that he was named Ivan and looked a lot like certain russian czar. But eh, i survived. Ah and, the recovery is also pretty bad i guess, specially right after the numbing drugs wear off.

To get my braces done, I needed four adult molars removed. Holy shit the needles. I've now got a fear of needles from both the injections required for the molar removals and when they shoved a needle straight into my heavily-infected area of my ingrown toenail. But the upside is that my wisdom teeth are growing in perfectly fine.

When I was a kid my grandfather didn't believe in dentists, so he pulled my teeth out with a set of pliers. It was excruciating.

The drugs are the best part of getting your wisdom teeth pulled.

They'll make your jaw numb so you won't feel a thing. However, when they inject the syringe in, if he doesn't put it in correctly, you'll feel SHITLOADS of pain, as if he was digging in with the syringe. Also depending on the spot he puts the syringe in the gums, it might also depend on the fluid. Trust me, yeah. Some guy injected numb liquid into my gums which was pretty old and it hurt like shit. You should go to an approved dentist as in, someone who keeps him self up - to - date. Someone you trust, and so on. Also if he'll drill your tooth, then that's just annoying due to the water which will splash up :P. Also don't eat for 30 minutes after that with numb gums. (Had a cavity in my tooth due to eating after returning home with numb gums, one of my teeth has a part which is literally like a big hole). tl;dr only the syringe part may hurt if he doesn't do it correctly, but that's just because our gums are SUPPOSED to be hard. it's like putting a drill inside a brick wall. just dont eat after and you'll be okay.

You can get a gel which they rub on your gum before the anaesthetic needle goes in.. then you literally feel nothing at all! The wonders of modern medicine!

Though not Wisdom teeth, I've had teeth professionally removed. Its pretty much like everyone else has described it: shot in the mouth to numb my mouth, the discomfort of the medical pliers applying pressure, then in my case roughly 4 hours of changing gauze as the resulting hole is gushing blood. All this leads to a 1-5+ day period where you have to avoid hot and/or overly hard/crunchy foods. Its an unnerving experience to say the least. In my case, the worst part was the fact that it was so bad that I had to go right there without making an appointment. A dull 5 hour wait is even worse when you have horrible tooth pain.

Earlier this year I had both my lower wisdom teeth removed. It wasn't that bad at all, it was just a bit annoying trying to eat (especially because it was on both sides). Milk is filling but full of bacteria so it's not the best thing to drink. The worst part about the whole thing was that the root on my right wisdom tooth was dangerously close to a nerve, so the plan was to cut that tooth in half and leave the root in. But if during the operation the root came loose enough, they'd take it out. So after my op I asked the nurse "did they take the root out?" And she looked at her notes and said "well these say the operation was complete, so yes they did" I said that the operation would have been complete regardless of whether the root was out or not, she clearly didn't understand what I meant and repeated herself. I was feeling groggy from the operation and she was clearly a bit slow, so I left without knowing whether I have half a tooth or not. Guess I'll find out when I next have an x ray But overall I really don't think out have anything to worry about other than having bruised hamster cheeks for a week or so [editline]14th October 2013[/editline] Oh wait, you're awake during it? I was put to sleep under a general anaesthetic. If you can feel the slightest thing, ask for more injections to numb it. Try to relax and take your mind elsewhere, hopefully they'll have a picture on the ceiling or something. Good luck

I had 4 teeth pulled in one visit to the dentist when I was 7. They didn't give me enough anesthetic. RIP Me

I thought knocking you out was standard procedure, I got a nice dose of morphine before the operation :v:

I got my 4 wisdom teeth pulled at once in a day, it was really horrible even with anesthesic, the way he pulls all around your jaw is pain...

Had four wisdom teeth pulled out when I was younger, didn't help that they were all on different days. It wasn't that bad and the procedure is pretty quick.

Had 4 impacted teeth removed, two remain, one is on course to grow out of my cheek and the other is embedded into my jawbone. Woo. Double checked my surgery thing, they were 4 wisdom teeth I had removed. Neat to know I had six.

I had a couple teeth removed as well. Depending on the type of Tooth being removed you can choose to be put in a medically induced coma (General anaesthesia), but I opted out and went for the anaesthetic in the syringe, it stings for 1 second and then it's over, the tooth being pulled didn't hurt at all, I was amazed how easily and quickly he got it out. So don't worry, if you have your tooth removed already, awesome!

I had to get two teeth pulled out before I had braces put in a good few years back. It was only the injections on the roof of the mouth that hurt, other than that, you barely know whats going on.

The injections really don't hurt as bad as you might think. Had to had a bunch of fillings done earlier this year because I hadn't been to the dentist in ages (stupidly, I might add - I just really fucking hated the dentist), got injections before each one was done and honestly? It wasn't that bad at all. So the needle itself is a tiny bit painful when they actually put it in, but you can avoid that just by shutting your eyes and just thinking of your favourite music or something, they also tell you to exhale as they do it so it hurts less. The injection of the fluid isn't painful at all, and neither is the removal, you can't fucking feel a thing and it's pretty strange but totally cool. Best thing is to keep it off your mind until the day, then panic and worry for about an hour while you're waiting, get it over and done with and you'll realise that in retrospect it wasn't as awful as you thought it'd be at all. Good luck!

they gave me a pill to take so i can feel numb. [I][B]I FELT EVERYTHING BEING PULLED OUT OF ME.[/B][/I] :(