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What is the process of getting wisdom teeth taken out?

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A lot to get into: One aspect of this kind of dental treatment that is very helpful is premedicating starting a day before wisdom teeth extractions with a mild steroid (decadron) and an anti-inflammatory (motrin) will do wonders at keeping swelling and pain under control after the procedure. Review this with your treating dentist.

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Dr. Steven Koos answered

Specializes in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Loaded: Question with the ability of only a 400 character word count answer. I would thin that your oral and maxillofacial surgeon would have thoroughly covered all these aspects during the initial consultation with you. I can refer you here for several articles that address the before, the during and the after. I hope this helps and i know you will be fine. http://wisdomteethchicago.net/blog/.

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Dr. Louis Gallia answered

Specializes in Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial

Oral surgeon: Hard to explain fully here. Best bet is to see a board certified oral & maxillofacial surgeon for evaluation/recommendations/treatment.

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