[Djiban]

anyone here had their wisdom tooth taken out with local anesthetic only? without oral sedation or putting u to sleep? I'm gonna take only one btw, is it gonna be too painful?

[Hondaracer]

a buddy of mine had all 4 taken out at the same time without being put under

the guys a maniac though and doesnt feel pain

imo i'd want to be put under lol

[Djiban]

yea hopefully i'll survive

[Adsdeman]

I had all four and was under local anasthetic not that bad dont be a pussy!!

[syee]

Same here. I had one taken out when I was knocked out and one with just a local.

It'll look like he's trying to pull your teeth out with pliers (which they might possibly be doing - I couldn't actually see what the dentist was doing, but it sure felt like it by watching what he was doing) :D

[Presto]

I had all 4 done. Got KO'd for the procedure. I highly recommend it.

Later, I had to get some gum chopped, and some broken teeth ground down. I was awake for that procedure, and one of the feelings I'll never forget is the vibration of the drill, on my tooth, reverberating through my skull, and the "click" sound from the scalpel meeting bone, after slicing through flesh. Maybe my surgeon was just a sadist, but she was hacking away like Jason Voorhees.

[Fafine]

i got mine done back a couple years, i was awake the whole time but my mouth was numb. so numb i drooled without knowing haha. the doc took all 4 out at the same time and my face was swollen like a chipmunk, and yogurt was my bestfriend for the next 3 days because that was the only thing i could eat.

[Djiban]

Fudge im getting owned by the pain...apparently 2 tylenols dont help. The surgery itself was nothing...i miss meat already

[okenne]

I had the two top wisdoms taken out without being knocked out.

One of them didn't hurt at all, probably cause it was already sticking out of the gum. But for the the other tooth that was still under the gum hurt while it was being extracted. It wasn't unbearable though, maybe 3 pinches of pain and it was done. If you're scared about the pain, just make sure the dentist numbs you up good. I was able to eat normal food a day after ^_^

[Raid3n]

i had all four taken out at once, as well as another four to make room for my braces.

i remember it hurting like a biatch, the taxi ride home...and then not much after that haha. i think i was fucked up for a week on t3 haha.

i wasn't knocked out for the procedure either.

[unit]

i had 4 done in 3 sessions.. 2 bottoms were so sideways and near nerves, so they were done seperately by specialists. top 2 came out no prob. i never had any sedation for any of my procedures. the pain afterwards wasnt bad.. just pop 1 advil 1 tylenol combined.. they work great together for oral pain. i had T3s but never touched them. the actual procedure for taking out the bottom 2 was horrible! they cranked at those mofos like there was no tomorrow. she practically had her foot on my jaw and the wrench on my tooth and used all her strength it was ridic

[Overseas Auto1]

its not bad, I had one done in prince george and 3 done in the office in Vancouver. The reasons for the removal is worse than the removal itself. Local freezing will be fine. Make sure you have some Ibuprofen after.

[Girl]

I got all mine taken out like that. 2 imbedded. 2 just plucked right on out. It's the sound that's gross. You can't feel pain but you feel the pressure of the tools, or when they cut into ur gums....ya not fun. But no pressure! :D

[Razor Ramon HG]

I got my bottom two taken out with local anesthetic. Took like less than 10 minutes. They froze it up and went to work. You feel pressure, but it's not that bad. They sew up the hole afterwards and you go home. The stitches should dissolve by themselves.

[Mr.HappySilp]

Just got 2 pull out. Is been 4 hours and is still bleeding O_O but I think that's normal. The worse part is I can't eat ><

[ShadowBun]

All you feel is the pressure they use to pull our ur tooth.

Man it up.
Its not bad.

[Fafine]

Just got 2 pull out. Is been 4 hours and is still bleeding O_O but I think that's normal. The worse part is I can't eat ><

goodluck one of my buddys friend was bleeding a week str8

[ImportXxX]

i was awake when they did mine, all u hear is crackling and drilling noises..but it wasn't bad at all..except one of my stitches came off few days later..

[Okami]

i was also awake with just numbing agent.. i dont mind the pain.. its just the smell of powdered teeth that is annoying.. i took all 4 at once.. after the procedure i think i took 2 tylenol #3 throughout the week because i wanted to go to sleep. during the day instant mashed potatoes and ensure was my best bud XD one week of knowing what its like to be a senior

[twitchyzero]

wow youre a trooper..taking 4 out at once with just local anesthetia

[Mr.HappySilp]

I was woken up by the pain last night >< Had to go take some regular tyneol now is better but I still can't eat solid foods. Seems like when i try to chew something it gets really painful. But at least my cheeks isn't sowllen or anything.

[Fafine]

did you pull both on one side?

yogurt is your best friend

[Vinny G]

lol, I didn't feel any pain when I took mine out. I got put to sleep but I didn't have to use any of the tylenols they gave me afterward.

