Tooth removal with sedation.

[Curio]

I had all my wisdom teeth out WITHOUT sedation! One of my bottom wisdom teeth was curled round the bone and had to be drilled out.

Why no sedation?

Simple

1) Sedation drugs are Benzodiazipiens that are highly toxic to the human body eps brain. These drugs can stay in body for weeks. A pain killer is flushed out of the body in no time.

2) While in sedation your jaw is floppy. Wisdom teeth take A LOT of force to remove... if your jaw is floppy damage is made to mucles and ligerments round the jaw. If you are not in sedation your jaw is tense causing no long term damage

Yes without sedation it is unplesent. You wont feel any pain etc but its not a nice feeling. If you can cope with this do it without sedation as you will be better in the long run. BTW had this advice from my dentist.

Being sedated for a dental procedure will have no long-term effects at all. People are put on Benzodiazipiens for things like insomnia and anxiety, albeit for a limited course. Being sedated for a dental procedure once in a while will have no effect - just like having the odd x-ray once in a while is just fine.

Wisdom teeth don't always take a lot of work to get out - most are fairly straightforward. While you're sedated the dentist has an easy time of it - you aren't tense and "fighting" against him and he can whip the tooth out in quick time, saving any painful after effects. Everybody I know who's had teeth out has had some level of discomfort - my sister looked like somebody had played football with her head! I've had two wisdom teeth pulled under sedation and had zero pain or swelling. That's typical for sedation.

While your dentist may say one thing, my dentist would clearly disagree. And having being sedated 3 times, so would I.

 

[Rainmaker]

A jab in my arm afaik, I will not let him continue untill it's physically impossible for me to stop him.

From experience, that'll take all of... oh, about three seconds.

Jab in, midazolam released, you're mid sentence and giwgbenasulm....

Job done.

You might remember second snippets here and there. When they'd finished with me I said I was aware the whole time and the nurse asked how long? I said 'A good ten minutes there'... Turned out they'd been digging the buggers out for over an hour.

You'll find that you're 'there', but 'not there'. It's absolutely impossible to describe to someone who hasn't had it done. You won't care at all, you won't really know, but very occasionally you'll realise you're having something put into, or taken out of, your face - and you won't give a *****! (which is the important part).

As soon as you've realised, you're off again. As the day wears on your memory will get worse and worse. DO make sure you have supervision for 24 hours or so, and DO NOT be alone with children or pets. This may sound stupid (I thought so when I read the leaflet) but after having it done, I agree. You think you're all fine and dandy, until you realise you've forgotten half the car journey home, and what you were just talking about, or who to... Not really safe to be around little 'uns unsupervised.

None of this is intended to scare you, quite the opposite. The drugs are powerful, super super nice and floaty, and by the morning after you'll barely remember anything of the day before, and by then your mouth's half way to being healed. I'd definitely have it done again if I needed to. They're all kinds of win. Enjoy!

 

[Energize]

1) Sedation drugs are Benzodiazipiens that are highly toxic to the human body eps brain. These drugs can stay in body for weeks. A pain killer is flushed out of the body in no time.

Benzodiazepines are about the least toxic drugs you will ever recieve and their effects wear off within a matter of minutes.

 

[Minstadave]

Benzodiazepines are about the least toxic drugs you will ever recieve and their effects wear off within a matter of minutes.

Depends on which benzo it is, some last much longer, but agree'd on the toxicity front, they're not going to melt your brains.

 

[998cc]

I've opted to be sedated. Whats this feel like? I hope I remember non of it to be honest.

Pre-lube your hole

 

[Energize]

Depends on which benzo it is, some last much longer, but agree'd on the toxicity front, they're not going to melt your brains.

Well no one is going to use flurazepam for dentistry sedation. It's going to be triazolam or midazolam typically.

 

[Grandmaster Fap!]

the guy with his knee on my chest yanking away.

I'd find a new dentist, he's doing it wrong

 

[ljt]

I had it done when I had one of my molars out due to an abscess that had formed under it. I think I must have fell asleep within 1 minute of the injection as I really don't remember a thing, I couldn't have gone through with it without the sedation! Makes me shudder just thinking about it

 

[ck88]

I was sedated when I was about 12, Didn't feel a thing but when I came around I realised that I'd wet myself in the dentists chair which was nice. Make sure you go to the toilet beforehand

 

[ed79]

I had all 4 wisdom teeth taken out in around 1997. They first put a clamp on my finger tip to measure your pulse, then put a needle in the top part of my hand, and first gave me a sedative that they said would help me relax - can't say I noticed any difference.

