I gota get my wisdom teeth taken out end of may, but cant really afford to be out of work to long. I work at a front desk at gym.. involves no heavy lifting.. nothing strenuous at all.
How long after my sugery, its scheduled for monday 8am, will it be until I can return to work? I know each situation is different, but on average.
I plan on doing all i can, keeping head elevated, ice, anti-inflammatories, etc.
Im worried because i planned a vacation may 2-9th for occiental grand punta cana, and now i gota get these out, and gota limit my days off!
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04-03-2009, 09:03 AM #1
On average, how long out of work for wisdom teeth?
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04-03-2009, 09:07 AM #6
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Are them impacted? Above the gum line? Are you getting knocked out or just numbed? Mine were greatfully above the gum line(ie I could feel them normally with my tongue) and I was back at work the next day, with some drugs of course. I am sure you would be fine in a day or two, just be carefull not to drink anything out of a straw or use a sucking inhale (start the gay joke) as you dont want dry sockets. Like you said everyone is different, just make sure you keep the swelling to a minimum and hopfully the ortho doesnt f*ck up.
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04-03-2009, 09:09 AM #7
I just had all 4 removed 2 weeks ago from today, 3 were impacted, one was erupted but infected (awesome situation). It sucked for me and I'm still only at about 90% because they had to remove a good portion of bone from my lower jaw to get one of my teeth out, but I was back in school the following Tuesday.
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04-03-2009, 09:20 AM #11
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i got all of mine out last july. I didnt know that I wasnt supposed to work out after the surgery so I lifted the next two days and got a dry socket (which wasnt a big deal but i had to go back to the doctor so he could stick some gel thing under my tooth). It took me 5 days before I ate solid foods again. my blender was working tirelessly making me shakes with whey, milk, oats, and egg white liquid. you will probably be 100% about 8-10 days later but you can probably work 2 days later though IMO
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04-03-2009, 09:30 AM #13
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I was in the gym the next day. About 3 days later I had horrible pain and a foul taste in my mouth. I had dry socket. (research it) I'm not kidding when I say I was in constant pain for about 2 months as a result. Horrible nerve pain that pain killers did not help. It was bad enough to make me cry at times. I ended up abusing vicodin for that time just to try to escape the pain...
It's not very common but wow, it was one of the most terrible times of my life!
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04-03-2009, 11:17 AM #19
I've had 2 wisdom teeth chiseled & pulled with no problems at all. The dentist sent me home with a script of vicodin which I didn't use. The next day I was playing basketball with my friends, and eating soft foods no problem.
It will vary on the severity of your wisdom teeth. If they are growing sideways and impacting your molars, you might need oral surgery. That would put you out of commission for a few days. Otherwise I wouldn't sweat it.
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04-03-2009, 11:29 AM #24
Haha, i had all FOUR of mine taken out wasn't to bad. After a few weeks your mouth feels fine. The biggest bitch is when food gets stuck in the holes where your teeth use to be. They gave me this turkey baster looking thing lol to squirt water to clean them out. Oh yeah and the ********s they gave me were meh. Some Roxies would have been better
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04-03-2009, 11:33 AM #25
I had all 4 removed in high school.... they were coming in completely sideways and had to be broken apart for removal.
I was up and at em' the next day. Didn't even fill the prescription for the pain meds.
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04-03-2009, 11:35 AM #26
When I got my wisdom teeth out (I only got two, so this might matter) I was so tired after words, but When I got home I ate some ice cream and iced my cheeks for about 30 minutes then passed out with ice on my face. All I really ate was ice cream (before my lifting days) and I iced my cheeks a lot, prob more than I should have but my swelling was next to nothing because of this. I also did the who gargling salt water thing prob more than I should have, but im sure that helped also. The next night I was able to go out and felt/looked fine, minus the blood rush whenever id bend over.
I guess through all this rambling im trying to say, if you dont eat **** your not supposed to, ice your cheeks a lot, take some aspirin/what they give you(hydrocodine I believe?), gargle the salt water, and rest and allow blood clots to do their thing, then you should be good in a couple days. But I guess everyones different, thats just how it was for me."Every journey of 1000 miles begins with one step"-- Chinese Proverb
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04-03-2009, 11:40 AM #27
Honestly I had all four of mine out a few months ago and recovered within a few days.
Now something I was not aware of was that I am allergic to hydrocodone and couldn't understand after a week of taking it why I as a whole felt like ****. My teeth were fine, but I was tired and got headaches which I thought were from the wisdom teeth. After I noticed I had broken out in a rash I realized the allergy. I was getting from the very things I used to take away my pain in the first place.Sinners in the hands of an angry Mod.
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04-03-2009, 12:00 PM #28
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All four impacted done at the same time (was 19) and I recovered in a couple of days. On a side the nitrous really f*cked me up and I got stupid and felt up a fine ass nurse and had no idea I did it. I ran into her a couple years later at a club and she remembered me and we wound up hooking up. F*cking classic.
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