I just got one of my wisdom teeth pulled

[SilentBtViolent]

Wasn't as bad as I expected.

I am afraid it will itch or something though, like when someone gets their arm cut off in the chicken beheader at the McNuggets factory.

THAT ARM ITCHES LIKE FUCK BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS BOOT SHAPED FRIED HUNK OF CHICKEN PARTS TASTES DELICIOUS!! I appreciate your sacrifice, Jose!

 

[Dr Dave]

Always a fun deal.

 

[headvoid]

I had to have my jaw broken under a general aneasthetic (CANT SPELL IT OK?) and then when i woke up I thought they had put jelly in my mouth. I turned my head slowly to get the jelly out of my mouth and an immense blood clot the size and shape of my inner mouth slipped onto the starched pillow.

I nearly vomited over the clot immediately. I freaked a bit and got a nurse to get me some water to sip to calm me down. She then got a right bollocking for starting the bleeding in my mouth again (apparantly no water was supposed to pass over for a few hours)

BEAT THAT YOU WIMP SBV!! I AM SO ROCK HARD THEY CALL ME THE DONG!"!

 

[SilentBtViolent]

Wow that's intense dude. Closest i can come is a tremendous nonebleed i had about eight months ago.

Nosebleed, no big deal right? Well I had been taking tons of Motrin b/c I had a (different) infected tooth I was trying to tamp down, so my blood wasn't clotting. And, the nosebleed was not in the front part of my nose, it was in the back where I couldn't squeeze to stop the bleeding.

When it didn't stop bleeding at work, I rolled out to go home and try to patch myself up, but I didn't make it anywhere near home. Having to hold my head up (to see to drive), I started choking on the still-flowing blood. I bled a lot, lot, lot, and I was coughing up all the blood b/c i couldn't get it to bleed to the front while driving, just down my throat. So basically I was choking on my own blood, I actually threw up quite a bit of blood from gagging on it several times.

I end up stumbling into the hospital ER with blood caked all over my suit / tie / shirt -- basically looking like a businessman zombie with fogged-up glasses and rain-drenched hair. They couldn't stop the bleeding for an hour and a half; they had to give me some strong opiate, I don't even want to know the name of it, that shit felt GREAT and calmed me down enough to clot.

THE END

but still way less painful / scary than getting your jaw broke and then spewing the clot with your jaw wired shut or whatever

 

[CaptainWacky]

I think I've needed dental work for years but who cares, I'll just die eventually anyway.

 

[SilentBtViolent]

I am with you Wackeh, I only go when I cannot physically take the pain, even when I'm triple-dosing on Motrin. You can't mess as much with Tylenol though, it's harder on your liver.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Punching yourself in the mouth can help.

 

[wizer]

1 wisdom tooth? That's no big deal. I had all 4 of mine done, under local. My brother had his done the week before, and he got a general, he was out of it most of the weekend. I asked the guy if I could have a local, he said sure as long as you don't mind hearing the drilling and feeling the hammering and everything else.

I brought a radio, headphones, and sat back and relaxed while he pulled out all 4 teeth.

Nothing to it.

 

[SilentBtViolent]

Impressive. How much can you bench press? You sound like a pretty tough guy.

 

[wizer]

Impressive. How much can you bench press? You sound like a pretty tough guy.

I'm the biggest wimp you will ever know.

I can't even keep my hands level so they flop at my wrists and I look like a faggot but I'm not.

Seriously I'm not.

You believe me right?

 

[Loktar]

1 wisdom tooth? That's no big deal. I had all 4 of mine done, under local. My brother had his done the week before, and he got a general, he was out of it most of the weekend. I asked the guy if I could have a local, he said sure as long as you don't mind hearing the drilling and feeling the hammering and everything else.

I brought a radio, headphones, and sat back and relaxed while he pulled out all 4 teeth.

Nothing to it.

Did you have all four done at the same time? I had 2 done. And then they let those heal up. And then they did the other 2 wisdom teeth. I had general anesthesia and got braces shortly after.

 

[wizer]

Did you have all four done at the same time? I had 2 done. And then they let those heal up. And then they did the other 2 wisdom teeth. I had general anesthesia and got braces shortly after.

Well not all 4 at the same TIME!

It was only one oral surgeon and he had only two hands if I remember correctly. The procedure took an hour or so, so the teeth were pulled at approximately 20 minute intervals give or take.

 

[Cacophony]

When I got my wisdom teeth out, they couldn't put me out. I don't have any medical condition or anything that prohibits it, they just couldn't hit a vein.

I've got very small veins that roll when you put pressure on them. They stuck me 9 times trying to give me the good drugs, and then just said fuck it. I did it awake with just novacaine, and was back to eating solid foods 3 days later.

My veins pose a problem in a lot of situations. Just recently, they were trying to get blood to mix with fake bone powder to do a pseudo-bone graft in my mouth for an implant, and they couldn't get enough to do it. They managed to hit a vein after poking me 6 times, but after a minute or so, it just stopped giving blood.

TL;DR: I'm fucked if I'm ever dying.

It's a good thing I like needles. Unless they're in my mouth, fuck all, I hate novacaine needles.

 

[wizer]

When I got my wisdom teeth out, they couldn't put me out. I don't have any medical condition or anything that prohibits it, they just couldn't hit a vein.

