Advice/past experiences with wisdom teeth

I had four removed at once. The amount of discomfort that the procedure causes varies significantly from person to person, depending on your teeth but also your response to the anesthetic.

Personally, I did very well. I could not eat solid food for a couple days, and I was pretty out of it for one day, but overall it was not bad.

As for running: I too despise days off. I had my procedure done really early in the morning, and missed only one day altogether. I did not run before the surgery (was told not to by the doctor), but I did run the following afternoon, albeit only five or six miles and pretty slow. The day after that I was basically back in the game. But I also had a HS teammate who missed several days after he had his out so I think it all depends.

Bottom line: it is possible to do all four and miss very little running.

It may be too late now. You may have gotten them out already, but I would reccomend all four at once. I had mine removed 3 months ago and it was def not as bad as everyone says and my oral surgeon had to remove part of my jaw to get the bottom two out. If you get two taken out at a time, you will still have to be careful with what you eat bc even if you're chewing on one side and not the other, pieces of food can still get stuck in the holes on the other side. Something as tiny as the seeds off of strawberries getting into one of those holes can cause a major infection. Also, if you are doing IV sedation, it's much cheaper to have it done at once. Like I said, I had one of the worst cases since some of my jaw was cut away and the roots were wrapped around the jawbone and I was back to new the three days later just couldn't eat many foods. The first day is the worst changing the bloody gauze and you're mouth tends to produce A LOT of saliva and you cant spit. But after that, it's all downhill. Recommend ice-cream or pudding the first day (cold stuff feels good!), KFC mashed potatoes the second day & finely scrambled eggs and soft mac & cheese the third day. Takes 6-7 days to eat normally. ANd don't forget the salt water to rinse with :)

I got all 4 out, couldn't eat hard foods for about half a week, and then was back on track, no pun intended. I got an infection in it a few months later, but that was not a major problem. Do all 4!

it is a medieval process no matter that it's 2011.

get knocked out if they offer it! you don't want the memories!

If you have to have one out anyway, and if you have good dental insurance, just get it over with.

As for not wanting to take a few days off ... there will be times in your life (injuries) when you will have to take more than few days off. Don't obsess.

As I recall, I was only really knocked out for one day. No solid food for a while (because it sticks and gets gross), but jogging wouldn't have been an issue by Day 3.

Good luck.

Just had all 4 of mine removed 3 days ago and like it has been said before everyone is different, but I have yet to be able to run more than a couple miles without pain. Should be back to running in a few more days, but for me the pain has been to much to run through. Although I am glad I got all four done so I know it's over and don't have to worry about it happening again.