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The lovely Air Force cut all of my wisdom teeth out as soon as I reported to my 1st permanent duty station.  It wasn't bad.  I didn't feel a thing.  I had more trouble with the meds they gave me afterwards than I did with the actual surgery.  Just make sure you don't use a straw or suck on anything because it will pop the stitches and cause other problems.  Also don't know if you smoke...but if you do...don't!  It will cause a "dry socket"...really nasty, I've heard.  The worst part was getting food stuck in the holes.  YUCKY!!!  

Good luck!!  Let me know if you need anything.

I had one pulled that did not go quite right and had to have the jaw bone trimmed. It was not bad though. Do you have any braces wax? I imagine that the chip is letting everything into the tooth to the exposed nerve. Take some of that wax and put it on your tooth, it should close the hole where the air and liquid are getting to the nerve.

I had to do that once when a crown fell off. Just try to keep everything away from that side,  :lol: like you haven't figured that out yet. You don't want to get any solid food on the wax, pretty nasty.

Hope all goes well for you. Sorry to hear about all the bad luck you have had. Isn't that the way it always goes when they are out of town!

If I can help you out let me know.  :)

Thanks.

You will be fine by Saturday. You should be able to eat what you want. Sounds like your only getting one tooth done.

Don  :D

When I was about 14, I had 4 removed sugicaly at the same time. I managed for about a week on liquids. One shouldn't be so bad, especially if you get a little knock-out juice.
I just hope your not an exception like I was, and they find a 5th tooth were it should not exist. Now that one was awful. I didn't have feeling in my lower lip for almost 2 years! EEEWWWW

Upon taking & reviewing the panoramic xray, the surgeon had no choice but to postpone the procedure.

The wisdom tooth in question has traveled and left troubles in its' wake.  Not only is the wisdom tooth impacted against the molar, pushing the molar up so much that the root of the molar is exposed and also abcessed, but the infection has spread to the jaw bone.  The molar has been pushed out of place to such an extent that when my mouth is closed, the molar literally sits in the socket left behind by an upper wisdom tooth that had been pulled during my first pregnancy.  Oral surgeon said it's not good.

The wisdom tooth is "wrapped" by "fingers" from the nerve bundle.  The inflammation is severely painful and he has me on heavy duty antibiotics because he can't do the surgery when my gum/jaw is in this condition.

Tylenol 3 does NOTHING to help...by the time it starts to take the edge off the pain, it only last another 45 minutes and then like a lightswitch, the pain is turned on.   :cry:

Vicodin works, but I get so sleepy!

I can barely talk and eating is a chore.  Applesauce, spaghetti noodles, and pudding have been my buddies!

Oral surgeon also said there's a chance of nerve damage because of the way the nerve bundle has wrapped itself around the wisdom tooth.  He said the antibiotic will cause some pain for a day or two and then subside once the infection is more under control and on the way to being eliminated...unfortunately, I literally thought my eardrum was going to explode all day today.  The heat emanating from my ear, down along the jawbone, to the center of my chin can be felt if you hold your hand near my face.  I feel like crap (absolutely no energy!) and I'm cranky as hell.

Sorry for venting...but thanks for reading this rambling message.

So the big question is....

Are you going to back within function specs by Dragon time?  
We got lots of hell raisin' to do!!!  Can't have my roomie laying around all banged up and out of order.