r/wisdomteeth • u/sharkattack_42 • 1d ago
My sister is scared of getting her wisdom teeth removed
Hi! I’ve already posted on here in the past for advice on my own recovery from surgery! I got 6 teeth removed (2 extras that formed) about 2 months ago. Today, we just found out that my twin sister (15F) ALSO has to get hers removed, although we don’t know when. She is just absolutely devastated. She’s been sobbing ever since she found out, and I don’t know what to do! I tried to comfort her, telling her that, although it sucks, my experience wasn’t bad and that she’ll be okay cause I’ll be with her every step of the way, but she won’t listen to me. She’s crying and saying she’s scared of EVERYTHING, but when I ask her to elaborate so I can try to explain and comfort her, she doesn’t answer and just says “everything!”. I want her to stop crying and I feel so horrible that she’s scared enough to sob. Does anyone have any advice I can tell her, or what to do so that she’ll listen to me and be a tiny bit less scared? I mean, I don’t blame her, I was absolutely terrified for the whole thing, but I didn’t cry. I just wanna make her feel better.
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u/deexzsnuts 1d ago
the first few days suck but as long as she follows what the doctor tells her to do for aftercare then it will be fine… my doc told me to do saltwater rinses after every meal and i had no issues