Sarah Larios wrote:

> "Declan Murphy" wrote in message news:3F024439.3010806@hotmail.com...
> > Rindler Sigurd wrote:
> >
> > > But it is unreasonable to extract four wisdom teeth at once. Infection
> is
> > > one reason, and there are often complications with horizontally grown
> teeth
> > > of this kind. I had once just one removed, and it turned out to be a
> major
> > > operation because of the forementioned reasons.
> >
> > Not sure if it was unreasonable, but I had all four wisdom teeth removed
> > at once. An overnight stay in a hospital with the four removed under a
> > general anaesthetic. The stitches came out about 10 days or so later.
> > Due to pain I couldn't eat many different foods, so for about a
> > fortnight friends and family preferred to stay "up wind".
>
> Just to expand the survey base...
>
> I also had all four wisdom teeth taken out at once. (This was in the US.) It
> was under general anaesthesia, but I went home the same day. No stitches,
> just a lot of blood. And I couldn't eat anything except banana pudding for
> like a week. Mostly I just stayed hopped up on Demerol (which also sucked,
> because Demerol on an empty stomach makes you nauseous as all get out, and I
> had enough trouble getting down more than two spoonfuls of banana pudding.)

What is this persisting pain or inability to eat that people are mentioning
after tooth extraction? I do not recall those. I didn't use aspirin for my
braces either, but I believe having braces tightened and my palate split was
much worse.

> When I first started reading this thread, my response was, "Why on earth
> would you extend such a painful operation over 4 visits?" But now
> remembering how much pain I was in, maybe it would have been easier if
> they'd done one side at a time, and let it heal before doing the other side.
> (Also the damn dentist, er, excuse me, oral surgeon, snipped a nerve
> somewhere. Part of my tongue has been numb ever since.)
>
> --Sarah