It's a good thing I like needles. Unless they're in my mouth, fuck all, I hate novacaine needles.

Caco, it's probably a good thing they couldn't put you out, because I have seen your picture and you are really cute, and if I was your dentist and you were laying in my chair unconscious there is a whole bunch of things I would probably do to you. I'm sure he would too.

 

[Cacophony]

Caco, it's probably a good thing they couldn't put you out, because I have seen your picture and you are really cute, and if I was your dentist and you were laying in my chair unconscious there is a whole bunch of things I would probably do to you. I'm sure he would too.

Thanks

 

[whisky]

I had one wisdom tooth out under local, not too bad, its the pulling sensation feels a bit weird.

I might need another one out eventually, an x ray showed one of them laying sideways in my jaw under another tooth, but I reckon if you get to 38 without them growing any more, chances are they are a done deal.

 

[Alyssum]

I had all four out when I was 32. SODIUM PENTATHOL. Just the best drug in the universe. I imagine I had quite a lot to say while I was out, because I was on penicillin for six months prior just to get the infection down so they could do the surgery.

They had to break my jaw to section the lower one out, because it had grown into the 1st molar. Scraped all the black crap off my jaw, I guess I was laid open like Harvey Dent in Dark Knight Returns at one point. Anyway they got that one all out and pulled the other three too.

I puked so much when I woke up they had to give me compazine, and I looked pretty swollen for about two weeks.

I love Synalgos to this very day though, totally awesome drug.

 

[Alyssum]

When I got my wisdom teeth out, they couldn't put me out. I don't have any medical condition or anything that prohibits it, they just couldn't hit a vein.

I've got very small veins that roll when you put pressure on them. They stuck me 9 times trying to give me the good drugs, and then just said fuck it. I did it awake with just novacaine, and was back to eating solid foods 3 days later.

My veins pose a problem in a lot of situations. Just recently, they were trying to get blood to mix with fake bone powder to do a pseudo-bone graft in my mouth for an implant, and they couldn't get enough to do it. They managed to hit a vein after poking me 6 times, but after a minute or so, it just stopped giving blood.

TL;DR: I'm fucked if I'm ever dying.

It's a good thing I like needles. Unless they're in my mouth, fuck all, I hate novacaine needles.

There's a new device that's driven by some computer thingie that's needle free and completely works topically. It's totally awesome, and I've lost all my fear of dental work with this one dentist whio uses it.

Over 50% of patients fear anesthetic syringes, according to a recent national survey. Some patients get more nervous than others at the mere sight of a needle. Discomfort from a dental shot is mostly due to the feeling of pressure created by the flow of dental anesthetic. A computer controlled injection system called the Wand can greatly relieve this discomfort.

THE WAND® doesn't look like a traditional syringe, so the patient's initial apprehension is minimized. During the actual injection, the development of an anesthetic pathway combined with computer controlled constant flow assures that there is minimal awareness that the injection is even being given.
Computer Controlled Novocaine Delivery System

THE WAND® represents the first major technological advance in anesthetic delivery since the syringe was first invented nearly one hundred fifty years ago. This computer controlled "Novocaine" delivery system conquers fear of pain and anxiety. Dr. Steinberg gives his patients the highest quality dental care while addressing their concerns about the pain, fear and anxiety associated with standard syringe injections.

THE WAND® can be positioned more accurately and has a controlled novocaine flow rate. This provides quicker numbing of the teeth, without the usual numbness of the tongue, lips and face. This computer controlled anesthetic delivery system also eliminates that "fat face feeling" that can last for hours.

THE WAND® effectively controls the flow of novocaine, delivering the correct amount of anesthetic at a rate that is painless. The source of most discomfort from novocaine injections isn't the needle. It's the flow of the anesthetic into the tissues of the mouth. Unlike traditional syringes, the Wand delivers anesthetic at an optimal flow rate for a comfortable, pain-free injection.

 

[whisky]

I'd rather have a needle in my mouth than in my hand, when I had my hernia op I was looking forward to the needle in the hand even less than the op itself, but once its in you dont really notice it until you catch it on something, and when it comes out.

 

[Cacophony]

There's a new device that's driven by some computer thingie that's needle free and completely works topically. It's totally awesome, and I've lost all my fear of dental work with this one dentist whio uses it.

The only reason I don't like novacaine needles is because they don't go into veins. I don't like shots that much for the same reason. Needles in veins are cool, though.

This last time, they had to novacaine in a really sensitive spot in my mouth, right behind the top front teeth. I've been wearing what they call a flipper for years - it's a retainer type thing with a tooth on it. So the nerves there have really been sheltered from anything, and are extra sensitive. My eyes watered when he stuck me there.

But you wanna know the worst pain I've ever had in my mouth, even worse than getting hit in the mouth with a metal shuffleboard puck? A few weeks ago, they had to take an impression of my teeth, and the on on the bottom got stuck. The girl was trying to get some of the suction off of my teeth by pulling up on the front of the metal thing and pushing down in the back. It ended up slicing up the bottom of my mouth. It wouldn't stop bleeding for a few hours, and the one side has healed really weird. It felt like she was cutting through the bottom of my mouth.