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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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At some point one has to learn to deal with pain, especially when it's only temporary. I have had several root canals, teeth pulled for implants, and other painful dental work. Though the dentist has offered me prescription pain killers, I have never taken anything other than Tylenol and I have always managed. I used to take Naproxen but have to avoid it now due to my Kidney condition. For the OP that's probably the most effective over-the-counter treatment for relief.
Ditto on the anbesol, etc. It's just a temporary topical pain reliever, meant to be taken in conjunction with another pain reliver, like tylenol. Using it by itself is sort of like sucking on a lozenge and thinking it will make your sore throat go away.
Doctors and dentist still prescribe pain meds, they are just a lot more careful about it now. My son had some minor oral surgery done and whatever they gave him in the office must have been pretty good, he was totally loopy when he came out and then slept for hours afterward. They gave him a prescription for three pills, just three, for the worst of the pain when he came out of it. It was adequate.
It's not meant to entirely eliminate pain, it's meant to make the pain bearable.
Yes when I've had oral surgery - implants, bone grafting, etc - they usually give me a prescription for 12 Vikoden. That's enough to take 1 every 4 hours for 3 days, more than sufficient to treat any significant pain.
OP you start your post admitting that you need the tooth PULLED.
Once it's out of your mouth, it will cease to hurt you.
Oh, bull****. 100% unadulterated pure BS. It will eventually, yes, if it heals up quickly and properly but everyone experiences pain differently and having teeth pulled can be painful for at least a day or two afterward.
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Originally Posted by Ghaati
Yes when I've had oral surgery - implants, bone grafting, etc - they usually give me a prescription for 12 Vikoden. That's enough to take 1 every 4 hours for 3 days, more than sufficient to treat any significant pain.
Oh wait a second, I thought it doesn't hurt if there is no tooth there? And you got bottles of Vicodin just for getting an implant? Implants have no nerves. I had an implant in May and it hardly hurt at all, certainly MUCH less than when teeth are pulled.
Its more than a little insensitive to tell someone else how to experience pain.
I save painkillers well past their expiration date (they work absolutely fine) because of the nanny state in the medical community these days. Yes, some people get addicted and that sucks but responsible users shouldn't be punished for it. I have Vicodin from 2012 and 2018, both were bottles of 12 with no refills. Somehow I've managed not to get addicted, and I still have more than half of them! Imagine that. And that's what I had to use when my last tooth was pulled, expired medication because the dentist was too afraid I might become hooked over a pulled tooth!
Oh, bull****. 100% unadulterated pure BS. It will eventually, yes, if it heals up quickly and properly but everyone experiences pain differently and having teeth pulled can be painful for at least a day or two afterward.
Oh wait a second, I thought it doesn't hurt if there is no tooth there? And you got bottles of Vicodin just for getting an implant? Implants have no nerves. I had an implant in May and it hardly hurt at all, certainly MUCH less than when teeth are pulled.
Its more than a little insensitive to tell someone else how to experience pain.
I save painkillers well past their expiration date (they work absolutely fine) because of the nanny state in the medical community these days. Yes, some people get addicted and that sucks but responsible users shouldn't be punished for it. I have Vicodin from 2012 and 2018, both were bottles of 12 with no refills. Somehow I've managed not to get addicted, and I still have more than half of them! Imagine that. And that's what I had to use when my last tooth was pulled, expired medication because the dentist was too afraid I might become hooked over a pulled tooth!
Try responding to what I said, in response to what he said, instead of inserting what you want to think I said.
He complained his tooth hurt. No tooth = no tooth hurt. There is nothing to hurt, if the pain is coming from the tooth itself, and the tooth is successfully removed.
If his gums hurt - then removing the tooth might not make that pain go away.
In addition, when the tooth is removed, the GUMS will be sore as a direct result of the removal process. But the pain from the TOOTH - will no longer exist.
Having learned the hard way myself, I would advise anyone about to undergo dental extraction, whether of a mouthful of teeth, or like myself, just one, to learn about "DRY SOCKET."
I went to an oral surgeon (specialist) years ago who did not inform me that I should not disturb the blood clot that formed after my molar was extracted. I thought I was supposed to clean the area.
Do not do what I did (i.e. clean the hole). The dry socket was extremely painful and Vicodin or whatever opiate I was given was not enough to significantly dull the pain, though it helped much better than the ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
*Alveolar osteitis, also known as dry socket, is inflammation of the alveolar bone (i.e., the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible ). Classically, this occurs as a postoperative complication of tooth extraction.
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