How long does it take to recover from wisdom teeth surgery?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Atlanta Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Dr. Loetscher often gets asked about the recovery from third molar (wisdom teeth) surgery. In general, it is a pretty quick recovery. Most of our patients experience a little bit of pain and swelling that usually goes away in the next day or so. Dr. Loetscher does a lot of these surgeries on Fridays and most of our patients are ready to go back to school/work on Monday. One the advantages of coming to Dr. Loetscher, he has additional training in anesthesia, and can offer full general anesthesia as done in a hospital setting, rather than just offering deep sedation. This provides a safe airway, for complete patient comfort. Little to none of our patients have complications with dry sockets etc. because Dr. Loetscher takes the extra time to put in sutures which closes the surgery site to prevent food and other bacteria from getting in the site.
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I'm 34, and I just had all mine surgically removed.
On day 1, pain was 10/10 about 2 hours after surgery. I was prescribed Vicodin, and I definitely needed it. Pain was 5/10 after the Vicodin fully kicked in. About 9 hours later, pain was about 8/10, so I took another Vicodin, and the pain was only 3/10 while swallowing. My face was very swollen the first day, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th days were the most swollen. I discontinued the Vicodin the evening of day 2 and just alternated with 500 mg Tylenol and 200-400 mg ibuprofen about every 4 hours. That was enough to keep the pain down to 3/10. I discontinued pain relievers by day 4. On day 5, the bulk of the swelling went down, and I could open my jaw a little more. Previously, eating involved getting food all over my lips, but by day 5, I could open enough to avoid the mess.
I'm now on day 10. I'm still on soft foods, but the pain is only 2/10. I cannot really eat sandwiches or pizza, unless I want to hurt my jaw and risk the sites getting food in them. The only way I can effectively eat bread is by crumbling it and soaking it in water. I'm eating things like mashed bananas, mashed avocado, mashed potatoes, puréed soups, soft noodle foods, juices, and GoMacro bars dissolved in boiling water. My jaw and the sites are still sore, but I can tell it's continuing to get better.
The top of my tongue has been numb on the right side since the surgery, so I have some nerve damage. Around days 6-8, my tongue also hurt very badly intermittently. My tongue pain seems to have gone away now, but the numbness is still present, although it seems to be lessened. I'm hoping this means my nerve is healing and the damage will not be permanent like it is in some people.
God willing your tongue and surgery areas will heal smoothly🙏🏼✨
I’m also nervous about the numbness, it’s now day 11.
@@zininzimpongwana2545 I'm on day 32, and my tongue numbness is more minor now. I think it's healing. My sockets are still open somewhat, but all my stitches dissolved and came out. One socket became infected last week, so I'm on antibiotics again. Doc doesn't know if it's the socket itself or the salivary gland that's infected. My jaw was feeling much better before the infection, but it's stiff again; however, the jaw popping I developed seems to be gone. I can eat most foods now except anything too hard and chewy.
im only 14 and i gotta get all my wisdom teeth removed +4 more and then my impacted canine for braces so i know im gonna be burning in hell in week 1 i dont gotta get my canine removed but put a bracket on it, but as a grown man saying thwe pain was 10/10 pray for me
@@70628 They will give you pain meds, but be careful with how much you take because all pain meds damage your kidneys and liver to varying extents depending on which ones you take. Vicodin really helped me during the most painful times. If you read what I took above, that should get you through. But you're really young, and you will heal a lot faster and better than I did. You probably won't need as much or for as long. Whatever you do, just don't get dry socket! Good luck!
Yesterday was day 6 for me and I had tongue pain. I was so worried I did something wrong. Now that I’m reading this I feel relaxed 🙏🙏
I’m 22. Had 2 wisdom teeth removed; partial impacted upper, and horizontal impacted lower. Total surgery time was like 10 minutes lol, and I was fully awake.
Day 1 was meh, nothing Ibuprofen couldn’t handle. Mainly just slept.
Day 2 was mainly yogurt, pudding with protein powder, and some protein shakes (plant-based muscle milk or something). Again not much. Just felt like a bruise being pushed constantly.
After day 3, I stopped needing Ibuprofen, and started walking daily again.
On day 6 currently, and back to lifting weights again. I’m putting HIIT off for a bit longer. But I feel like a million bucks.
I’m 22 too and I’m having my upper wisdom teeth removed next week, I thought a lot about my protein input since I’m starting the gym and don’t want to lose any gains/weight. I’m glad your process went by nice and quickly, hopefully mine is the same brother.
I had all 4 of mine yanked at the same time when I was 25. I was prescribed pain meds and ended up not needing them. However, my face did get very swollen for a few days. Was fully back to normal after 2 weeks.
thanks!
2 weeks for 4 wisdom teeth? How dan what food that you eat ?
kinda need to remove mine (1 top and bottom left wisdom teeth).
@@pascalaw317 my recommendation is having them all done at once. Looking back on it - it was prob 3-4 weeks until I was fully 100% normal.
Had all 4 of mine removed yesterday. My bottom ones being impacted. On my 2nd day now and my cheeks are very swollen mainly my bottoms ones where they had to cut into the gum and bone I don’t even feel pain from the top ones because of how much pain the bottom ones output
@@str8profit81 mine were impacted as well. happy i dont have to do it again.
I had all 4 of mine taken out at 17 and I didn’t have much pain or swelling
Just got all 4 removed and now water is by far my favorite thing to drink ( carefully ) idk y
Just had mine pulled out and Im 18. It wasn't that painful but it made me doozy from time to time
Had all 4 pulled out today did general anesthesia and my left side of my tongue, bottom lip, and chin are completely numb and it’s kinda freaking me out
Did you get back the sensation I am really worried as I am getting mine removed next week. Please reply
@@supernova5618 yes I did, the numbness went away after some good sleep the first night but yea it was freaking me out I couldn’t stand that feeling.. I’m on day 6 now and it’s feeling alright the first 3 days are rough everything is very raw and painful I ate nothing but yogurt, applesauce, and mashed potatoes.. Just make sure you’re taking all the medication they prescribe and use the gauze to stop any bleeding if you have any. Good luck you got this!!
@@shawnteee817Thank you so much for replying, now I feel like I will get through this. Thank you
@@supernova5618 👍 No problem
@@shawnteee817hey can u give me an update on you I am on day 6 how are u now? I am still dealing with a lot of pain and can’t get very much at all