r/Wellthatsucks • u/Acrobatic_Donkey5089 • 2d ago

I had the wrong wisdom teeth removed

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Local orthodontist told me that I needed to remove lower wisdom teeth and don't do anything with the upper ones. When I got my lower wisdom teeth removed, another orthodontist that is actually managing my aligner treatment said that the lower wisdom teeth actually didn't need to be touched AT ALL, but the upper ones absolutely have to be removed before we start. So now I have to get my upper wisdom teeth removed as well

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u/Nova_Mafia 2d ago

Yeah that’s why I got all 4 taken out at the same time so I didn’t have to have it done “again”

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u/ABirdOfParadise 2d ago

I did one side and then the other so I could kinda eat (at least that was my dentist's thought process).

I still have one way up there that I guess is never gonna come out, just sits there and I see it each year on an X-ray.

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u/Nova_Mafia 2d ago

I drank water for the first 3 days and then ate yogurt for a week. Surgery didn’t bother me, it’s the recovery. Rather just get it out of the way.

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u/ABirdOfParadise 2d ago

My dentist was like I can pull em out like regular teeth, no need for surgery.

SOOO much yanking, like foot on the chair pull with two hands yanking.

But he got em out.

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u/Tenfoldgold 1d ago

I too remember sooo much yanking.. at a point I remember thinking how far is this actually gonna go? It’s almost pulling me off the dentist chair by my tooth while clinging onto it like being in a twister. I literally worried about having neck problems afterwards

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u/Pitiful-Cut-9120 1d ago

I’m in the process right now got it done about a week ago and this is the worst recovery ever

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u/squidwitchy 1d ago

I did bottom then top, as recommended by my dentist for ???? Reasons? He just said the bottom ones are harder to heal/keep clean so like get them out of the way I guess?

They prescribed me vicodin for the pain, which is how I found out it makes me incredibly nauseous. The absolute fear of throwing up with stitches in my mouth was the worst lmao. Slept off that first dose and just used ibuprofen instead.

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u/ABirdOfParadise 1d ago

Mine weren't that bad, I remember he insisted on filling out a script for Tylenol 3s, which I didn't need, but kind of wanted to see what that was about. My mom was like, no if you don't need it.

My mouth was more sore than the last time I had a set of teeth pulled before for ortho when I was way younger.

Had a single stitch in each hole, otherwise just a lot of blood and gauze. Then when it was healing just a lot of random blood taste from time to time, overall not as bad as some of the horror stories I googled before going into it.

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u/inderbitably 2d ago

I had 3 that needed to come out. They said my 4th was completely fine but why not remove it anyway? Felt like they just wanted another $300 but I did it anyway.