Wisdom Teeth extraction

[shan]

Well as some may know last Tuesday I went in to have my wisdom teeth cut out. I was told that I may have problems eating for a few days and some slight pain. Tylenol would take care of any of my pain. Yeah right. I absolutely think that the dentist office is a form of torture any ways, but this is the extreme. I went in for my surgery at 10 am. I get in there they ask me all kinds of questions "Did you eat after midnight?, Are you wearing contacts?, etc.." Then the start hooking me up to the monitors. I have a blood pressure cuff on one arm and they stuck a oxygen monitor on the finger of my other hand. Then they are asking me to make a fist with that hand. She kept walking away. So I would loosen my fist. It is really hard to keep a tight fist with one finger missing from the equation. So then when she comes back she I got a lecture about having to keep my fist tight and every time I loosen my fist I am moving my veins. The whole time I am thinking well if you would hurry up and do your thing we wouldn't have this problem. Finally she gets done with my hand and the doctor comes in. He gave me the general anesthesia and says "In a few seconds you wills start to feel funny." Yeah that is the last thing I remember. Next thing I know I am being woke up and told the my husband is bringing the truck around. It feels as though everything in my mouth is swollen. Of course there is enough numbness to keep all the pain away. But every time I close my mouth I bite my cheek. So my hubby takes me home. I lay down on the couch and prepare to get better. Fast forward three days. Friday morning I woke up with pain shooting from my tooth socket all the way to me ears. I haven't been in so much pain before. I would gladly go through birth again instead. I can't eat, my stomach is upset from trying one of the Lortab's they gave me. Plus after a couple of hours I get a migraine. Yay!! That is so fun! So I called the doctor they told me I have dry socket. How did I do that? I followed all their directions to the T! So I go in and the doctor viciously jabs medicated gauze into my sockets. I do mean viciously. I have never had a doctor who has ever had a worse bedside manner. I won't be going back to him after this is said and done. (My dh has to get a different oral surgeon too) Of course I am still biting my cheek if I close my mouth all the way. So while blissfully out of pain on Darvocet (which they gave me 10 because the Lortab wasn't helping and it was making me sick) I decided to check out my cheek with my tongue. The dentist sewed my cheek to my gum. You have to freaking be kidding me here. But no no it is true and it is the only stitch that hasn't dissolved. Well by Saturday my left side is burning and throbbing again. Oh, what fun this is. I called the office and they have another number for patients with problems to call. I called that number and left my name and number. Two hours later I was calling again with my name, number, and my problem. Well six hours later my dh took me to the emergency room. I got a really nice ER doctor and he was very sympathetic to me because he had dry socket before. He told me that I could take two Darvocets at once. So I told him I would do that but I only had a prescription for 10 and only had two left. So he wrote me a prescription for more (man I really like that doctor!!) and he started checking me out. Well my left side is all bruised and swollen and I can't open my mouth very far at all. So for him to see he has to pry open my mouth (OMG that is so painful) So he asked if I wanted to be numbed. PLEASE!! So off he goes to get me some Novacaine!! Only problem is he needs my mouth open wider. I asked him about my cheek being stitched to my gums and he looked around in my mouth for quite a while trying to figure out what was going on with that. It had him confused. Then he gave me my shot and sent me on my merry numb way. Then when I wake up on Sunday morning I have a message from my dentist. He says that if I want my dressings changed he will be in the office around 10:30 am. So I go up there and get my dressings changed. He laughed at me for going to the emergency room. Saying how expensive that was and blah, blah, blah. Well I guess he hasn't ever been through a painful dental experience. It is horrible. I have to go back today to get my dressings changed once again. I am going to ask him about my cheek being stitched to my gum, because I think that is why I can't open my mouth very well. I don't know. I am still in a lot of pain and I really would hate for any one to have to deal with this kind of stuff. I look like I have been kicked in the face and I can't even open my mouth to get a bite off a hot dog or cheese burger. When I open my mouth I get a tugging/painful feeling in my cheek gum area where he stitched them together. If I can't open my mouth how am I suppose to get my teeth cleaned and stuff? I am so confused and tired of being in pain. I just wanted to vent and get all this off my chest. Thank you for reading my book.

[heather6773]

Shan that is HORRIBLE!!!! Here are some balloons to make you feel better...

[jana]

Oh, my GOODNESS! What an ordeal! I'm so sorry your dentist is being such a jerk! I definitely think you need to ask him about the cheek thing, and don't let him ignore your concerns. Stand your ground. This is YOUR body we're talking about, and HE doesn't have to deal with the pain. (Although maybe you should cause him some pain to compensate.... )

[RedBedHead]

Shan, that is terrible. Hopefully you can get some relief today sweetie

[jessilee82]

Oh how awful! I had my wisdom teeth out and I was fine the next day. However a friend got hers out, and her dentist was similar. She ended up in the hospital for a infection her dentist ignored. When I had mine out I got pain pills and 'precautionary' antibiotics. She got neither and was very sick.

Sounds like you got an incompetent dentist. No physician should EVER laugh at you for being in pain or being scared.

[KeelyKay]

Oh no!!! I am soooo sorry your dentist is so horrible . What a jerk! I hope you start feeling better soon!

[tommysgirl18]

oh no!!! I am so sorry to hear that your dentist is a jerk!

I hope you are feeling better soon!

[angelrenee]

I am sorry this is so hard. When I had mine done, I could get my mouth open very far for a good week. Scott could remember the timing better than I can. I know I had it done and then the next weekend I went to a conference. It was bad enough that when I was able to nibble off a soft taco from Taco Bell my friends actually cheered.

For food, I would highly recommend baby food (fruits and deserts). I mentioned this somewhere else I know. It helps keep some kind of food in you without you needing to use a straw or get your mouth open to chew. I think that helped my recovery a lot. The other nice thing is that since you don't have to keep it cool until it's been opened, you can carry something to eat all the time - you'll eat more often since you can't eat as much.

Hopefully this all sorts itself out soon.

[Csara]

Oh no, you poor thing! I'm sorry you've had such an awful experience. I know it shouldn't be a pleasant one, but yours just sounds BAD!! Hang in there! Hopefully you'll have a quick and speedy recovery from here on out. Definitely say sayonara to your dentist. What a jerk!

[shan]

Thanks ladies!!

It has been almost a week (tomorrow) since the surgery and everyone I have talked to (who had different surgeons) said that they had maybe one to two days of light pain and after five-seven days they were able to open their mouth normally. So I think I have some cause for concern. Especially since it looks like some one beat the crap out of me. (left side only) I have a huge bruise along my left jaw. It isn't pretty and it is quiet painful. I went into the dentist again today. I asked him about the sewing my cheek to my gum and he said that my gums were still swollen and that is why it may feel that way. I feel like he completely blew me off. I mean I am not dentist but I do know what a stitch feels like. My MIL told me to say something to my regular dentist about it. I have an appointment with him in like a week so I will have to make sure I do that. I was thinking of seeing if he wouldn't take new x-rays because if there is still a stitch in there it would probably show up on an x-ray. I just know once the jack is done doing what I have paid him for I will no longer be a patient of his. If he screwed up my mouth he will be paying for some one else to fix it. I take care of my teeth that is why this is the first time I have had to have anything like this done and I don't like the idea that I am going to have to get more done just to fix what he screwed up. ERRRRRRRRR