Wisdom teeth are out, pretty swollen!!!

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#16 Post by **vgmessenger** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:07 pm

Good luck with your healing Beth, seems like having mine out was such much easier than this BSSO. Gets lots of rest and watch out for dry sockets!!

Victoria

#17 Post by **Beth85** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:10 am

Thanku Victoria! Don't think i see any signs of dry socket, although not sure what to look for?

Hope you have a smooth & speedy recovery

Take care,

Beth x

#18 Post by **Beth85** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:38 pm

Oh ok so i'm sure i have none of that. The swelling has gone down considerably today thankfully and no more pain than usual!

Had a bit of trouble taking antibiotics and pain killers yday due to the bleed and also they're quite large and not sugar-coated

I'm terrible with taking tablets, especially not sugar-coated. It makes me gag and the taste of these antibiotics are foul

So i haven't been too good with that but i dread it every time. Luckily i only had to take all my tablets for 3days

I still have an ulser at the back of my cheek where the last molar band rubs and with all the extra swelling it's made it a whole lot worse. Wax is useless and i currently can't bite down without eating my cheek ha ha

Anyway that's enough of me rambling on, sorry

Thanku for the advice Meryaten. You're always on hand whenever people need advice, it's so helpful

#19 Post by **Beth85** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:45 pm

Erm sorry if i sound a bit thick but what's an 'antacid'?

#20 Post by **dubnobass** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:56 am

Tums, or Rennies

Or Remegel.. that might be OK, and chewable too. They certainly taste a little bit nicer than Rennies!

#21 Post by **Beth85** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:56 am

Oh ok! Thanks dubnobass, i'll try that.

#22 Post by **str8teeth** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:33 pm

Might I ask why you had a piece of gum taken from the roof of your mouth? I may be facing wisdom tooth removal w/in the next year or so and am wondering what all it requires...like do they 'fill in' the whole from the teeth? I have no clue...

#23 Post by **str8teeth** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:15 pm

Thanks for your reply! So, basically how long does it take for the clots to dissolve on their own? Like...how long to you have to worry about disturbing them?

#24 Post by **loulou123** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:36 am

hi beth

congratulations on getting the wisdom teeth removal out of the way, and i hope your feeling much better by now.

im getting all 4 of my wisdoms out at same time as my jaw surgery, not to sure if thats a good thing or not tho!

Take care

Louise

#25 Post by **Beth85** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:16 am

Hi str8teeth, yes the reason i had gum removed was what Meryaten said. It was nothing to do with the wisdoms, my surgeon just chose to do it at the same time to avoid 2 seperate surgeries.

Oh and it wasn't until several days after surgery when my upper jaw started hurting & i noticed stitches, that i was then told they had taken all 4 wisdoms out!!

And they were all impacted ha ha oops...

Hey Louise, nice to hear from you.

Yeh i'm much better now thanku. Recovery was maybe a bit longer than if i'd only had teeth out, cos i had 3/4 bleeds in about a week where gum was removed

but all over & done with now.

I'm not sure why some people have wisdoms out at the same time as jaw surgery. I don't think i could as i'm having upper & lower and the lower jaw bone has to heal before surgery can go ahead...

Maybe it's different for each surgeon??? But at least that's one less surgery for you to worry about

Good luck with the date today! Let us know how it goes.

Take care,

Beth x