“How long does it take to recover from oral surgery?”
I am a 21 year old female. I will have wisdom tooth surgery. How long does it take to recover from oral surgery?
7 Answers
Depends on the severity of the issue. Whether it’s erupted, partially impacted, or fully impacted. Please discuss with your surgeon as they know your situation the best.
Usually a couple of days. I tell patients, day 1 - you usually need some pain pills. Day 2 - you may need or you may not, and by day 3 - you should have no pain unless you 'mess' with the area of surgery. If you have pain that is becoming very intense on the 3rd day, you have a dry socket. You are in the high risk category for dry sockets (female, young, and lower molars are the most common), so follow your doctor's advice after the surgery.
Hello,
Typical recovery for wisdom teeth removal is around 1 day or so. It all depends on a lot of factors: complexity, impaction, bone grafting or not with also the other factors like age and healing/medical issues or not. Best to consult with a surgeon to determine a more accurate answer.
Typical recovery for wisdom teeth removal is around 1 day or so. It all depends on a lot of factors: complexity, impaction, bone grafting or not with also the other factors like age and healing/medical issues or not. Best to consult with a surgeon to determine a more accurate answer.
It depends on patient and the surgeon. Each patient is different, and skillful surgeon does make a difference as well. My general guideline for my patients is 1-2 days for the pain to go away, and one week for the swelling goes down, but again it depends on the complication of the surgery. If the tooth is very impacted or positioned in a very difficult position, it will require longer time for the surgery then it will take longer to recover. Most if not all of my patients have no experience of pain, if they follow my instruction of post op care and taking medications accordingly. Good luck.
It will depend on you, the severity of the extraction of the wisdom tooth, the skill of the oral surgeon, and the following of instructions after the surgery. It may vary from 1-2 days to 5-6 days depending if the tooth is impacted and how bad the impaction is.
2 weeks
It usually only takes around 3 to 4 days.
