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Re: Extraction

Author: gsurosey
Date: 2010-11-24 23:01

It depends. Bad experience coming (likely atypical though)...

I had 2 (broken) wisdom teeth pulled in March. I missed a concert I had 5 days afterward (too much pain), but played the one I had 4 days after that (not at all comfortable, but I tolerated it well enough and I wasn't missing both performances of rep that I put a couple months worth of rehearsals into). I had complications, though. 2 weeks after they were pulled, I was still in a lot of pain so I saw the surgeon again. He thought I had a dry socket in the bottom, so he prescribed an oral rinse (my dentist said a few days later that she didn't think there was a dry socket, but that was a few days later; I had an appointment scheduled anyway for something else, so I went to have her look at what the surgeon did). 2 weeks after that, the pain was so bad I was in the emergency room. I saw the surgeon emergently later that day and he said the bottom socket was infected, so he opened it up and got that out (basically doing surgery on the lower again). After that, I was playing (tentatively) less than a week later.

So basically, you should be ok as long as you don't get complications. Do what you can to keep the sockets clean (rinse rinse rinse). If you get an infection, you will know it! I generally have a high pain tolerance, but for some reason, oral pain doesn't fit in to that category. I had 10 novacaine shots for the surgery to remove the infection; it all wore off at the same time and that was about the worst pain I'd ever felt. The shots are the worst for me.

I'm also older than you ClarinetBeginner. This was done earlier this year and I was 29 at the time. I'm having my 4th and final wisdom tooth pulled in December (after my Holiday concerts are done). This one isn't broken (just has a small cavity, but it's twisted about 45 degrees, so it's coming out). So, I'm hoping it will go a lot better. The first one I had out about 10 years ago and it went absolutely fine.

Good luck! Come back to the clarinet as you feel you can tolerate it.

Rachel

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