No matter what your
oral surgeon says, know that when you get your
wisdom teeth out (or even just one wisdom tooth), you won't be able to play any
wind instruments (well, maybe
flute) for a few weeks.
I asked the
surgeon how long I should expect to wait before playing
saxophone again and he said about three or four days.
Dead wrong. I missed a band
festival because of it. Bugger. I guess he didn't realize how much
pressure playing a
wind instrument puts on the oral cavity, because I tried to play sax about four days after I got a wisdom tooth out and it felt like I could've
ripped the
wound right open again if I played hard enough.