[TheNewGirl]

I had all 4 taken out with local only and mine were severly impacted. The dentist gave me some valium about an hour before the surgery. I didn't care even when I could feel it.

Also cause I wasn't put under the recovery was much quicker. I only took one of my T3s and was just taking advil for the swelling after.

[JLC]

I had as good an experience as one can have with wisdom tooth extraction.
Luckily for me, all 4 of mine were/are fully out so its a simple procedue. No cutting, no digging, no drilling no nothing.

All my dentist did was take some tools, apply some pressure to the tooth in a few diff directions, then yank. SHe did this wih me fully awake.

The best thing she did for me was suggest I do one side at a time instead of all 4 at once...so I agreed. She took out the two on the left side without any pain whatsoever and it took all of 10 minutes. I'm glad I did just one side first because that same night I was eating normal food. Doing one side only allowed me to chew on normal food on the other side. I didnt have any swelling or anything at all, no pain, no nothing...business as usual once the numbness went down a few hours later. Hell I was eating chips that same night. Just make sure you clean your mouth thoroughly after each time you eat and you'll be fine.

Just so happens I'm going in tomorrow to get the other two removed...lets hope it goes as smooth as last time.

[Mr.HappySilp]

I am having massive pain right now lol.

Tyneol only seems to work for about 4 to 5 hours and then it gets very painful @@.

[6793026]

get them done all 4 at a time, you will only have to pay for one time anesthesia than paying them 4 times to put you down.

[TheNewGirl]

I am having massive pain right now lol.

Tyneol only seems to work for about 4 to 5 hours and then it gets very painful @@.

Tylenol is only hiding the pain. You should be alternating tylenol and an anti inflamitory. I found Aleve worked really well for me but in general it works better for me than Advil.

The swelling is what's causing the pain and unless you do something about THAT you're just prolonging your pain.

Take a Tylenol, then two hours later an anti inflammatory, and then two hours later Tylenol, then two hours later anti inflammatory and so on (unless you have liver trouble, then skip the Tylenol completely). Don't ever let it wear off, or you'll feel more pain and take more pain killers in the end. After a day you should feel well enough to cut out the pain killer but keep up the anti inflammatory for a few more days.

Alternating hot and cold on your jaw can help too.

[gdoh]

root beer shakes from A&W =]

[samkyupsal]

local anes for me.
feel the pressure of scapel on gums, feel/hear tearing sound of gums through ur head.
intense yanking. done.

no pain at all.. only after

[!Yaminashi]

Getting one done will not be a problem, just remember to stock up on those tylenol T3's ;)

[impulseX]

got all 4 taken out at the begining of the month.
2 simple, 2 complicated (growing sideways towards my teeth =[ )
they only froze the areas and went to work.
powdered teeth and not being able to feel my mouth was definately no fun when you add the drilling sounds and cracking, and feeling the the might of the surgeon lol.

[chinook79]

One word of advice... don't go to Chinese dentist.. :P
especially one on main st..
or better yet.. ask for specialist if your dentist would try to do it himself
I had mine taken out from this idiot Chinese dentist on main
Took him 3 hours to take one off and he got frustrated he started rushing everything and ended up cutting my lips/do horrible stitches job that chunk of flesh fell off along with horrible stitch job. I was this close to sue this motherfucker and he actually had nerve to call me again ask me to book for scaling..
fucking asshole..

[wuuhoo]

One word of advice... don't go to Chinese dentist.. :P
especially one on main st..
or better yet.. ask for specialist if your dentist would try to do it himself
I had mine taken out from this idiot Chinese dentist on main
Took him 3 hours to take one off and he got frustrated he started rushing everything and ended up cutting my lips/do horrible stitches job that chunk of flesh fell off along with horrible stitch job. I was this close to sue this motherfucker and he actually had nerve to call me again ask me to book for scaling..
fucking asshole..

shiet eh, is this the one in the plaza?

[twitchyzero]

One word of advice... don't go to Chinese dentist.. :P
especially one on main st..
or better yet.. ask for specialist if your dentist would try to do it himself
I had mine taken out from this idiot Chinese dentist on main
Took him 3 hours to take one off and he got frustrated he started rushing everything and ended up cutting my lips/do horrible stitches job that chunk of flesh fell off along with horrible stitch job. I was this close to sue this motherfucker and he actually had nerve to call me again ask me to book for scaling..
fucking asshole..
was this a long time ago? I would seriously consider making a formal complaint 'cause chances are he's doing it to other people too.

this is the regulatory body that license the dentists in our province http://www.cdsbc.org/complaints

[chinook79]

was this a long time ago? I would seriously consider making a formal complaint 'cause chances are he's doing it to other people too.

this is the regulatory body that license the dentists in our province http://www.cdsbc.org/complaints

This happened about 3~4 yrs ago.. I got referred by my ex..
someone Pm'ed me asking the name of the dentist..
I'm 90% positive that it's the one on 3000's beside pizza hut but I don't want to name the place because of that 10% uncertainty. I can call my ex and ask her to confirm but I'd rather not...
BTW, a friend of mine just got her taken out..went to see specialist.. took her less than 30 min to take 2 out, 2 days to recover w/o any problem.
If I knew about regulatory body back then, I would've definitely made complaint but after 3~4 yrs, I don't know if I should bother anymore..

