A friend of mine said that the drugs the dentist gave him were so potent that overall having his wisdom teeth removed was a pleasant experience which he would repeat if he could.
When I had a couple of teeth pulled, I just got local anesthetic which I can’t complain about since it blocked all the pain (but not the sensation of having my teeth pried out). My bad teeth were two right next to each other; maybe you only get the good stuff when they’re pulling a tooth from each corner of your mouth and so they don’t want to give you local anesthetic four times?
With wisdom tooth extraction, they’re often impacted in tissue and bone that makes removal painful and time consuming. Normal tooth extraction is quick and easy, and can be achieved with only local anesthetic. (Wisdom tooth removal can be done with only local, but most people get anxious especially with the time it takes, so more sedation is used)
Depends on your insurance. I’ve got a tooth that should have been taken out 5 years ago but no one will put me under and after having intense pain during three other extractions I just can’t bear to only have numbing shots.
When I had one of mine removed it was the quickest dentist visit I had. They exposed the tooth, drilled into it, hit it with a wedge and collected the pieces. It probably took less than 10 minutes including the time for local anesthesia to take effect and didn’t really hurt
Either everyone in this thread is very lucky, or I’m very unlucky. 3 extractions done in my life, none were under 20 minutes a tooth, one took over 45 minutes for one single wisdom tooth being extracted, they redid numbing shots twice during the procedure it took so long. I dread the dentist so fucking much now.
A friend of mine said that the drugs the dentist gave him were so potent that overall having his wisdom teeth removed was a pleasant experience which he would repeat if he could.
When I had a couple of teeth pulled, I just got local anesthetic which I can’t complain about since it blocked all the pain (but not the sensation of having my teeth pried out). My bad teeth were two right next to each other; maybe you only get the good stuff when they’re pulling a tooth from each corner of your mouth and so they don’t want to give you local anesthetic four times?
With wisdom tooth extraction, they’re often impacted in tissue and bone that makes removal painful and time consuming. Normal tooth extraction is quick and easy, and can be achieved with only local anesthetic. (Wisdom tooth removal can be done with only local, but most people get anxious especially with the time it takes, so more sedation is used)
Depends on your insurance. I’ve got a tooth that should have been taken out 5 years ago but no one will put me under and after having intense pain during three other extractions I just can’t bear to only have numbing shots.
When I had one of mine removed it was the quickest dentist visit I had. They exposed the tooth, drilled into it, hit it with a wedge and collected the pieces. It probably took less than 10 minutes including the time for local anesthesia to take effect and didn’t really hurt
Either everyone in this thread is very lucky, or I’m very unlucky. 3 extractions done in my life, none were under 20 minutes a tooth, one took over 45 minutes for one single wisdom tooth being extracted, they redid numbing shots twice during the procedure it took so long. I dread the dentist so fucking much now.