Is dental surgery a painful procedure?

My two molars crown have decayed and have been adviced to have it extracted surgically. I am afraid of pain during procedure. Are they going to extract both molars since they sat beside each other. How long does it take for its healing process?

Is dental surgery a painful procedure?
I recently had four complete bony impacted wisdom teeth removed, which basically means that the teeth were completely encased in the jaw bone, so they had to cut through my jaw bone to get to the teeth. Needless to say, I was very nervous going into the surgery. I elected to use laughing gas in the procedure, which, along with the painkillers that they already put in your jaw, made me so silly that I don't remember or feel a thing for the entire procedure. And don't worry about the laughing gas making you so silly that you will do or say something that you will later regret; none of the stuff you see or hear on TV is true, and remember that they are working in your mouth! Obviously, anesthesia is another course, and that's pretty much guaranteed to allow you to be completely pain free during the procedure. After the procedure, I don't remember much, and I woke up (like fully conscious) about 2 hours later. It didn't hurt to move my jaw, but it's movement was definitely impaired and it didn't exactly feel too comfortable. Basically, my jaw was stiff and would not open as wide as it usually would. The doctor might advise that you go on a liquid diet for a couple of days after the procedure, i.e. milkshakes, protein shakes, just to keep up you daily requirement of food intake. Obviously, the nutrients in the food will help you heal somewhat faster than just deciding to not eat for a couple of days because of the fear of pain.





Now that the story of the procedure is out of the way, onto the part that you are concerned about: pain. My doctor prescribed me 800 mg ibuprofen for any pain that I encountered. I found that even the normal dose of ibuprofen that you can buy over-the-counter in drug stores worked like a charm. He may or may not prescribe you Vicodin, but if he does, that stuff will eliminate any pain that you encounter. I would just say as a precaution that if you do have Vicodin that you take it at a time when you have nothing scheduled, i.e. right before bed, or signficant periods of down time. Vicodin can make it more difficult to drive or work since it has a side effect of making you drowsy (which is why you might want to take it before bed).





After this procedure, I was advised to take 3 days off of work to allow myself to heal and allow the swelling in my cheek to go down using ice. Now when you ask how long it takes for the healing process, I assume you mean before you can do things normally again. And after those three days I was able to move my jaw without any pain (but still not able to open it quite all the way), about 95% of the swelling went down, and I could eat almost every single type of food that I ate before the procedure. The only thing that I stayed away from was anything that required excessive chewing (gum, tough steak, etc.) since my jaw was still somewhat stiff, and popcorn, since those kernels have a nasty habit of getting caught in places all over you mouth, including the spot of the surgery.





Alright, I just want to say that I am not a licensed professional of dentistry or oral surgery. I just wished to give you an idea of what might happen before, during, and after the surgery based off of my prior experience. I had my surgery done about 2 weeks ago on August 8th, and as of right now, I am back at 100% physically and mentally. For that to happen, it took about 5 days before everything was back to normal. I went to work after 3 days' rest, went out of the house, and hung out with friends. The only thing that I had to do was be careful of what I ate and how I chewed. Good luck on your procedure! And remember, these people doing the procedure are professionals, and they are only looking after your best interests and to make you as comfortable as possible.
Reply:depends. some dentist call "surgery" when it is in the office, this can be painful. try to get them to put you completely under, that is usually in a surgery center, and then you won't feel as much pain and you won't have to hear anything they are doing.