Hello!

[hiattisunder]

Well, after puting it off a year, the wisdom teeth need to come out. My mouth is small, at least that's what the dentist say. Anyway I had braces through out high school so everyone was worried about my impacted teeth(4) might screw my teeth up. I had two teeth pulled before at the same time once and it wasn't too bad, a lot of pressure is all I remember. Anyway I went to see the oral surgeon last went and they made me watch a video. The vid had no positive outcomes LOL. At the end it said it was possibly fatal. AHHHHHHHHH I have read a bunch of horror stories. People have said ahhh its 1 and a million. THATS TOO MUCH. LOL it just seems so many thing could go wrong while under GA. Anyway my operation is on the 20th. HAHAHA I dread it.

 

[James]

Hi there,

Wisdom teeth removal is a surgery and, like all surgeries, there is a fair amount of risk. The odds of anything bad happening are quite small, so I hope it does not make you fret too much.

For legal reasons, doctors should make you aware of any risks in procedures they do. (Even though it is something you obviously do not want to hear. )

Good luck on the 20th. Hope all goes well for you.

-James

 

[gypwytch]

All I can tell you is how my own surgery went. Two years ago at the age of 38 I finaly got my shakey courage up and got my wisdoms out. At my initial consultaion with the specialist, he told me that I would have extensive bruising, because of how one was sitting he said I would end up looking like I had black eyes. He also warned me that due to how another one was sitting in my jaw that there was a very good chance that I would end up with parasthesia in the left side of my face, but regardless of what might happen things had reached a point where the wisdoms "HAD" to come out. My surgery happened under IV sedation on a friday and he was finished about 15 minutes quicker than he figured it would take. I went back in on monday morning and everyone in the office was totaly amazed, he could hardly wait to get me into the chair and have a look at his work! I had no noticable swelling and hardly any bruising whatsoever, the only bruise was on my jaw where the assistant supported my jaw with her fist. As for the pain that was also predicted, it was very little, I took the meds because everyone kept telling me to, but I actually still have almost half a bottle left of what he perscribed.
One thing that may have helped was that I did a little research on my own and used a Homeopathic remedy reccomended for trauma. If you have access to Homeopathics (health food store) get a remedy called "arnica" it has been known to do wonders to speed healing after surgery or accidents.