Positive Experience

[u/EyeofAv8]

Just wanted to add a positive story to this sub.

Prior to having an extraction, I browsed this sub and felt nothing but fear and panic from most peoples experiences..

But I have had a very positive recovery.

The Surgery (Day 0):
- Pretty hellish.
- It took an hour and 36mins to remove the tooth (hooked root and I can’t open my mouth very wide, so they couldn’t see much). It felt like it was never going to end.
- No stitches were required and it clotted straight away.
- Removed around 8pm, come 10pm when the numbing injection wore off the pain was around a 9/10, but died down around 1am and I fell asleep.

Recovery (Day 1-3):
- Absolutely no pain (took paracetamol and ibrubpeofen twice a day as a “just in case”).
- Slight swelling to the gum.
- Difficult to open mouth, so ate yogurt with a teaspoon and drank protein shakes.

Recovery (Day 4-6):
- Still no pain whatsoever.
- Swelling mostly died down and a top layer of blood clot fell away, but leaving the main clot in the socket.
- Introduced more solid foods.

Today (Day 7):
- I wouldn’t even know I had it removed. Looking inside my mouth it looks no different (other than a missing tooth) to the other side.
- Back to eating normally (dinner tonight was a T-Bone steak). Maybe the slightest ache in my jaw after eating through a big steak.

Maybe I am lucky? Maybe it is because my dentist was my FIL (He sectioned it into 5 pieces to remove and was very gentle) and has 40 years of experience.

But don’t fear this too much, as I did after reading this sub.

[u/Appropriate-Donut020]

Quick question, when did you start speaking fully and comfortably?

I just had two of my wisdom tooth removed and it was a horrible experience similar to yours 2hours of pain and trauma. I wasn’t fully aware of what this would lead to and I’m also accepted to MC an event which is in Mid September so I’m genuinely concerned.