Wisdom teeth removal prior to surgery...

[Guest guest]

My surgeon states that I have to remove three wisdom teeth before

they can even think of doing my procedure(advance my lower jaw about

12mm)and then I would have to wait another 4 to 6 months to have the

surgery done.

Has anyone else had to go through this? I'm tentatively scheduled for

the end of September.

[Guest guest]

We went through the same thing in January, except my son was

scheduled for the surgery in March, according to the orthodontist.

However, the Surgeon said " NO " . Wanted to remove the teeth, then

surgery 6 months later. This messed up my son's football for his

senior year, plus he was ready for the surgery. I did lots of

research and found the next two doctors we met with willing to do the

surgery and remove the wisdom teeth at the same time. I asked what

was the worst thing that could happen and he said the jaw could

split, and all he would do is immobilize the jaw for several days,

but he has never had that happen. Our surgeon did the surgery on

March 9, and like he said, it caused no problems. Said it never

has. He would prefer to take them out ahead of time, but he was

willing to work on my son's schedule. My son had lower jaw moved

back, chin forward, upper jaw down and forward, plus 4 wisdom teeth

removed, 2 being impacted. Everything went beautifully and the

wisdom teeth caused no problems. Tomorrow will be 5 weeks since the

surgery. We were under a time crunch, so I was so relieved to hear

other drs willing to remove them at the same time. I would never put

my son at risk for a messed up surgery, but felt very confident in

these doctors. Actually, I believe the better dr was the one we

used, not the original one we were scheduled with.

Good Luck!

> My surgeon states that I have to remove three wisdom teeth before

> they can even think of doing my procedure(advance my lower jaw

about

> 12mm)and then I would have to wait another 4 to 6 months to have

the

> surgery done.

> Has anyone else had to go through this? I'm tentatively scheduled

for

> the end of September.

[Guest guest]

There are two schools on this - it is all about lower jaw: one says

presence of wisdom teeth - especially impacted! - will cause a

" bad split " , namely your jaw will break incorrectly causing

al kinds of problems- hence they refuse to do the surgery with them

in. Another school says presence of wisdom teeth does not increase

chances of bad split. You deside whom to believe. I do not

know why upper wisdoms can be an issue.

Val

> My surgeon states that I have to remove three wisdom teeth before

> they can even think of doing my procedure(advance my lower jaw

about

> 12mm)and then I would have to wait another 4 to 6 months to have

the

> surgery done.

> Has anyone else had to go through this? I'm tentatively scheduled

for

> the end of September.

[Guest guest]

The first surgeon I met insisted that my w.t. be removed as well. Only he said

so at the

exact moment I was ready for surgery, which would have set me back 4 to 6

months.

Would he have mentionned this at the time I didn't even had braces, I would have

had

them removed, as per his instructions. However, since then, I switched surgeon.

The second surgeon I met sad she could remove them during the surgery, but I

will have

to be wired shut longer *possibly*. She didn't see this procedure as being an

issue.

I emphasize on the word possibly because she won't be able to tell until I'm

actually under.

The worst case scenario, that she suspect might happen, is 6 to 8 weeks wired.

But she

told me she did that before and no patients were more than 4 weeks wired shut.

Between two surgeries and waiting up to 6 more months, I'll take the risk of

being wired

shut for 8 weeks (at worst), than having to wait up to possibly 6 more months

before the

final surgery.

Ray

[Guest guest]

My OS and ortho had a different reason for not doing them at the

same time. The ortho wanted them out before braces so he could get

my teeth in the best position, and the lower teeth wouldn't move

where he wanted them to if the wisdoms were in the way. My OS said

that the wisdom teeth had to come out first because once, and only

once, did he ever do it at the same time as the jaw surgery. His

patient was miserable, miserable, miserable, and he said he'd never

do that again. Actually, I'm very glad that I had my wisdoms out

before braces. Until that point I had never had any surgery, never

been knocked out, never even had stitches. I was terrified of this

whole idea of cutting bone and jaw and stuff. My OS took out my

wisdom teeth (including one that was impacted) under general, and it

was a breeze. No swelling, no pain. I slept for a day and then

went back to normal life. It was a great burden off my mind, and I

had the chance to learn to trust my OS before I had to let him at my

entire face.

Kris

> > My surgeon states that I have to remove three wisdom teeth

before

> > they can even think of doing my procedure(advance my lower jaw

> about

> > 12mm)and then I would have to wait another 4 to 6 months to have

> the

> > surgery done.

> > Has anyone else had to go through this? I'm tentatively

scheduled

> for

> > the end of September.

[Guest guest]

We talked to 4 different surgeons. Since we were in a time crunch, 3

said they would remove them during the surgery and one said he

wouldn't. I know they prefer to do it ahead of time, but we didn't

have time if our son wanted to play football his senior year of high

school. They were removed with surgery on March 9 and we had no

problems whatsoever. We were very thankful and appreciative.

> > > My surgeon states that I have to remove three wisdom teeth

> before

> > > they can even think of doing my procedure(advance my lower jaw

> > about

> > > 12mm)and then I would have to wait another 4 to 6 months to

have

> > the

> > > surgery done.

> > > Has anyone else had to go through this? I'm tentatively

> scheduled

> > for

> > > the end of September.