i had all four of my impacted wisdom teeth pulled at once. i was knocked out w/ IV anesthesia. the operation lasted about an hour and a half

swelling didnt reeeally occur until the day after. thats when it started gettin huge. things were extra not-so-good after the anesthesia was out my system. recover was slow. had to eat, well actually drink, all my food using a spoon and somehow getting it in my mouth

after two weeks things were fairly normal except my lower left jaw got re-infected, mostly b/c the hole created from the extraction was so huge they had to re-open the area (aka cut it open) and let the fluid drain and gave me a higher dose of antibiotics and a different mouth rinse

things were pretty much back to fully normal about a 5-6 weeks later

if you only have one tooth thats not impacted i really wouldnt worry. i think i had worst-case scenario