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What kind of painkillers do Dentists usually give after wisdom teeth extraction?
Im 20, Its a week before my surgery, the oral surgon has me on Clindaylin (some bacterial fighting medicine) cause one of my wisdom teeth has an infection. Im just curious what painkillers do oral surgons usually percribe to ease the pain after the numbness goes away? Also, Do oral surgons/dentists ever not give out painkillers after wisdom tooth extraction?
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#2 written by stellar 2 years ago
When I got mine out they gave me Vicodin. Depending on your body size, they may have you take just half a pill at a time (which tastes kind of gross but it gets the job done and it really helps with the pain). It makes some people drowsy but personally I was fine. I think all oral surgeons will prescribe something along the lines of Vicodin, but they tell you to start with just Advil or Motrin and move on the stronger drugs if you need it. It may not be necessary, but it’s really nice to have the option. Just make sure to take some sort of pain meds (Motrin worked for me) every four hours or as often as the bottle says you can, ’cause it’s most effective to just keep the pain at bay, instead of trying to get rid of it when it’s already there. That’s no fun.
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#4 written by secretsister29020 2 years ago
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They will give you some 5mg vicodin (5mg hydrocodone and 500 mg acetaminophen (tylenol)) *only like 15 or so, tell them your a big baby cause its better to have them and not need em then to not have em ya know*, as well as 800 mg motrin (about 15 of them), and possibly an antibiotic such as penicillin.
I just had mine out 3 days ago. I had an infection in mine as well before I had them removed. Oh and don’t be afraid of getting a dry socket if you smoke. You most likely will get one, but just go back to the surgeon and he will stick this piece of long paper coated in a paste substance in the hole. It stings a lil when he puts it in there and has a nasty taste (clove) but it only lasts a little while. So go ahead and smoke, lol. And I don’t know about yours but my surgeon’s office didn’t charge me any more for the whole dry socket treatment (its considered post-op care, but you should ask before hand to make sure)