22 years without a cavity....until now. I guess all that candy finally caught up with me. I go to the dentist and find out I have one , which resulted in getting all four wisdom teeth pulled. Really I only had to get the one with the cavity pulled, but the dentists suggested that I get all four pulled at once, because eventually they were gonna have to be pulled anyway. I said, why not I'm gonna be sedated anyway. It only took about 2 minutes before I was knocked out cold. Not getting any sleep the night before probably had a lot to do with it too. I forgot to tell them that I wanted to keep my teeth....I guess I'm kinda weird like that. I was far too gone and my mouth was too swollen to even say anything after it was over and had to be helped to the car and chauffeured around. I just took my pain killers so in a few minutes I'll be feeling kinda like SpongeBlunt



Share your dentist stories

...well i loved the whole expirence becuase it gave me an excuse to be stoned..lol..

weepingwall said:

you're silly. I think I'm gonna love these pills too

had the gas... LOVED the gas
had all four out at once
kept the two that came out intact
the other two broke when the dentist pulled them
didn't fill the pain Rx - thought i would see how i did on ibuprofen
and i was fine... of course my memories of the discomfort are dulled now
i think i was rather sore for a couple days

your teeth will shift around over the next couple of years... no one warned me about that
at times your bite is so messed up you can't really chew at all
but eventually they settle down

i'm glad they are out

I had three pulled a couple years ago when I was 22. They were so lodged in and were causing such inflammation and pain that the surgeon gave me an IV that knocked me out!

He plugged it in and I was conked in five seconds flat. But those five seconds, let me tell you... Heaven can't compare. It was childlike bliss. If I ever find out what they gave me, I'm going to acquire some with any means necessary.

Did you have the IV or gas?

Oh, it sounds like the gas.


Hope the pain leaves swiftly.

emm said:

Yeah....I'm only eating soft foods for now. I can't eat nuts or hard candy for about six weeks though that's crazy. only ibuprofen? you must be wonder woman ibuprofen doesn't really help me much when I have just a basic tooth ache, so I doubt an over the counter pain reliever would help me.

INSATIABLE said:

I was on the IV too....and you are not lyin' about being gone. I felt like I had the best sleep ever. The hell with sleeping pills....just give me that IV for when I have insomnia That's how one too tooth was too. It was half way under my gums, so they sent me to an oral surgeon rather than a regular dentist. Uh-oh.....I think my pills are about to kick in. I'm feeling less coordinated. I really should be in bed, but I'm stubborn as a mule.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Had all mine done all at once also. Great high.
Don't remember any pain as I put my prescription to good use.


The oral surgeon must have been really good because I didn't have much swelling afterwards at all.

The only dicey part was the irrigation tool (to keep the extraction areas clean) I had to use daily.


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Haha. I actually had the same situation, and I was too 22 at the point. I know perfectly well what you are talking about, they even managed to smash some extra teeth too in the process. I was walking through the city with a bleeding mouth when I tried to walk home. My face got really swollen in the next days as well. I looked like a hideous monster - so there's at least something you can look forward to happen to you as well.
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I haven't had any wisdom teeth pulled yet. And I'm gettin' old too. I wonder what my problem is.

theAudience said:

they didn't give me anything.....but some extra gauze.

Novabreaker said:

oh my god....I died laughing at my swollen face at first. It's going down pretty fast now. You didn't have anybody to help you? I probably would've tumbled over and people would've thought I was drunk at 10:00 in the morning. There was so much blood in my mouth too.....I felt like Dracula.

sextonseven said:

no....my dad had his pulled a few years ago....and I'm sure he is much older than you.

AnckSuNamun said:

Oh man, I hope I'm not old enough to be your dad. Otherwise I would feel very guilty about offering to fly you up here for that Goldfrapp show last December.

my time is soon
once i get the money that is lol

sextonseven said:

surely you're not 54

SammiJ said:

oh my god....talk about a dent in your wallet It would've been worse without insurance....and my policy is up tomorrow, so I had to have this done. If not, I don't know how it would've been paid for. Now I gotta look for a new insurance plan

AnckSuNamun said:

Okay, that's a relief. I'm as old as PJ Harvey.

sextonseven said:

I had all four of mine pulled at once too. the doc gave me 60 mipergan fortis pills! yes, 60!! it's basically demerol, I was a happy boy many a night with those babies!

I had all 4 pulled when I was 32 years old. I was completely out during the procedure. I do not remember the drive home or my husband going throught the drive through of the pharmacy to get my pain pills. He said I talked to him... He dropped me off at home and went to work. I went in and laid down and slept for 6 hours- got up and read the instructions for post surgery - it said not to lay flat- to sleep propped up.. Well, so much for that.. I woke up with a mouth full of bloody gauze. I took 2 pain pills after that- that was it... I did not need anymore. I recovered nicely..

jerseykrs said:

I had three or four taken out at the same time. I was so sick from the pain meds and all the blood I swallowed. Cheeks like a chipmunk for a week. Awful.

Novabreaker said:

Wow!

Take care to not do anything which might dislodge the clot(s) and cause dry socket, which can be painful.

Heal up soon!

shanti0608 said:

I had all 4 of mine taken out at the same time. I remember Rachel taking me to the car, and I was pretty wide awake after that. Heck, we even went shopping for a while right after we got back home.

jerseykrs said:

60?! no fair! I only got 40 pills I'll try to make the best of it though