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Extremely nervous about tooth removal

Jakey

I got the news today that I need both my wisdom teeth removed. This is 10 years of not going to the dentist due to a lie the NHS told me where me having a panic attack about going means I cannot get appointments for free, so I never got a checkup. Since I started to get toothaches, I wondered what the issue is, and it is the wisdom teeth creating the pain, and decaying it seems.

I've never had a tooth removed, so I don't know how worried to be. My gums appear to be touching the teeth so I don't know how they're going to solve that. But I'm constantly panicking about going through that, I had fillings done before and didn't find it too bad compared to what I expected, but they only managed one because I couldn't stop swallowing my saliva and needed breaks in between. 

My other worry is about afterwards, I don't really have crunchy food which is fine, but I don't really know what I can eat? I don't eat any animal products. And I'm not sure what to do if I get food in the stitches. 

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  • Hi - I really empathise - I had a large four rooted molar taken out a few months ago, and my son had a wisdom tooth out last year. My son had his taken out with sedation (not totally sedated to be ‘asleep’ - just a mild sedation where he was still conscious. He found it very helpful. I didn’t have any sedation for mine and I wish I had had sedation! So I recommend sedation for sure! As for eating - you can’t eat much at all initially - and then only very soft foods and importantly using salt water to gently wash the area for a few days. They’ll tell you everything you need to do - don’t worry. I won’t lie - I found it very difficult because my tooth broke into many pieces so it was a longer process to pick out the ‘bits’ - whereas my son’s wisdom tooth extraction went more smoothly. Either way though - mine was very difficult but once a few days of recovery are all done you just forget about really - and it feels good to have got it over with. You really will be ok - and if you don’t get them out when they need to come out then it will be much worse in the long run. Good luck! 

  • in reply to Kate Kestrel

    The sedation wait list is over 1 year... I can't wait that long because I have nearly daily tooth aches. Not severe but they are there. 

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