[ChaKo]

other than the pain killers, did you guys take all of the medication prescribed? i've been given 2 anti-inflammatory medications, one of which is a steroid according to the information sheet, and penicillin. the nurse was sorta unhelpful as they were fairly busy and i wasn't given a chance to ask any questions. even when i fractured my orbital bone and they operated on it, i wasn't put on any medication so it all just seems a little excessive for me. i'm planning on holding off on the anti-inflammatory stuff since my swelling isn't that bad and an ice pack seems to be sufficiently doing the job, but a quick google search has provided mixed responses about the antibiotics.

[stewie]

i just had the 2 wisdom teeth on my left side taken out on monday, just used local anes. went back to work on tuesday doing construction type work...all ive taken so far were just a few advils...

no swelling at all

however...when i was having them taken out...dentist had trouble removing htem cause ive waited so long to remove them...roots were big...and now im feeling pain in the front of my lower teeth...so i called the dentist...he told me i most likely have minor nerve damage witch should heal wihtin a few weeks....shitty thing is im not drinking till its healed...and my birthday is on tuesday :( first sober bday in 10 years :(

[SB7]

Reviving this old thread to ask a question since I need to get up to 5 wisdom teeth removed :(

Basically Dr Chau in Richmond quoted me 432$ per tooth to get my bottom two removed. I have all the panoramic x-rays done and he came up with that price.

I sent an email to a few other oral surgeons in Richmond and Dr Kwong from The Urban Dentist quoted me 360$ for the same procedure.

Both of these prices still seem quite high... Would someone please be able to recommend me to a skilled and qualified oral surgeon that has fair prices? Thank you very much in advance!!

[blee123]

Reviving this old thread to ask a question since I need to get up to 5 wisdom teeth removed :(

Basically Dr Chau in Richmond quoted me 432$ per tooth to get my bottom two removed. I have all the panoramic x-rays done and he came up with that price.

I sent an email to a few other oral surgeons in Richmond and Dr Kwong from The Urban Dentist quoted me 360$ for the same procedure.

Both of these prices still seem quite high... Would someone please be able to recommend me to a skilled and qualified oral surgeon that has fair prices? Thank you very much in advance!!

i would like to know also, is Dr Chau the guy on cook road in richmond? i got refered to him by my dentist in Aberdeen centre.

has anyone had any experience going to Dr Chau?

[SB7]

i would like to know also, is Dr Chau the guy on cook road in richmond? i got refered to him by my dentist in Aberdeen centre.

has anyone had any experience going to Dr Chau?

Yes, he told me that he charges a higher price because of his credentials, however if the procedure is just a routine wisdom teeth removal without a high chance of any complications, I feel that it is just too much per tooth.

My aunt got some work done by him and she said he was great though.

[Doubl3_H]

Anyone tried sedation dentistry?

I heard their adverts on radio all day, " Willow Dental Care"

Services - Willow Dental Sedation (http://www.willowdentalcare.com/services/)

[blee123]

Yes, he told me that he charges a higher price because of his credentials, however if the procedure is just a routine wisdom teeth removal without a high chance of any complications, I feel that it is just too much per tooth.

My aunt got some work done by him and she said he was great though.

hmmmm i think taking out wisdom tooths do require s good set of skills or else your ordinary dentist could have done it for you...

i also asked around and ppl seem to saying its around $400/tooth so the price that Dr Chau charges seems fair

thats just me tho, anyone wana chime in?

[vafanculo]

Does your insurance cover any of the cost? If. So, I'd prolly go with dr chau, if his crefentials are infact accurate. Its not so much the procedure that sucks, but the pain afterwards. Also, if they don't do a good job, it could lead to other complications like dry socket (I been told its the worst feeling in the world) and probably other infections.

[twitchyzero]

300-400 is a fair rate for oral surgeons
the residents at VGH charges $98 for consult and approx 300 for the extraction as a "reduced rate"...so really for someone who has more experience in surgery it is well worth it.

and there's no such thing as having 5 wisdom teeth

and yes most insurance will cover extractions

[Hondaracer]

$300 seems pretty good considering my dentist is raping my coverage as much as she can it seems..

