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Author: ClarinetBeginner
Date: 2010-11-24 04:16
I had my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and I am very concerned right now because I have an upcoming performance in two weeks exactly. Will I be ready for that? Does anyone have any experience with wisdom teeth extraction and the healing time? I am a teenager and I was told my roots were very shallow so I would heal quickly but how quick is that? Also at what stage of healing can I start playing again? Does it have to be completely healed 100% or at a certain point?
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Author: pewd
Date: 2010-11-24 04:34
most of my students resume playing within 4-7 days.
ask your dentist when its ok to resume.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Reedirect
Date: 2010-11-24 05:10
it IS surgery as it affects the bone. The younger you are the faster it heals though. However, a few hours afterwards when local anaesthesia has abated you may experience some shivering and you may not feel well at that very day. Thereafter, it will hurt a little in the first one or two days like a raw wound does. Playing, however, may already be possible that early but is perhaps no fun, as pain may radiate to the jaw joint and the ear in the early stages. But I expect you being able to play without any problems after one week. You most certainly don't jeopardize proper healing by playing. However, in the end you should follow the advice of your dentist as he/she ist the responsible physician.
Best
Jo
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-11-24 10:30
Just don't be in a hurry to eat granola bars...... the crumbs get stuck in the "sockets." YUCK
..............Paul Aviles
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Author: William
Date: 2010-11-24 14:40
Although I am not recommending this, many years ago, one of our local sax players had all four wisdoms pulled out one morning and played a wedding gig that same evening. As far as I know, no extra pharmacuticals were involved other than those prescribed by his oral surgeon.
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Author: grifffinity
Date: 2010-11-24 19:00
^ Yeah, don't do that EVER.
I had all four out when I was 18. Two were impacted. I was severely swollen in the lower jaw (where the impacted teeth were) for a week. I started playing 1 week after the extractions per my oral surgeons instructions. I can say my embouchure was very weak and I had severe muscle fatigue for a few days (I had opera rehearsal at school my first week back). I just remember that first rehearsal, I had no tone at all. Of course, my set up back then was insane - Larry Combs 1 mpc and a 5 Vandoren Blue box reed. I may have had a different experience if I was playing on my current set up.
Talk to your oral surgeon. Do you have a follow up to remove stitches, etc? Honestly, the first thing I told mine was that I was a clarinetist and asked when could I start playing again. I don't know why people ask this board before they ask surgeon...
Post Edited (2010-11-24 19:01)
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Author: kimber
Date: 2010-11-24 19:49
grifffinity "I don't know why people ask this board before they ask surgeon..."
Agreed! If I knew I had a winter concert...I would have asked about it before even scheduling the surgery date.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-11-24 19:53
I've had many students that have had that done. Some were back to normal in less than a week, others took two weeks. It just depends on how much scaring are how quick you heal. Good luck, ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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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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