Then a couple of minutes later they gave me another injection and said it might feel cold. You could feel the cold going up your arm. I just blinked and the next thing I knew the clock had jumped forward 45 minutes and I discovered I had a blanket on top of me that wasn't there last time I looked!

So based on my experience - you won't remember a thing.

I just felt nice and warm and relaxed for the first 5 minutes after waking then felt fine - not groggy at all. However (and Vegetarians earlier post may explain why) for the next day I couldn't open my mouth more than about 1cm wide which made eating a bit difficult.

 

[Ampeg]

Was sedated for a wisdom tooth a few years ago, I do remember I fair bit of force beince used but the sedative meant I couldnt have cared less.
I was terrified before hand but the sedative really took care of that and there was practically no pain, was very chatty during and afterwards.

 

[Sgt Tackleberry]

My wife yes2day had her wisdom tooth out and she was sedated, she dont remeber a thing...

 

[VaderDSL]

I had my wisdom tooth removed about 4 weeks back, was a horizontally impacted one which required the dentist taking some of the gum and the bone, he had to leave the roots of the tooth in, but he said if it flared up he'll refer me to a specialist.

I had a local anaesthetic but he had a bit of a fight getting it out, was around 15 minutes it took but he had to remove it in sections.

It was fine under local, felt nothing, just the ache after the anaesthetic is painful.

Went back today to have it finished off, stitches in the gun removed and he had to drill out and seal the back part of the tooth that had been impacted, again local.

I guess if I needed anything major doing I might be tempted with sedation but as it is this was my 5th tooth out in total and they've always been fine under local.

 

["andy"]

I'd find a new dentist, he's doing it wrong

get stronger teeth ! ive had the same horrendous , they didnt even get that tooth out that day , had to go back for a 2nd go

dont think ive been to the dentists since then and it was about 6years ago



my brother got sedated for his wisdom tooth removal and nearly died , god knows what hes going to do in later life because he wont even go near a dentists anymore.

 

[Curio]

get stronger teeth ! ive had the same horrendous , they didnt even get that tooth out that day , had to go back for a 2nd go

dont think ive been to the dentists since then and it was about 6years ago



my brother got sedated for his wisdom tooth removal and nearly died , god knows what hes going to do in later life because he wont even go near a dentists anymore.

Can I ask what happened? It's extremely uncommon for these sedatives to cause serious issues

 

[Destination]

Hey I've been to the dentist before many times and had teeth out and it was a horrible experience with the cracking noise and the guy with his knee on my chest yanking away. Thats why I want to be whisked away to Disney land while it happens again.

Knee on your chest? Some third world country? Sure it was a dental practice? I've neevr encountered a knee on the chest extraction technique, heard lots of idiots talk about it as if it happened, but never seen it happen, heard of it happening, or even know why it would happen.
Knee on the chest would give no leverage for a tooth, they're not trying to remove your heart.

All sedation in general practice outside of a hospital environment will have you awake, you should not be unconscious, but will feel very relaxed, and as time passes, you'll remember even less of the experience.

 

[markk]

with my fillings changed to white.

I've got an appointment booked next week to see about getting my fillings changed to white - How much are they charging you if you don't mind me asking?

 

[arknor]

lol was eating some chewy sweets and the middle of my first molar just came clean out :S

all the edges inside are proper tooth enamel stuff lol just the softer part of the tooth came out in one lump with part of a dead route attached :O

its a tooth i had root canal surgery done on about 10 years ago i just thought its crazy!

 

[Princey]

Charging a smidge under £800 and that includes a crown and 12 fillings.

 

[Cuchulain]

Knee on your chest? Some third world country? Sure it was a dental practice? I've neevr encountered a knee on the chest extraction technique, heard lots of idiots talk about it as if it happened, but never seen it happen, heard of it happening, or even know why it would happen.
Knee on the chest would give no leverage for a tooth, they're not trying to remove your heart.

Same happened with me, had to get a molar out but it the roots were bent at almost 90 degree's, I think he was more trying to keep me in the chair while he was yanking (yanking ...) rather than trying to get leverage. It was on the NHS so presumably he didn't want the ballache of having to slice my gums up and stitch me back up afterwards.