I'm going in for surgery

[Kraezymann]

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Make sure you get your mom to drive you unless you want to see a video of you totally out of your mind on the internet.

And I got all 4 done at once, it really is quite easy. I got laughing gas and a drip, but only because I wanted to be totally out when they performed it. Just make sure you listen to the directions you're given; you don't want stitches to be coming out early, or breaking. Otherwise, you'll be alright! Good luck my man!

[gold stinger]

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DO NOT USE A STRAW OR YOU WILL KNOW TRUE PAIN.

broken arm & torn bicep with a concussion from a motorcycle hitting me in the back of the head & waking in the hospital 8 hours later can confirm I know true pain.

[YoshL]

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be ready to not be able to open your mouth for a while too, i remember being in pain trying to get a spoon through my teeth

[Garquillex]

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"I'm gonna try to stay awake as long as I can!"
"oh hey I'm being rolled through a hallway and can't move"


the worst part was bleeding severely for 12 hours straight and not being able to go to sleep because of it. Probably about 150ml of blood dripped onto my shirt after soaking through a massive amount of gauze 20 minutes into my drive home

[shenjoku]

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Don't make the same mistake I did and make sure to take your pain pills long before you start feeling the pain after the surgery when the drugs start wearing off. Worst 30 minutes of my life while I waited for those pills to kick in. The pain...THE PAAAAAIIINNNN.

[shadowcat990]

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I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed at Christmas. My suggestion lots of water are surgery because you will be dehydrated from not eating or drinking for 8 hours and tons of sleep, after the surgery I slept for most of the day woke up basically for pain meds. Ice is important because swelling sucks but if you nap with your head slightly elevated like two pillows or a reclining chair swelling shouldn't be to bad.

[Reach]

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Well, as someone that has performed this surgery a ton of times...

Typically, if they're putting you out the most common drugs they use are a combination of Fentanyl and Midazolam.

Fentanyl is similar to morphine but about 100x as strong. You can't really feel much of anything other than ecstasy while on it. You just feel extremely good, can hack into your gums and you'll never notice a thing. It's pretty much super heroin.

Midazolam is an anxiolytic and induces amnesia, so it makes you really relaxed and extremely compliant during the surgery, and you'll forget everything that happened for 30-60 minutes after it starts working, i.e. the entire surgery. It's pretty great. Most patients don't give a flying fuck about anything while all of this is happening.

You can still talk and converse with the surgeon, but you'll never remember any of it. I've had some pretty interesting conversations. Generally though it will just involve the surgeon giving you commands such as turn your head or put your hands down and you're usually pretty compliant due to the drugs.


As such, I wouldn't worry about it. It's usually extremely straight forward. The top wisdom teeth usually just pop out due to angulation once you expose them. If the lowers are impacted, we flap open the gums, drill a window into the bone and pop them up that way or cut them into a few pieces and then remove them. You won't really know what is happening though, and if you do, you won't care because of the drugs.

Take your T3s or whatever they give you when you get home before the fentanyl wears off. You'll feel like you're in heaven and then when it wears off it's usually quite painful, depending on how much local anestheic they gave you. The biggest mistake most people make is falling asleep because they feel so fantastic and then waking up to excruciating pain. Have someone remember to give them to you. Otherwise, lots of fluids, rest and ice are good.

The alternative to above is nitrous gas w/ or w/o midazolam, depends on where you're having it done. The above is the baller way to do it but either way you won't have much of an issue.

[gold stinger]

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You can still talk and converse with the surgeon, but you'll never remember any of it. I've had some pretty interesting conversations. Generally though it will just involve the surgeon giving you commands such as turn your head or put your hands down and you're usually pretty compliant due to the drugs.

I can't comprehend this so I'm awake but I'm blacked out during the surgery?

As such, I wouldn't worry about it. It's usually extremely straight forward. The top wisdom teeth usually just pop out due to angulation once you expose them. If the lowers are impacted, we flap open the gums, drill a window into the bone and pop them up that way or cut them into a few pieces and then remove them. You won't really know what is happening though, and if you do, you won't care because of the drugs.

all 4 of my wisdom teeth are impacted. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I have mixed feelings reading this post.

[sickufully]

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I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed along with a 3rd set of incisor teeth in 1 operation (6 teeth in total). Was about 17 when it happened. For the anesthetic, the surgeon stuck a tube up my nose and told me to count backwards from 10. I don't think I got past 8 before I conked out, although I really can't remember.

Also, when you wake up, have fun trying to drink water from a cup. Your lips should still be numb (depending on how much anesthetic they administered) and any water you pour from the cup will end up on your t-shirt :P

[Reach]

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I can't comprehend this so I'm awake but I'm blacked out during the surgery?



all 4 of my wisdom teeth are impacted. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I have mixed feelings reading this post.

You're still conscious; you not under general anesthetic. It's called conscious sedation. You can still move and talk. However, you're generally not very aware of what is happening / you don't care at all. Midazolam is a powerful anxiolytic (decreases anxiety) and muscle relaxant. You will feel extremely relaxed and won't care much as to what is happening. It also induces amnesia meaning you're going to forget everything that just happened.

Also, don't have mixed feelings. It's standard procedure and pretty straight forward, and again, it's not like you're going to care or feel what is happening. It's not major surgery, that's why you're only consciously sedated.

[MinaciousGrace]

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were you at least responsible and resarched the mortality rate of wisdom tooth removal

[MinaciousGrace]

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actually its funny when i had mine taken out the guy asked me if i was aware that there can be surgical complications and accidents do happen and i was like "k"

he said i was the least talkative patient in 45 years of surgery

[psychoangel691]

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I've needed mine out for some time now but I'm terrified to go in and do it. I had a doctor diagnose me with hereditary angioedema back in 2008 which makes surgery like this really risky. I went to see a surgeon once about this and explained my diagnosis and he knew nothing about it of course so he didn't proceed. Seems most doctors know little about it. My right side is getting to a point where I have no choice though, so I'm going to have to do something soon.

[Kanzas]

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I feel weird since I'm the only person I know irl that still has all wisdom teeth and no reason to have them removed. They all fit fine and i've had them all since i was 15.

[FoJaR]

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i loved it. woke up with a huge grin on my face and went and had a bigmac.

didnt need any painkillers.

worst part of it for me was how annoying the stitches were. they were supposed to dissolve but they drove me so crazy that i ended up cutting them out myself.