It depends, mine was pretty major (general anesthesia, 3 hour surgery, etc.) and I had a very long recovery. The lower ones never breached my gums and had creat

It depends, mine was pretty major (general anesthesia, 3 hour surgery, etc.) and I had a very long recovery. The lower ones never breached my gums and had created an untreatable infection and the surgeon had to partially break my jaw to get them out. It was a real mess. Other people I know went through a fairly normal tooth extraction like yourself, it just depends.