re: Wisdom Teeth Removal - How much is this going to suck?

My mouth was a little sore for a few days. I had trouble opening my mouth and then my jaw would lock up off and on for a few years but that also went away eventually.

I've had all four of mine removed. It was done on two different occasions. Once as a smoker, and one after I quit. The recovery for the one as a smoker was one of the worst pains I've ever had. Dry sockets on both and they got infected. I'm not a smart man. The recovery after I quit smoking was amazing. I didn't feel any pain and I just used the pain pills for funsies. They were impacted both times.

Take the pain killers early and often and you'll be fine. Don't let the pain get ahead of you. Also depends on how well you tolerate pain and how much you complain. If you deal well with pain then you'll be okay.

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Take the pain killers early and often and you'll be fine

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Ive only had one surgery, left ankle, and I took one pain pill and hated it. Wonder if I should request something like 800mg Ibuprofen vs. a narcotic drug.

Don't suck on anything (ex. through a straw) and gargle with salt water!!

you could have just said no sucking dick

When I did mine, I was put to sleep.

Only thing I remembered was arriving. However, it was pretty freaky when I woke up with a mouth full of gaze.

Took a few pills, ate soft foods the for a day and was 100% and back to work by he third day.

ETA: 100% may be an exaggeration. But I'm pretty sure I was good to go.

I was put under and felt like I woke up immediately. Apparently said some inappropriate and hilarious things to the doctor and nurses on the way out. Got home, popped some pain meds and slept a while. After that it is just making sure you don't do anything that would cause dry sockets, which apparently hurt like a bitch. Follow the recovery instructions and you should be good with minimal pain. Taking pain meds is always fun too.

I did wake up from that nap the first day covered in blood. My wife dropped me off and went back to work. Nobody was there to wake me up to change the gauze so I overflowed. That was scary coming to, but there wasn't any pain.

Just watch out for dry socket, worst pain I've experienced. Good news is that if you do get dry socket you can go back to dentist and they put this shuff on it that causes immediate relief, so Vegas in a couple weeks shouldn't be a problem

Had all four of mine removed at the same time back in the early 90's. Knocked out completely. sucked for about 3-4 days only eating soft foods and face swollen up like golf balls in my cheeks. First night was the worse because while I slept I swallowed so much blood I starting puking it up and screwed my stomach up for two days. But Im sure the procedure is better and easier today than it was back then. good luck.