Unless they're impacted in a bad way you shouldn't have to be out of work for any duration of time. I had all 4 removed at once and I opted to be knocked out to avoid the gore and the pulling and tugging. The bloody gauze in the mouth for the next few hours was probably the worst part. Had solid food for dinner that night and it was fine. Vicodins and you straight. If you want to play it safe, maybe get it done on a Friday if you can help it, that way you'll have the wknd to recover. Some people get the squirrel cheeks and some don't. I didn't. After reading some of these horror stories I guess I was lucky.