1 filling plus replace 2 silver with white was $780

[blee123]

Does your insurance cover any of the cost? If. So, I'd prolly go with dr chau, if his crefentials are infact accurate. Its not so much the procedure that sucks, but the pain afterwards. Also, if they don't do a good job, it could lead to other complications like dry socket (I been told its the worst feeling in the world) and probably other infections.
Are there other places in richmond that you guys reccomend other than Dr Chau and Dr wittenburg (westminister and no.3 road) ?

[vafanculo]

I can't speak for richmond, but I had mine done by doctor boyd in north van. I know its quite the trek, but she's awesome. Takes total care of you, and has been voted best dentist in north van before.

After I moved to richmond, I still made the drive to see her, until I decided to find someone closer for general stuff.

[SB7]

300-400 is a fair rate for oral surgeons
the residents at VGH charges $98 for consult and approx 300 for the extraction as a "reduced rate"...so really for someone who has more experience in surgery it is well worth it.

and there's no such thing as having 5 wisdom teeth

and yes most insurance will cover extractions

Dr. Chau said it was a "5th tooth" near one of the top right wisdom teeth. He said it can be removed at a discount price though =/

[AW607]

Got two taken out by my dentist I've had since I was a kid, very good guy and it was done in about 15 minutes. A ton of numbing and a couple yanks, all teeth came out in one piece without any cutting. I got prescribed a whole container of T3s but I never used it, just the necessary meds like the antibiotics and such. Surprisingly, throughout my ordeal I never felt any pain at all, I just had to watch what I eat and sometimes how I ate them. Fully healed in less than a week :thumbsup:

[blee123]

Got two taken out by my dentist I've had since I was a kid, very good guy and it was done in about 15 minutes. A ton of numbing and a couple yanks, all teeth came out in one piece without any cutting. I got prescribed a whole container of T3s but I never used it, just the necessary meds like the antibiotics and such. Surprisingly, throughout my ordeal I never felt any pain at all, I just had to watch what I eat and sometimes how I ate them. Fully healed in less than a week :thumbsup:

Was this done by Dr Chau in richmond?

[blee123]

Seems like Dr Chau got more votes compared to Dr wittenburg, maybe I shall go to Dr Chau then.


So these are the only 2 famous doctors in all of richmond? Any others?

[AW607]

My dentists were the Ng's at the Lansdowne Dental Clinic, there's three of them and they're all brothers haha. I've had them as my dentist since I was little so I've got to know them quite well

[blee123]

My dentists were the Ng's at the Lansdowne Dental Clinic, there's three of them and they're all brothers haha. I've had them as my dentist since I was little so I've got to know them quite well

are they wisdom tooth specialist or just general dentists?

[AW607]

general dentists but I think they're great, they always keep you informed of what they're gonna do and they do tend to listen to you so I think they're good guys

[yray]

I got mine done at a dental surgeon on broadway. I took out four with two exposed, two inside with full anesthesia ; it came to around $1400.

Nothing like waking up stoned as fuck with a hot nurse beside you and the whole downtown skyline visible from the floor to ceiling window.

[blee123]

so no other good specialists in richmond other than the 2 stated above? (wisdom tooth)

[blee123]

Dr chau charges $85 for a check-up prior the tooth removal while Dr wittenburg charges $135 :fuckthatshit: guess i'll go to Dr Chau then :accepted:

i also heard from ppl that Dr wittenburg jabs the shit out of your wisdom tooth when he is in a hurry :heckno:

[blee123]

so no more reccomendations for wisdom tooth removal in the Richmond area? :alone:

i work 7 days a week so i won't have time to head elsewhere to get it done

[Mining]

Anyone gone to Dr. Jesse Yan in the Crystal Mall building?

Yan, Dr Jesse Inc - Burnaby, BC - Family Practice in Burnaby, British Columbia (http://www.manta.com/ic/mtq4hsg/ca/yan-dr-jesse-inc)

He's my regular dentist and getting him to check it tomorrow. He's never mentioned to me about my wisdom teeth at my annual check-ups (I thought good dentists were suppose to tell you) = /

[vanle]

good luck, gonna be painful !

[MelonBoy]

Getting 2 taken out this week.. Any other things I can eat other then yogurt & congee..? I looked at baby food and that apple sauce looks mighty delicious haha

[Not really racist!]

^ i wouldnt eat anything other than those two..

get infected and you already have another couple days to a week of eating carefully and looking like a blowfish

[Chris999]

I had two removed in under 10 minutes. 4-6 shots of local anesthesia and then he used some tool to put pressure on them till they started moving and then she just removed them. I was eating 6 hours later.

I would like to Thank My Dentist Dr.Cherry Gupta (Langley Dental Centre (http://www.langleydentist.com), Langley BC) for excellent service