Wisdom teeth- how long is the operation??

I will be having four impacted wisdom teeth removed and wanted to know how long the procedure would take. The doctor will be putting me to sleep with medicine in an IV. I never had anesthesia before and I am a little nervouse.The assistant had joked that it would only seem like a minute to me because of the iv and that it would probably take longer to wake up then it would for the surgery.

Wisdom teeth- how long is the operation??
Hi! The assistant is right. You will remember nothing. The operations takes about 1-1 1/2 hour after you are asleep with an assistant. However, the most important part is after.


As soon as you get home apply ice packs. 20 minutes on, 40 minutes off. Take pain meds right away.


DO NOT SUCK on anything. Eat lots of ice cream and cool and cold drinks without a straw!!! A dry socket is VERY painful.


After 25 hours begin to rinse with very salty warm water 3-4 times a day and before bed. Gently! This will remove trapped food and sugar in socket and on sutures and promote faster healing.


Do sleep with an extra pillow and a towel as some times the saliva is pinky from the blood. Remember to bite down on gauze until the bleeding stops and DO NOT sleep with the gauze in your mouth!


In 3-5 days begin to eat soft, bland foods. No pizza, bagels chips or hard food for 7 days at least! Some times more, the dentist will tell you at the 7 day check-up.


Now, remember, do not lift or push, pull anything over 10 lbs for 3 days. Keep using ice packs 3 times a day for another 2 days. DO NOT USE HEAT!!! If you follow these instructions and any others the doctor gives you, you will be fine I promise! Marie
Reply:I had mine out yesterday. The operation is ike 30 minutes to an hour. You don't fall alseep though. you just go into a really mellowish state. I would tell you more on what its like, but the side effect of the anesthesia is amnesia. I remember them putting the iv in me, then the next thing Iknew the car was pulling into the house.
Reply:Don't worry. It's not as bad as you might think. I just had it done on Tuesday. The surgery generally takes 15 to 30 minutes.





First they'll relax you with laughing gas. You'll start to feel kind of detatched from everything and your face muscles will relax. Then they'll attach the IV. The last thing I remember was that instead of seeing black with my eyes closed I saw green and I felt the prick of the IV in my arm. It may well take you longer to wake up than for the operation to occur. I didn't fully wake up until they got me to the car.
Reply:I had my four wisdom teeth removed last fall and the procedure was about an hour and a half. Tho i do have to say i woke up during the procedure and yes they gave me an IV to put me to sleep i wasnt awake for long but it wasnt pleasant . Not that this will happen to you but ya never know. As for afterwards they should give you a script for some pain medicine or just use Ibuprophen and remember to keep ice on it to reduce the swelling.
Reply:OK, I don't know how all these answerers on yahoo keep saying they are put to sleep to have their wisdom teeth removed. What kind of dentist puts their patient under general anesthetic for the removal of teeth? (I asked my dentist about this because I read that alot of people get put to sleep, he said they shouldn't be). I remember every second of the "operation", more like a bit of drilling and a lot of pressure and my dentist pulled the teeth out with the roots in tact. Pressure and more pressure is what you'll feel on your neck and jaw, nothing more. It's dangerous to be put asleep if you don't really need it, I advise you not to be. Unless you're overtly anxious or for some other medical reason need to be put to sleep, you should avoid it. The needles only hurt slightly. The operation time varies, for me it took about 25 minutes to remove both my bottom wisdom teeth (I didn't have tops). Since you have four it might take like 40 minutes or a little less.



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