*Disclaimer all advice in this article is the writer’s opinion and should not be used as medical advice. Please consult your doctor for any questions you have around wisdom teeth, or wisdom teeth removal.*
Many have to get their wisdom teeth removed, whether it’s during high school or directly after. But, before you undergo surgery, I’ll share how to best prepare for this experience.
The first, maybe obvious, warning you need to know is that the procedure is going to hurt. No matter how much pain medicine you consume or how much you decide to rest, getting your wisdom teeth removed will be one of the top five most painful things you will ever experience.
So you do the most reasonable thing possible. Put it off as long as you can. Even though that sounds counterintuitive, like you’re thinking “no, lets get it over with.”
This is, however, a mistake. The longer you wait, the closer your wisdom teeth get to the top of your gums, and the less skin the dentist will have to dig through to properly extract your wisdom teeth.
After the surgery, you will get your pain medicine, and you will be warned to not overdose. This is a valid point—overdosing is not good—but take as much pain medicine as you are allowed to take. It will hurt, so stay on top of your meds.
One of the “post-operation instructions” that you will receive is to use a special mouthwash to rinse your extraction sites—the hole that is left in your gums the dentist used to reach your embedded wisdom teeth. It can get a little complicated, but the special mouthwash is an anti-bacterial solution that is meant to clear your extraction sites of harmful bacteria.
The mouthwash is given for an extremely important reason. Bacteria grow best in moist, warm environments, and they need a host, which would be your mouth. By enduring the pain of putting burning mouthwash into the extraction site, you can avoid an even more painful procedure of removing an infection.
Across the board, there is no good way to have your wisdom teeth removed. You can make the process a little easier, but it will never be a painless experience. After reading this article, hopefully, you will have a better understanding and experience than I did.
