I was recently approved for a Lap-Band, but when i told my doctor that i also needed to have my wisdom teeth out, he said i needed to do that first, because i shouldn't be having dental surgery for a while after i get my band. Does anyone know how long i should have to wait to get the band after my teeth get ripped out? Cause i wanna get this show on the road, and my extraction isn't even scheduled until the end of april

Honestly, my biggest thought is that doctors don't like to have two surgeries close together because if something goes wrong with either one, it gets messy in terms of which procedure caused what problem.

Otherwise, ordinary wisdom teeth extraction should be only a few days, and literally, the healing protocol for both procedures is similar anyway ... liquid food. You might also be on a few other pain meds for wisdom teeth where you wouldn't want to be going under general anesthesia for something else, and you definitely want to make sure you will not be experiencing complications from one procedure while still healing from something else.

If everything goes well, I don't think that a few weeks between procedures would be completely out of line. I do also see the point in giving your body a break.

I have to have something else taken care of, not a big deal in terms of my health, but it does require general anesthesia, and I'm putting it off until after a band date. This might take me into July to get that done, it appears, but I would rather get the band first.