Wisdom teeth removal...intravenous sedation...FREAKING OUT..

Omg it's so much fun!! No seriously, the gas made me SO giddy. I woke up and the first thing I saw was an older woman (a receptionist I think) sitting at a desk. For some reason that was the funniest thing I'd ever seen and just bursted out laughing and didn't stop the whole time they carried me out to the car (I was too loopy to walk).

On the negative side, though, the days following were maybe the worst days of my life. The pain medication they gave me made me vomit. Vomiting while there are holes in your mouth? Yeah, no me gusta. So it was either that or go without pain medicine. Also I stayed swollen for an abnormally long time. I still looked like a chipmunk when I went back to work and it was embarrassing.

Got mine taken out when I was 17...the day after Turkey Day.

The nurse said "ok you'll feel a little pinch" (then she said something she probably shouldn't have said aloud) "ok, now count back from 99 to one"

I got to 97. Don't know how they moved me, but I remember being in the chair and then waking up in the recovery room on a cot. Had to be on a liquid diet, I took a pain pill, a sip of milk shake, got home, puked, and passed out. Took gauze out when I woke up. Didn't eat anything for days...did have to rinse out the sockets after I ate/drank anything.

I was back to school on Monday.

I had sedation for extractions twice and both times I thought the same thing, "Boy, this stuff works fas...." :laugh:

The sedation part was awesome, especially that groggy, happy, coming-out-of-it feeling. After it wore off, the painful recovery was hideous, though. I have bad reactions to opiates (like codeine, etc.) so I can either take some tylenol to dull the pain a bit, or take the prescription pain meds and vomit for hours...I choose pain.

i had that. i remember being able to hear people talking but don't remember what they said. and i woke up when they were ALMOST done, which was a bit scary, even though i couldn't feel any pain, just pressure. and then i immediately burst into tears afterward, but i generally have a bad reaction to anesthesia. overall though, not the worst experience of my life. i had a ruptured ovarian cyst once that was like, 50 times worse than the sedation/waking up part.

in terms of the actual falling asleep part, i remember them saying they were putting the meds in and then i woke up...so it works fast!

I hate going to the dentist, even for a simple cleaning. I am such a chicken i sprout feathers just driving by his office.
I had 4 wisdom teeth out with sedation and didn't feel or remember a thing, you'll be fins so just relax.

I had mine out when I was 17, and all 4 of mine were impacted, as well. The intravenous drip was fantastic! I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, I woke up with giant tampons in my mouth.

It wasn't until a few days later that things got nasty. I had a bad reaction to my pain meds; made me insanely sick. Got terrible dry sockets. And then I had one hole that never closed properly until a piece of bone or tooth finally worked itself out about 4 months later.

I had mine done in August.. and I was EXTREMELY scared to get it done... the sedation and procedure part wasnt bad at all for me and I felt ok for the first day or so .. but unfortunatly got dry sockets... and i dont know why.. i dont smoke and didnt do anything i wasnt supposed to... and that is the WORST pain ever... but i went back in to the office and they packed it with this clove stuff and that stopped the pain right away..hopefully that doesnt happen to you though... my case was not a normal one i guess...most people dont have as hard a time as i did recovering....and i didnt eat solid food for about a month and thats only cause i was being a freak about it and thought something was gonna get stuck in the holes... i was terrified to chew anything :embarassed:

Hi! I had 4 very impacted wisdom teeth extracted in 2005. Had the IV (which itched where it was inserted but I didn't dare move). I was less scared knowing that I would not have any recollection of the procedure. If you can tolerate dairy, get to the store today and get some drinkable yogurt. It was a lifesaver. You get hungry but you can't chew. The yogurt fills you up and then you can go back to sleep. 7up is good too.

Also broth is good. Anything that you can pretty much drink without a straw and fills you up. No small particles like berry seeds or chopped up parsley from a soup. They may get stuck in the wounds you need to heal.

My oral surgeon was very against using carcinogen's so I had special IV and no tylenol or vicodin. Survived just fine on advil. Also, ice is good, get one of those blue ice face masks because they are flexible and you can put it across your face rather than an ice block for your lunch pail.

I got very sick when I got home and threw up- I was so scared that I had messed up the surgery but my doc said that it happens sometimes and to eat something and go to sleep. Hope this helps!!!

I had all 4 of mine removed a while back and I was nervous and cried like a baby right before they knocked me out LOL. I had the gas though, not intravenous. I woke up what felt like two minutes later and I wasn't in any pain or anything. I was bleeding and drooling of course, but I pretty much felt amazing because of the gas LOL. I didn't really use the painkillers after the first day or two and I was worried about dry socket because that's supposed to be painful as hell but I smoked afterward and ate whatever I wanted and I didn't get it. You'll be fine!!!

I had mine removed fine, but then experienced an allergic reaction to the pain medication. Even without medication, I'd describe the surgery as more uncomfortable than painful. :flowerforyou:

EDIT: I ate chili two hours afterwards (wouldn't recommend that with the anesthesia); whole foods days later.

It's quite lovely. You don't feel or remember a thing!!

I'm so scared to get sedation done to me. I've never had the chance to out of sheer luck. I have all my wisdom teeth and they fit in my mouth perfectly. I have shown them to dentists before and they just wanted to pull them out because it's the norm. I have refused of course as why pay for something if it isn't a necessary thing?

I am really scared about sedation though! I have a fear that if you are magically unlucky and allergic to it or something goes wrong and you never wake up. Plus being out of control would freak me out.

I know it's not really that bad. It's just the unknown.

My wisdom teeth were impacted under bone. I had all four of them removed at once. All I remember is trying to count back from 100 and then crying when I woke up. I cried because I didn't know what I wanted for lunch. LOL

The aftercare was the worst. I had a reaction to the codeine I was prescribed and the incisions got infected. Follow your dentist's instructions and rinse with warm salt water at least twice a day.

After a week, I was back to eating everything I wanted. Good luck!

Try not to stress too much, wisdom teeth surgery is no big deal Most people, as far as I can tell, have to get them removed. The second they turn that anesthesia on it's lights out and you won't feel or remember a thing. For me the recovery was not bad at all either. Good luck!