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Yes, I had all for taken out at the same time!  honestly.. best drugs Ive ever had! lolol It wasnt really that painful to me, the only thing is.. is that some thing they gave me to go to sleep has an affect on females that can make them cry after its over.  I cried like a baby and had no idea why! lol  Cheeks were swollen for about a week and I couldnt eat anything solid.  Glad I did it!  Good luck!!

I had my two bottom wisdom teeth taken out, both were impacted.  I actually had a bad reaction to the antibiotics they gave me, they made me nauseus for days!  The pain was no big deal, I didn't even need the vicodin they gave me, I did fine on Advil.  I wasn't even put under for the surgery at all, just had novicane and laughing gas, it was over in about 10 minutes.  No big deal.....good luck and don't stress out about it.  You'll feel fine after a few days.  Worst part is the swelling...it's no fun looking like a chipmunk! haha =)

my experience was more like mrs caniche.  i lost 7 lbs in a week.  i had all 4 - impacted - removed.  terrible.  the roots were near my nerves so they were more difficult to get out.  i was miserable.  i just had this done 3 weeks ago and Im just back to eating solid food.  the worst part is the wholes that are left.  every time i eat i have to flush food from the wholes for the next 6-8 weeks.  its pretty gross.

I had 4 impacted taken out at the same time.  I had very little pain, only a little swelling, and really only had problems crunching things like raw carrots for a few weeks. But...I also HATE needles and have very light veins.  They poked and prodded me for ever trying to get my iv in, and I guess even when I'm knocked out by drugs I even hate needles because I pulled out my iv while unconscious!!! The bruise on my hand was WAY bigger than the swelling in my cheeks. 

Yes!  I had all four of them out at once, plus another 4 for crowding issues.  They figured it was easiest just to put me out and wake up a snaggletooth.

I'd heard all sorts of awful stories, that people got really sick, they told their deepest darkest secrets, they couldn't sleep lest they not wake up, they swelled up something fierce... I think someone mentioned wetting their pants.  My programming partner made snickerdoodles the day before, when I wasn't supposed to be eating.  What a meanie.

I wasn't too happy with the prospect of any of those things.

So I go to oral surgeon, who gives me an IV and the gas.  I figure I will inhale the gas rapidly, it will help me go.  Dr. comes in, gives me a vial of anesthesia.  Nothing.  He comes back, gives me another.  I calm down, and for all I care, I'm gone.  He comes back, looks at my me, notices I'm still up, and says to my mom "I've given her two... she's not out *yet*?!"  Third time was the charm.

I asked to keep my teeth, and they said they weren't sure, since they were all impacted, they might have to break them up.  :(

I wake up, and I have a little baggie with 8 teeth in it.  I was excited.  I get up to go out the door, and being the mean person that I am when I am groggy/drunk/etc, I growled (seriously) at the nurse that I was fi...THUNK... in to the wall.  Ok, maybe I am not fine.

I eventually fell asleep, and blooled (bled+drool) all over my favorite shirt.  It washed out, thank heavens.  

I didn't have any swelling or nausea or any of that, just a smidgen of stiffness, as is to be expected from having your mouth wide open and things cut out.  None of the horrible things people told me were true.  I didn't confess my love for this guy, I didn't hork three day's worth of dinner, I didn't wet the bed. The pain killers didn't work.  They never do.  I took them anyway.

I went back for a checkup, and Dr. was like "why aren't you eating steak?!"... right, because I am going to chew it with my more crooked than Nixon front teeth...

A week or two later, I was at a party, a friend had gotten hers out, and apparently the drugs didn't sit well with her at all, she said she'd been sick 17 times that day!  Sheesh.

I am seriously a wuss about needles and pain, and I had all 4 removed at the same time, they were also impacted.  I will say it wasn't that bad, except I really couldn't eat solid food for a good 2 weeks.  I was completely put out for the procedure, and all I remember was a little pain from the IV, and then somehow I woke up back at my apartment.  My boyfriend took care of me and said I did a lot of silly things.  He got me a frosty from Wendys and I kept falling asleep in my frosty. I kept talking about how it was Friday and I needed him to drop me off at work (even though I had the day off).  The first day was the worst as far as pain.  I only took one of the vicodin pills I was prescribed.

Just be careful and make sure to keep changing the cotton in your mouth so you get good clots.  At my checkup one week after the surgery, the doc said I had a slight dry socket in one of them that was just refusing to clot.  He put this DISGUSTING thing thing that looked like a catterpiller in my socket (tasted like cloves).  Honestly, this was the worst part of the whole experience, I think.  He also gave me a syringe and special mouthwash that I could wash out my sockets with.  Everything was fine 2 weeks after surgery and completley back to normal.

You'll be find and likely won't remember much of anything.  And as long as you don't have issues with clots you should be back to normal sooner than I was!

wow I'm surprised by so many bad stories.. mine went really well!  And again.. the drugs were awesome! lol

I have had 16 teeth pulled. I was put completely under for all of them, and didn't have a SINGLE problem with any of them. 

I lied, with my wisdom teeth the nurse couldn't get my IV in.. that's it.  I ate solid food two days later and didn't have any issues.

I'm not sure if you smoke, but that could cause big dry sockets if you do it too soon, so be careful if you do.

Good Luck!!

@europomme it's so much better to do it when you're young, it's apparently worse if you are older.