Question:
While I didn't have mine done during pregnancy, I do have some advice. I
couldn't eat solid food for almost a week afterwards. Make sure you stock
up on Ensure or some other liquid supplement. Ensure was designed to be a
complete meal replacement for chemotherapy and aids patients, the elderly
and others with no appetite. I was also awake during my extraction. I
recommend bringing a Walkman or cd player with headphones. The dentist make
lots of noise during the procedure and helps keep your mind off of whats
going on.
Answer:
I had two wisdom teeth extracted during my first pregnancy. It went fine!
Just make sure to get the little syringe thingy to squeeze water into the holes
after they are done!
Just my experience (not from pregnancy) - I found having the top ones out was
not really a big deal - they had been impacted and were very painful, and the
mild discomfort afterwards was *nothing* compared to the pain I had been in
before. With my lower ones (extracted three or four years later) it was the
other way round: they weren't giving me that much trouble, but the extraction
(which was in hospital, under general anesthetic, BTW) and the subsequent week
was one of the most miserable, horrible experiences I've ever had in my life.
So my view: if they are the upper ones, I would consider it if the ache is
making you miserable. If they are the lower ones DON'T DO IT!! Like I said,
mine were done in hospital, with general anaesthetic. The idea of having it
done with just some novocaine (or even gas) would just be a joke, as far as I'm
concerned - no way! Not to scare you, but I know someone who's ribs were
fractured because they had to kneel on his chest to get them out. I couldn't
eat at all (I could only drink liquidised stuff through a straw) for about 5
days - not what you want when you're pregnant.
Incidentally, sometimes they ache because there is a little infection in the
gum (I had this with my lower ones for several years on and off before having
them out). If that is what is causing the ache, you can often fix it by
antiseptic mouthwashes.
I didn't have it done during pregnancy, but did have it done. It was a
BREEZE! The worst part, and I am absolutely not sugar coating it one
teeny tiny bit, was seeing the pliers! I felt SO little pain from the
extraction that I had to ask the dentist if he'd removed the tooth! In my
case, what made a big difference, though, was that there was enough tooth
above the gum line that the dentist could get a really good hold on it.
