Wisdom Teeth Removal Patient Stories

This page contains stories other people have had and their experiences with wisdom teeth removal. Feel free to email me your story if you would like it included below.

I am a 38 year old white male who eats healthy and works out daily. I have never any had any major health problems whatsoever. I had one of my upper wisdom teeth removed a few months ago, on the strong recommendation of my dentist. It was a simple extraction and went fine, but . . . I have had headaches almost daily every since. They vary with intensity, and there were two days when I had to take off work.

I had several friends tell me that they suspected a sinus infection as well, and so I took over the counter prescriptions for several weeks, which moderated the pain. I still have headaches that vary in intensity and length, and usually just take ibuprofen, which seems to alleviate the majority - but not all - of the pain.

Hi,

I have just read your website as after 12 years after having my wisdom teeth removed I still have a string of symptoms including vertigo that no doctor can diagnose. It all started immediately after the surgery for which I was sedated by intravenous anesthetic.

A horrific awakening to which the room span and I was no longer able to sit in a car, couldn't eat and had a head that I could describe as it felt like it was moving. Permanent fuzzing sensations in my head and vertigo that made me feel like I was walking and falling over sideways. The stress then led me to have panic attacks. A vicious circle of events that even after 12 years I sorely regret the day I ever paid the dental surgeon so much money to have so much pain and unhappiness.

Of course with time I have learn t to live with the symptoms however I can say that it has depicted the way I live. I am permanently on medication for vertigo and had on off headaches for years which stopped about 4 years ago. I still have the fuzzing sensation in my head and have to make a concerted effort daily to relax to be able to cope with the symptoms.

I fully sympathize with your symptoms. I had no follow up or head x ray and to top it all I also had an attack of Belles Palsy which I have to say then put everything into perspective for me. I couldn't even smile. All my emotions were locked inside a lopsided face. So I decided that any amount of pain, buzzing head, vertigo was nothing in comparison to facial paralysis for 18 months in which I couldn't close my eye, and even though I have some remaining weakness in my face after many lifestyle changes things are getting better.

I wish you all the best and would be very interested if you have any answers for me.

I read about your recent wisdom teeth removal and the following onset of intense headaches. I recently had my top wisdom teeth removed under only Novacaine. The extraction went well, only felt pressure/pulling from one tooth, and i received no prescriptions for the pain, he only recommended Tylenol.

Starting 3 days after the surgery i would wake up in the morning with these unbearable headaches centered right between my eyes around my forehead. They recede as the day goes on(or as i take my acetaminophen). These sound similar to what you were experiencing, i was just wondering if you have found out how to rid yourself of them, or the best way to dull them? and if possible what caused them? thanks