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General Category => Functional Surgery Questions => Topic started by: fangletooth on March 29, 2016, 04:46:50 PM

Title: Wisdom Teeth
Post by: fangletooth on March 29, 2016, 04:46:50 PM

Has anyone had jaw surgery less than 6-9 months after having wisdom teeth extracted? I get my wisdom teeth out in mid-April, and I was hoping to have jaw surgery in August, but that is becoming less likely due to the amount of time needed to allow the tooth extraction sites to heal.

Title: Re: Wisdom Teeth
Post by: Tezcatli on March 29, 2016, 05:18:07 PM

Some surgeons don't care, others do, it is a point of contention. In his book Posnick says he usually removes wisdom teeth during jaw surgery and no f**ks given.

I just had them extracted because my surgeon prefers it that way and it is annoying, I think having both done at the same time must be terrible because you combine both kinds of pain and risks like having a dry socket while having your mouth wired/rubber banded and swollen!


In resume, it is up to your surgeon, it can be done but he may be against it.

Title: Re: Wisdom Teeth
Post by: fangletooth on March 30, 2016, 05:32:27 PM

Thanks for the info. I'm definitely getting my wisdom teeth out before surgery. I'm just hoping that I won't have to wait 6-9 months to get the jaw surgery done.

Title: Re: Wisdom Teeth
Post by: kjohnt on March 30, 2016, 07:03:48 PM

Schedule it right now.

Title: Re: Wisdom Teeth
Post by: fangletooth on March 30, 2016, 07:23:02 PM

Already did. Teeth are out April 18th.