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My doctor told me I need to get my wisdom teeth extracted surgically. He referred me to a maxillofacial surgeon specializing in third molar removals. Has anyone had a surgery to remove their wisdom teeth? How long did it take before you heal? The dentist said I shouldn’t even wait for the upper wisdom teeth to fully erupt and get them extracted because they obstruct my second molars. That’s what the dental X-ray seems to show. Sometimes it feel like I have a foreign object in my gums, and it is not very pleasant when food touches the affected area. Ouch!
Get it done as soon as possible as you might end up with an infection in there soon and also, if you had braces when you were younger, then the pressure from the obstructed teeth can cause the other teeth to become misaligned. If it is top teeth only, the recovery is not bad, you may need to take pain meds for a day or two after. Bottom teeth can develop more complications, so make sure to follow your surgeon’s instructions. Best to go to a specialist who does this often as they have more experience with digging the teeth out.
Litvos -“He referred me to a maxillofacial surgeon specializing in third molar removals.”
If your insurance will cover it or you got a lot of money to throw around, go for it.
If not, go to another dentist. A lot will pull teeth, especially molars. It’s a lot cheaper than an Oral Surgeon!
How does he not need a surgery when someone is cutting into his gum to extract this “molar”?
Yes I’ve had mine removed. I don’t remember. It was decades ago. I maybe missed a day or two of school. The biggest thing was that I had puffy cheeks for a few days.
Everything healed. All is good. Thank G-d.
Get it done as soon as you can.
A lot of strangers will also pull your molars out for you for a 100 dollars too. Doesn’t mean that they are qualified. Sometimes doctors are willing to overstep their boundaries, unfortunately.
Btw, I was under general anesthesia when I got mine removed. That’s not something that you just want to hand off to the lowest bidder. This is your life. It’s good that you’re taking it seriously.
Best of success to you.
Health, that was lousy advice. Would you have a general surgeon replace your knee with an implant?
Litvos I like exclamation points.
I think in a thread I mentioned how they’ve become contagious. Sometimes now I have to hold myself back because I prefer smiley faces since my kavannah with them is to share smiles, happiness, and heart energy.
Be yourself 🙂
LC -“Health, that was lousy advice. Would you have a general surgeon replace your knee with an implant?”
Stick to your political views! At least they’re coherent.
You just believe another poster because she insists she’s right.
Oh Btw, many dentists remove teeth it’s their theorim of practice!
Health, on the whole I would agree with your recommendation that a dentist could do an extraction, but since Litvos says that the teeth are already impacted, this may require more digging to remove the teeth (sorry Litvos, don’t want to scare you).
A regular dentist, who spends most of their time with fillings and other regular dentistry activities, may not be able to deal with such a situation as well as an oral surgeon, who would have more experience dealing with these issues, as they deal with them more often in their daily work. I think in this case he could try to find out prices from different oral surgeons before emptying his wallet at the nearest one, but it does sound like something that needs to be handled in the very near future.
Some dentists do the surgery but they need to be qualified with the credentials and experience.
So technically you don’t have to go to an exclusive surgeon. Your dentist is referring you elsewhere because he/she likely cannot perform the surgery.
If you do find a dentist who does it, then do your research to ensure that he/she is licensed and preferably does not have any record of complaints or formal actions against him/her, which at least in the US can be found via state doctor licensed-professional databases.
Also check if he/she is board certified. You want to make sure that the dentist/doctor operating on your mouth is accountable to someone.
Health, are you sure you don’t teach in a progressive,liberal university? Someone disagrees with you so you issue personal insults. I’ve had two impacted wisdom teeth removed. On the first, I naively followed my dentists advice that he could do it ( he used your argument). However, this turned out not to be a routine extraction. Wisdom teeth are in the back of the jaw and this one had turned sideways and was deeply rooted. Four novacaine shots later and blood everywhere, he finally got the tooth out, leaving me with major trauma and a swollen face.
Four years later, same scenario with other lower jaw wisdom tooth. This time i went to an oral surgeon. With his extensive experience, he had the tooth out in minutes with minimal trauma and swelling
I have a friend who’s a Dental resident at a clinic. He pulls teeth all the time. Costs like a hundred bucks without insurance.
Honestly I would trust him more than a lot of dentists
Pulling a tooth that is sticking out from the gum isn’t the same as slicing into soft tissue to extract wisdom teeth.
I meant he pulls wisdom teeth all the time. He pulled my brother’s wisdom tooth
LC -“Health, are you sure you don’t teach in a progressive,liberal university? Someone disagrees with you so you issue personal insults. I’ve had two impacted wisdom teeth removed. On the first, I naively followed my dentists advice that he could do it ( he used your argument). However, this turned out not to be a routine extraction.”
I never said that there is no purpose for Oral Surgeons.
In your case you’re the one that made the mistake.
This doesn’t mean that regular dentists aren’t capable to do simple extractions!
LB -“Pulling a tooth that is sticking out from the gum isn’t the same as slicing into soft tissue to extract wisdom teeth.”
From Colgate’s website:
Reviewed by Columbia University – College of Dental Medicine
“There are two types of extractions:
A simple extraction is performed on a tooth that can be seen in the mouth. General dentists commonly do simple extractions. In a simple extraction, the dentist loosens the tooth with an instrument called an elevator. Then the dentist uses an instrument called a forceps to remove the tooth.
A surgical extraction is a more complex procedure. It is used if a tooth may have broken off at the gum line or has not come into the mouth yet. Surgical extractions commonly are done by oral surgeons. However, they are also done by general dentists. The doctor makes a small incision (cut) into your gum. Sometimes it’s necessary to remove some of the bone around the tooth or to cut the tooth in half in order to extract it.”
Health
Regular dentists are capable of doing regular extractions. except it was already stated that the tooth is impacted.
Allow me to shed some light on the situation.
There is no such thing as certification to remove wisdom teeth, any dentist can remove any tooth he feels capable of removing.
Most dentists wont remove wisdom teeth for several reasons
1) impacted teeth are complicated
thus, unless you do it on a regular basis it takes a lot of time and therefore not worth the insurance reimbursement of a few dollars
2) it carries more risk then a regular tooth extraction
there are nerves that can be severed and dentists (and all doctors) want to minimize law suits
3) special scanning is often necessary
in order to minimize the risk of nerve involvement, 3D scanning is often used, these scanners are expensive and usually only oral surgeons have them
So if you have an impacted wisdom tooth, it’s best done at a surgeon. Can a regular dentist do it? sure, if he knows what hes doing and if he can isolate the tooth on regular xrays and be certain it’s not near the nerve
mentsch1 -“Health
Regular dentists are capable of doing regular extractions. except it was already stated that the tooth is impacted.”
You must have missed my last post.
Here it is again:
“Surgical extractions commonly are done by oral surgeons. However, they are also done by general dentists.”
Health, in your original post, your only criteria was money. Use a dentist because it was cheaper, you didn’t mention other criteria
Getting good medical/dental advice from the Coffee Roomers is like pulling teeth.
That was stand-up worthy huju 🙂
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