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[quote=Anonymous]DC had all four removed a couple weeks before the end of summer vacation. Oral surgeon. No insurance. All were coming in sideways and at least one had erupted, opening the way for infection. They gave a prep/follow up kit with rinse, gel and spray, and prophylactic antibiotics the morning of. Did the icing religiously after. Recovery took maybe a week or ten days; the longest lasting issue was one tooth that was worse positioned than the others.  Got the long lasting pain shot which seemed to help but was not 100% by itself. Used some of the 800 mg ibuprofen and some extra-strength acetaminophen. No complications. Never needed to ask for narcotic medicine.

That said, any doctor who categorically refuses to provide narcotics is one to run away from. So is anybody who tells you that young people get habituated quickly even by small amounts of pain relievers that contain narcotics. Properly used, according to directions, and for short duration, the kind of low grade narcotics typically prescribed by dentists are safe and effective. They don’t make people “high” in any meaningful sense, particularly if the person is sleeping, which is what they should be doing. The fear of narcotics, or more precisely the fear of prescribing them, is the product of the “opioid crisis,” caused by Chinese fentanyl but blamed on legitimate medication by profiteering government agencies.

I echo the PP’s who caution not to “wait and see” about complications. I know two kids who got infections, likely because they abandoned follow up too early.

I always thought, and still think, that the push to remove wisdom teeth is a profit-driven one in many cases. But a lot of people eventually have trouble with them long term. I think it is OK to wait, but they apparently get more firmly attached and harder to remove later in life. [/quote]

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