*hug!!!*

Thank you, friend. n_n *hugs back*

I had it done a few years back. You won't feel a thing. Afterwards won't be a picnic, but you cope.

Are they out or impacted?

One of them is impacted, one of them is halfway out, snagged on my jawbone apparently, one of them is out and growing too far because of the previously mentioned one, and one of them is out and broken. Had a big old cavity on the back surface where it's hard to clean and it shattered a month or so back when I was eating pizza. I'm actually looking forward to getting rid of that one. :B

EDIT: It should be mentioned that the broken one caused me no pain, at the time or since, and I've been chewing on the other side since then to avoid it giving me trouble now. It's just a nuisance, and creepy to feel with my tongue.

I had all of my Wisdom teeth out at once. I didn't need the painkillers afterwards and I was eating solid food the following evening.

That is incredibly reassuring! I doubt it will be that smooth for me, but then I've always been a worrier.

I should mention that all of mine were imapacted.

I actually have a video on my cellphone that I took of me talking about five minutes after I woke up after the operation.

I got mine all done at once a couple years ago. It's kinda weird going through all that prep when they're sticking junk in your mouth, but when they tell you to count backwards from 10, you get to maybe 6 before you're out cold. You might need a little help standing and walking, but you'll be fine once the drugs wear off.

Reading some of these other comments up here, the recovery period apparently varies from person to person. I needed a few days of painkillers and soft food, and I'm a bleeder by nature, so I went through lots of gauze. But otherwise, everything went pretty much fine. If you get any significant pain, they'll have given you prescriptions to bypass that entirely so you can pretty much chill out. Do follow their directions, though. They'll probably give you some kind of oral rinse to help clean the areas when you brush your teeth.

Thanks, friend, this is actually really reassuring. I'll have to post another journal tomorrow to mention how it went.

I've got my full set, never had to have them out. But my 14 year old daughter had her's out last May. Bit sore for a week, after that not so much. A year later, its like she never had it done. Can't help more than that, so here's a couple of cute otter vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_Krei6EKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFqeWTfVi3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTRCtwf_X0


(did I mention it only hurts when you laugh?)