When dentists remove peoples Wisdom teeth? Do they usually remove them all at one visit?

Question

When I schedule to get my wisdom teeth removed. Is it usually all taken care of for most dentists to remove all your wisdom teeth in one appointment?

It would be four molars for most of you. I'm one of the rare cases that only have three molars.

Answer 1

well my sister just got hers taken out and they did all of them in one visit. Because the way the dentists think about it is that if they do them on different days then you wont want to come back to get the others done

Answer 2

A lot of people do it like that.  I, however, did it differently.  I am horrified of the dentist and I literally waited for each one to become so uncomfortable that I had no choice but to have them removed.  I had all 4 teeth removed separately over a 7 year period.

Answer 3

Hi,

I had 3 wisdom teeth and got those taken out 1 at a time. I have learned from experience that you shouldn't do it that way. Instead, you should get those taken out all at one visit. The reasons are as follows :

1. When you are younger, your bone is more spongy (flexible). So, it is easier to get those teeth out. As you age, the bones become more dense and non-elastic, making the extractions difficult.

2. So, with difficult extractions, the healing may get delayed.

3. Again, as you age, as a routine the healing takes longer. Also, you may end up having other medical conditions (like Diabetes) that interfere with proper and quick healing.

4. No matter how expert the oral surgeon / dentist is, these extractions are not easy to do. So, it will be traumatic. So, might as well go through the procedure only once and allow the healing to take place in all 4 areas all at once.

5. The longer you hold on to those wisdom teeth, the more you will have the risk of developing painful inflammation (Pericoronitis) around those teeth.

6. Wisdom teeth always have a tendency to push the rest of the teeth towards the front as those try to erupt. As a result, sometimes when you wait too long, your teeth (especially, the bottom front teeth) get crooked. For the same reason, if you have only one side done for the time being and then wait a long time for the other side, there can be a risk of the midline shifting (That is what happened to me).  Most of the time that is what happens because you think about the traumatic experience and never go back for the other side. So, the best decision is to get those taken out all at once, since that is the best course of treatment for you.

7. Most of the time the general dentist ends up referring you to an oral surgeon for those extractions because as I explained, you should get all of those taken out at the same time. Since the general dentist would do it only under local anesthesia, that makes it a little problematic. Multiple carpules of local anesthetic have to be administered in order to anesthetize each area. So, you are talking about 4 times the amount. The dentist has to take caution as to not overdose you with the anesthetic at any given time. The oral surgeon can minimize the risk by combining the different types of anesthetics.

8. If you are getting the extractions done by your oral surgeon, you will most probably need the following :

i) a referral by your primary / general dentist,

ii) a consultaion on top of the visit for the actual procedure,

iii) if he does I/V sedation, you will need to bring in somebody with you because you will not be able to drive home on your own.

iv) the billing for the I/V sedation is usually done under your medical insurance. You don't want to utilize the coverage twice for the same procedure and then have less coverage left for the rest of the year.

That is why it is better to get everything done in one visit.

Hope this helped. Good luck !!

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