The Joys of Wisdom Teeth...

[Campo]

Driller said:

I routinely place my knee on the chest of my patients (male and female) and so do most of my colleagues. They teach this technique at all the dental schools.

I hardly ever use anaesthetic either because, well, fk'em.

Did you do mine about ten years ago? Left me with bruises and a twitch by my eye temporarily where they'd pulled at my face so hard. To top it off they left a bit of broken tooth in my swollen and battered gum which I extracted a couple of days later with my leatherman.

They did at least use a local to numb the area, the assistant managed to inject my tongue to start with by mistake which was highly amusing - not

To make it all worse I'd waited so long on the NHS waiting list (18 months) that they didn't actually hurt anymore when I went in to have them out.

Still, I'm sure things have improved in the last ten years.

[ch108]

zetec said:

4x Impacted Wisdom teeth here, all out under general anaesthetic in a day surgery unit. I thought it wasn't so bad, then the anaesthetic wore off.....

Stitches were bad too

I got my 4 out in my mid 20s as described above. I hadn't had any pain it was my dentist who pointed out they were going to cause me trouble. I was a bit sore for about a week after but no bruising. Got sick of eating scrambled egg though! Chewing was painful as was opening my mouth wide enough even to get a sandwich in! Was off work for a week feeling miserable.

[mojitomax]

Driller said:

No sarcasm at all, I really do put my knee on patient's chests when extracting teeth.

For difficult extractions I place my foot on their throats.

Yup, me too. knees on chest, get my assistant to hold their arms down whilst sitting on their legs and I use a leather strap to hold their head back. Standard practice.

I only put my foot in their throat if they don't pay though

[Driller]

Campo said:

They did at least use a local to numb the area, the assistant managed to inject my tongue to start with by mistake which was highly amusing - not

I habitually numb up the tongue as this prevents the patient from talking.

mojitomax said:

Driller said:

No sarcasm at all, I really do put my knee on patient's chests when extracting teeth.

For difficult extractions I place my foot on their throats.

Yup, me too. knees on chest, get my assistant to hold their arms down whilst sitting on their legs and I use a leather strap to hold their head back. Standard practice.

I only put my foot in their throat if they don't pay though

I now have have a full scale setup of the corner of a wrestling ring next to my chair. I have decided to use this for ALL extractions, easy and difficult. I climb up onto the ropes at an opportune moment and leap onto the patient having done a backflip with both knees coming down onto his chest at the same time.

It doesn't help get the tooth out but I find it very relaxing.

[Campo]

I'm surprised you don't have a V8 in the corner with a hook and pulley attached to the flywheel for extractions

[steve1]

Here's mine, pulled out a few weeks ago at the ripe old age of 55.
I was dreading it, but it came out quite easily.

[bint]

For those with children/grandchildren:

http://seeds-southampton.co.uk/super-neep/

[Art0ir]

Just pray you're not disposed to dry socket. Absolutely miserable thing