Wisdom teeth pulled out?

Hi, i have 14 years old and about to get my wisdom teeth pulled out. I know i am to young to get them pulled but the dentist is saying there all growing in weird directions and that they gotta take them out before they do damage to my other teeth. So i just wanna know how they put u to sleep, how fast do u go to sleep, does it hurt during, and does it hurt after?

Wisdom teeth pulled out?
I just got mine out a couple months ago, i was soo freaked out when they were going to put me to sleep. They put you on like an i.v thing, then poom right to sleep, and you wont remember, hear anything, or feel any pain until its totally worn off. I just went in, they put an iv on, and i said %26quot;your going to put me to sleep allready, i just got here!%26quot; and i was asleep! lol. Good luck, its not that bad, you%26#039;l be ok! :-)
Reply:usually they give you some gas stuff to breath and that makes you really sleepy. Then they will give you an IV and put you all the way to sleep, it goes really fast. You won%26#039;t feel anything during, but when you wake up and the pain meds wear off it will hurt some, make sure you take your pain pills on time, if they have to play catch up you get in a lot more pain. Get lots of soft foods like pudding jello ice cream to eat for awhile. Good luck.
Reply:They will probably give you some %26quot;laughing gas%26quot; through a mask which will make you feel silly. Then they will give you anesthesia and possibly an IV. It will make you go to sleep in about 5 or less minutes. You feel like you%26#039;re asleep during the whole thing and you can%26#039;t feel a thing. It will hurt afterward for a few days and you will probably only want to eat jello and frozen yogurt and stuff like that but they will give you pills for the pain. All in all, it%26#039;s not that bad and your mouth will feel better when you%26#039;re healed!
Reply:There are four common ways to do it.


1) You only recieve local anesthetic. This is fine for most people, and means the removal is painless.


2) Conscious sedation. You recieve an IV anesthetic as well as local anesthetic in your mouth. You are still conscious, but are sort of %26quot;out of it%26quot; and won%26#039;t remember the procedure.


3) Nitrous oxide aka. laughing gas is used. This is falling out of practise as it involves more risk than the other methods.


4) General anethetic. This is the most risky, and is rarely used unless the patient has a severe dental phobia.





If given the choice, I%26#039;d pick conscious sedation.





As far as post operative pain goes, it is usually only slightly worse than any other extraction. You may look like a chipmunk for a while. Normally, ibuprofen or paracetamol is enough for the post-operative pain, but many oral surgeons will also prescribe a small amount of stronger painkillers, such as Percocet or Vicodin for the first couple of days, if the extraction required more tissue dissection than normal.





I wouldn%26#039;t worry about it though. It%26#039;s a minor procedure, and most people have no trouble with it in terms of pain or anxiety.
Reply:OK...first don%26#039;t worry. I was put to sleep using a VERY small needle....just enough to administer the medicine. I%26#039;m a big chicken and it wasn%26#039;t anything. I dropped off to sleep, but I was kind of conscience of what they were doing. But I was feeling absolutely no pain and didn%26#039;t care if they took my wisdom teeth out my nose, I was so relaxed. I was just sleepy after wards and went home and slept it off. I did have pain after wards that I took medicine for. You just have to make sure the packing they put in the sockets stays put until they heal. Dry sockets are very painful. If the packing comes out...the dentist will have to repack it. You will also have to wash the sockets out to keep them clean. You will be uncomfortable for a while....but it will get better every day.
Reply:For having your teeth out, they will either give you %26quot;laughing%26quot; gas or give you medicine thru an iv to make you sleep thru the surgery. It puts you to sleep right away, less than a minute, and you will feel no pain during the surgery or remember it. Afterwards you may feel some pain, but the doctor will give you pain medication for that-just make sure to take it regularly, dont wait until its really sore to take more. Also, stay sitting or lying down for a few days to keep swelling and pain down. Because of your age, you will heal fast, so it shouldnt be a big deal-just make sure to brush brush brush afterwards!-to keep your mouth clean and avoid infection-even though it will bleed a little when you do.
Reply:If your dentist has decided you need to get them out that is probably for the best. They can harm the other teeth both by pushing them so that teeth can come a little bit out of position, but they can also start %26quot;eating%26quot; on the teeth close to them so that it harms the neighbouring teeth. If they grow in even more weird directions they can interfere with nerves going through the jaw.


Are you sure you will be put to sleep? That is not normal procedure even if you are having surgery. Some people get that though if they are in very difficult positions or if it will for other reasons be difficult to go through with the procedure with the patient awake. The usual procedure is to use local anasthetics wich means you won%26#039;t feel anything but will be awake. In either way it can hurt afterwards, put paracetamol or ibuprofen will help you. Just do what the dentist tells you after the surgery - mouth rinse and so on - and hopefully it shouldn%26#039;t bother you much.


Good luck, it%26#039;s a good thing you won%26#039;t ever have to worry about those little things anymore then;)


Bee


Dental student



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