I still have mine and I'm 42. Dentist said they were'nt bothering anything and left them in.

 

I had an oral surgeon tell me that when I was 13. I finally had to have them out year before last cause they started bothering me. Got one dry socket. Don't even remember being in the recovery bed. I came to in the wheelchair, ready to be taken out. A rotten wisdom tooth makes for funky breath.

 

Still got mine too, and absolutely LOVE them. Nothing helps me grind thru pieces of well-done steak like the 4 guns in the back of my mouth. Don't know what I'd do without my wisdom teeth...

 

Had all four of mine removed. Got home, slept a couple of hrs., woke up starvin' ate some soup and never really felt that bad. Ate solid foods the next day, spit blood for about 2 weeks. Not that bad. Some of my friends have horror stories about dry sockets. Guess some come out easier than others.

 

Had the Air Force remove all four of mine at once. It was great. They gassed me told me to count down from 100. 100....99....98.... Out. I woke up in a wheel chair all groggy, face numb and mouth packed full of gauze. Was only coherent enough to realize that my wife and some guy were helping me into the car. No driving for me for a few days. According to my wife I told that guy that helped me into the car "thankkksss......mannnnn....." sounding like a very stoned hippeee. heheheheeh She bought me an ice cream cone from mcdonalds and i tried to lick it on the way home but my face was so numb and I was so doped up that I couldn't hit my piehole but had icecream all over my face and I was slumped over in the seat. Couldn't sit straight up. Was on some powerful pain killers for 3 or 4 days. Never felt pain and wasn't very hungry. Took a longggggggg time for those holes to fully close up. They really dug into my gums.

 

Yea, that was the good thing....for months, whenever I needed a snack, there was one at the ready. Chipmunk style....

 

Had the lower 2 done about a year ago. Was put under, only way 2 go. I ended up with 1 dry socket, pretty miserable! Don't suck on milkshakes for awhile!!!

Tim

 

well guys yesterday i had it all done sat there talked to the nurse for wa while ( she was HOT) then she said well im gonna make you sleepy now i said ok looked up at the lioght for a while i said this aint workin and then i dont remember a thing. i woke up in a chair they changed my guaze and was helped into the car. i guess i gave the doctor a thumbs up when i left. yesterday i slept alot and ate 2 gogurts thats it and then i went to bed woke up this mornin at like 9 came down took my antibiotics ate a milkshake thingy brushed my teeth swashed my mouth w/ salt water and went to sleep till noon and now i feel great ate pasta stuff and no pain so all is good.

 

Better than washing with salt water is to wash your mouth with water and hydrogen peroxide. It will clean much better, is a disinfectant, and you'll heal much faster. I had mine out a couple of years ago, as well as some major jaw surgery. Hydrogen peroxide works great. Use like half and half.....

 

I had it done, I couldent remember them doing it, last thing i remember was them giving me a shot in the arm, then riding home in the car.

 

they push on your other teeth, pushing them together. i'm told this can cause further tooth decay because your toothbrush doesn't get in there as well