I had all four wisdom teeth removed at once and all I needed was one ibuprofen the first night, but a fucking migraine and I need at least one, sometimes two.
I had a wisdom teeth removed and was given basically nothing, besides the anesthetic injection needed for me not to feel pain during the procedure.
Please note that my wisdom tooth was about 80-90% developed and outside the gum, so no "surgery" was required, just some lever movement to pull it out. Also, no stitches were needed.
I was sent home with just an advice to eat non-solid, cold stuff "using the other side of the mouth".
Quite frankly, everything went okay. It was weird feeling that hole in my mouth, but it eventually filled itself.
I can second that experience. I'm still quite baffled by how little force is required to remove a tooth. The dentist barely wriggled his wrist and it popped out.
All I got sent home with was a wad of bandage to bite down on for the first 10 minutes. All in all probably the least painful experience I've ever had at the dentist. (Novacaine doesn't quite work properly on me it seems)
Well one of mine was tilted 90°, it had to be cut into pieces first and then cut from the bone. The others were quite OK though, not just a wiggle but no crazy stuff involved.
