Originally posted by Adam_PoE
I had all four wisdom teeth removed in one procedure. I did not form blood clots afterward, and had dry socket in half of them. Narcotics were useless. Eugenol was the only thing that worked.
Feetal's Gizz, that's like living the dentist scene from Little Shop of Horror's. Did you at least get a candy bar?
Makes me grateful I never grew wisdom teeth. (Maybe god said "Sorry kid, no wisdom, no teeth.)
Originally posted by cdtm
Feetal's Gizz, that's like living the dentist scene from Little Shop of Horror's. Did you at least get a candy bar?Makes me grateful I never grew wisdom teeth. (Maybe god said "Sorry kid, no wisdom, no teeth.)
My wisdom teeth were impacted, so I had them removed under general anesthesia. I was in pain, but it was my first surgical procedure, so I did not know that what I was experiencing was not normal. I just had four teeth surgically extracted from my upper and lower jaw bones, so I figured it was going to hurt.
I took the pain medication as prescribed, and it only took the edge off. When I was down to one day of medication, I called the surgeon. I was white-knuckling it with the medication, so I did not know if I would be able to handle it with nothing.
He informed me that the pain I was describing is dry socket, and the reason it is not well-controlled with narcotics is because the nerve is exposed. He further explained that if I had been experiencing this level of pain for the last 10 days, then I must not have formed blood clots after the surgery.
He explained that the most effective way to stop the pain is to cover the exposed nerve by packing the socket with gauze, but he advised against that, because if the socket is packed with gauze, it cannot heal.
Then I remembered that my grandmother once said that when she was a little girl, people would put clove on their tooth if they had a toothache. So I went to the drug store, and in the oral care aisle, there was a Eugenol kit for tooth pain.
Placing a single cotton pellet soaked in clove oil on the socket for 30 seconds completely alleviated the pain for 4–5 hours at a time. It was much more effective than the medication ever was, and I only wish my surgeon had recommended it, or that I had tried it sooner.
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
My wisdom teeth were impacted, so I had them removed under general anesthesia. I was in pain, but it was my first surgical procedure, so I did not know that what I was experiencing was not normal. I just had four teeth surgically extracted from my upper and lower jaw bones, so I figured it was going to hurt.I took the pain medication as prescribed, and it only took the edge off. When I was down to one day of medication, I called the surgeon. I was white-knuckling it with the medication, so I did not know if I would be able to handle it with nothing.
He informed me that the pain I was describing is dry socket, and the reason it is not well-controlled with narcotics is because the nerve is exposed. He further explained that if I had been experiencing this level of pain for the last 10 days, then I must not have formed blood clots after the surgery.
He explained that the most effective way to stop the pain is to cover the exposed nerve by packing the socket with gauze, but he advised against that, because if the socket is packed with gauze, it cannot heal.
Then I remembered that my grandmother once said that when she was a little girl, people would put clove on their tooth if they had a toothache. So I went to the drug store, and in the oral care aisle, there was a Eugenol kit for tooth pain.
Placing a single cotton pellet soaked in clove oil on the socket for 30 seconds completely alleviated the pain for 4–5 hours at a time. It was much more effective than the medication ever was, and I only wish my surgeon had recommended it, or that I had tried it sooner.
This is a long story that results in a non-prescription-based suggestion for "toothaches."
I'll probably remember it but it won't be useful unless someone needs this story.