Sondraa
Songster
Yikes!I don't know if I should tell you about my experience. I will though, for balance, but I also encourage you to just go get it done and over with.
My x-rays showed I needed a really good oral surgeon due to the nature of the impaction and small mouth.
That's something to keep in mind - not everyone's situation is the same, so be aware of the wording they use.
Propofol is what they gave me to knock me out but apparently I'm resistant to it.
I kept waking up just enough to fight them but not to remember where I was. The noise of the drill was so loud that I was hearing it in every dream for months afterwards. At one point I opened my eyes enough to spot a clipboard someone was holding and grabbed it and tried to write that I was sorry, so sorry, in the hopes whoever these people were would stop hurting me. They were all speaking at me in stern voices but I couldn't process what they were saying. And there was a big metal thing on my head and my mouth was stuck open but I couldn't figure out why.
Later the nurse told me they had to give me a lot of Propofol, until they hit the limit of what they could dispense.
So anyway, when I had a chance to speak with the surgeon at a later date he told me the situation in my mouth was so complicated he wanted to give up, but since the impacted wisdom teeth would continue to get infected he decided to keep pushing through.
They drilled off a bunch of jawbone and had to flay the gum off 2/3rds down my jaw, that part took a while to heal right without chewing being a problem. One had two bent roots, pointing in different directions, due to the pressure of impaction.
But the regular part of recovery, keeping the wads changed and damp was really easy stuff, nothing to worry about.
I didn't like that they gave my hydrocodone, it made me feel woozy without helping the pain (mostly that gum line, was a nuisance). So I went without until the next business day that I could ask my regular Doc to prescribe me Ketorolac.
THAT is a wonderful medicine... it's an Nsaid like Ibuprofen but much stronger and particularly good for dental / bone pain. While leaving the mind clear and senses capable.
They don't like to prescribe it because there's a risk of stomach bleeding, but gosh it's effective.
To sum up... listen to how the Docs are talking about your diagnosis. There will always be some polish and anti-worry on whatever they say, but if I had listened to how particular they were about which surgeon would be best for me, it might have clued me in to the difficulty.
Do you have spaces in between your teeth? Or is it too tight to floss? Has a dentist ever commented on the size of your mouth?
If you're like 90%+ of the population, it won't be an issue.
