I had to get all four of my wisdom teeth removed. But fortunately for me, I have a really good dentist and he suggested that i get 2 taken out at a time. That way the recovery time is not so bad.
I went in and got the two on the left side of my mouth taken out first. He waited about 30 min after injecting me with novacane and then made sure I was well and numb before he began. There is a lot of pulling and some awful cracking sounds, but it actually did not take too long and was over before I knew it.
My dentist prescribed me a good amount of Hydrocodone 750, about 25 pills worth. Honestly, the most awful part was that for the first 2 days, I could not eat solid foods, so I had to drink alot of fluids. And for the first day I also had a mouth full of bloody gauze that I had to keep changing hourly. By the second day though, I was able to do the salt water mouth rinse every hour and it definitely helped.
By day 3 I was eating solid foods again and by day 5 I was back to normal. A week later I got the other side of my mouth taken care of. And my dentist, who is awesome, prescribed me another dosage of Hydrocodone but this time he gave me double, 50 more pills for extra just in case.
Basically, I just played everquest the whole time while doped up on Hydrocodones. It was actually pretty nice. And with the exception of the bloody gauze mouth the first day, being medicated while playing eq was a very relaxing and fun experience. Also, I found it hard to sleep the first two days because of the no food/being doped up. But I did not even feel tired staying up for nearly 3 days because of the medication.
Everyone is different, but I found that one pill would give me a good 6 hours of the intense relaxed feeling and after about 8 hours the effects begin to wear off. In fact, I was so caught up in playing eq that all of the sudden, my mouth started aching terribly and I realized that about 9 hours had gone by and I did not re-dose. After that, I made sure to take a new pill after about 7 hours.
When my brother decided to get his wisdom teeth removed he opted for all four at once. He was absolutely miserable for 5 days, he could not eat anything solid. And then for another 3 or 4 days after he was still recovering. Also, they used nitrous oxide instead of the novacane and he was perscribed codine pills instead. This was about a year before my procedure so it definitely swayed my opinion on going for two teeth at once instead of all four.
Hope this help
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