"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.)

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