OT Wisdom tooth extraction

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:50:22 -0000, "Andrea"
wrote:


"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ...
sounds normal to me, I've not had any out yet, but I am going to and this
sounds like what I've read about.

I'm going to have mine done under a general anaesthetic, partly because
I'm a wimp, but also because my back it playing up at the moment and it
would be really uncomfortable to lie in the chair and be awake.

I was reading somewhere that people recover more quickly from a local than a
general, as with a general they yank you about. When I had my tonsils out I
had cuts on my mouth from the clamp.

One of the reason a general is often chosen for wisdom teeth
extraction is that the roots are deep and strong so yanking about is
/necessary/. I had one wisdom tooth extracted under local by my
dentist, who was wonderful, but he took one look at the x-ray when the
others started shifting and referred me straight to the oral surgeons.

I am terrified at the dentists, but now I have had it done I would reccomend
having them out 1 at a time under a local. A friend of mine was suffering
for 2 weeks after all 4 of hers were removed with a general.
It took him about 3 mins to get mine out, and it was a tough one!

Again, it depends on whether it's an upper or lower tooth, and what
the roots and the access are like. I'm glad yours came out okay, mind!
--
Linz
YB: 5 months, 17lbs

"Linz" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:50:22 -0000, "Andrea"
wrote:


"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ...
sounds normal to me, I've not had any out yet, but I am going to and
this
sounds like what I've read about.

I'm going to have mine done under a general anaesthetic, partly because
I'm a wimp, but also because my back it playing up at the moment and it
would be really uncomfortable to lie in the chair and be awake.

I was reading somewhere that people recover more quickly from a local
than a
general, as with a general they yank you about. When I had my tonsils out
I
had cuts on my mouth from the clamp.

One of the reason a general is often chosen for wisdom teeth
extraction is that the roots are deep and strong so yanking about is
/necessary/. I had one wisdom tooth extracted under local by my
dentist, who was wonderful, but he took one look at the x-ray when the
others started shifting and referred me straight to the oral surgeons.

I am terrified at the dentists, but now I have had it done I would
reccomend
having them out 1 at a time under a local. A friend of mine was suffering
for 2 weeks after all 4 of hers were removed with a general.
It took him about 3 mins to get mine out, and it was a tough one!

Again, it depends on whether it's an upper or lower tooth, and what
the roots and the access are like. I'm glad yours came out okay, mind!
--
Linz
YB: 5 months, 17lbs

Mine was an upper, but my dentist wont refer me to the hospital for my lower
impacted tooth. He says the roots are so twisted that I am high risk for
permanent nerve damage.

Andrea mom of 5.

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:32:31 +0100, "Andrea"
wrote:


"Linz" wrote in message
.. .

One of the reason a general is often chosen for wisdom teeth
extraction is that the roots are deep and strong so yanking about is
/necessary/. I had one wisdom tooth extracted under local by my
dentist, who was wonderful, but he took one look at the x-ray when the
others started shifting and referred me straight to the oral surgeons.

I am terrified at the dentists, but now I have had it done I would
reccomend
having them out 1 at a time under a local. A friend of mine was suffering
for 2 weeks after all 4 of hers were removed with a general.
It took him about 3 mins to get mine out, and it was a tough one!

Again, it depends on whether it's an upper or lower tooth, and what
the roots and the access are like. I'm glad yours came out okay, mind!
--
Linz
YB: 5 months, 17lbs

Mine was an upper, but my dentist wont refer me to the hospital for my lower
impacted tooth. He says the roots are so twisted that I am high risk for
permanent nerve damage.

Ouch!
--
Linz
YB: 5 months, 17lbs

"Linz" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:32:31 +0100, "Andrea"
wrote:


"Linz" wrote in message
.. .

One of the reason a general is often chosen for wisdom teeth
extraction is that the roots are deep and strong so yanking about is
/necessary/. I had one wisdom tooth extracted under local by my
dentist, who was wonderful, but he took one look at the x-ray when the
others started shifting and referred me straight to the oral surgeons.

I am terrified at the dentists, but now I have had it done I would
reccomend
having them out 1 at a time under a local. A friend of mine was
suffering
for 2 weeks after all 4 of hers were removed with a general.
It took him about 3 mins to get mine out, and it was a tough one!

Again, it depends on whether it's an upper or lower tooth, and what
the roots and the access are like. I'm glad yours came out okay, mind!
--
Linz
YB: 5 months, 17lbs

Mine was an upper, but my dentist wont refer me to the hospital for my
lower
impacted tooth. He says the roots are so twisted that I am high risk for
permanent nerve damage.

I have never heard of anyone having any teeth removed in a general anae..
ana... anea... (pain releif). It's always done in local, but often in an
oral surgery clinic. They may sometimes crush the tooth and remove it bit by
bit.

Tine, Denmark

p.s. I'm still me - I just need a little hiding at times.

Tine wrote:

I have never heard of anyone having any teeth removed in a general anae..
ana... anea... (pain releif). It's always done in local, but often in an
oral surgery clinic. They may sometimes crush the tooth and remove it bit by
bit.

I think the most common thing here is actually local anesthesia but with
sedation as well -- an IV medication that technically does not put you to
sleep, but that makes you a bit groggy and apt not to remember afterwards what
happened. I believe that's what I had for my wisdom teeth, and it might as well
have been a general, because all I remember is the prick of a needle going in
and then someone telling me it was all over.

--Helen

Cat wibbled

I have never heard of anyone having any teeth removed in a general
anae.. ana... anea... (pain releif). It's always done in local,
but often in an oral surgery clinic. They may sometimes crush the
tooth and remove it bit by bit.

I've had five out that way myself (four wisdoms aged 21, one milk tooth
that was taken out when I had my adenoids and grommets done aged 8),
and an ex's five-year-old daughter had four milk teeth taken out under
general not long after I first met her (and bless her, she didn't want
Daddy to hold her hand going under, she wanted me, which was a bit
stressful!). It's not uncommon for long or complicated extractions in
the UK, AFAIK.

Jac

"H Schinske" skrev i en meddelelse
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Tine wrote:

I have never heard of anyone having any teeth removed in a general anae..
ana... anea... (pain releif). It's always done in local, but often in an
oral surgery clinic. They may sometimes crush the tooth and remove it bit
by
bit.

I think the most common thing here is actually local anesthesia but with
sedation as well -- an IV medication that technically does not put you to
sleep, but that makes you a bit groggy and apt not to remember afterwards
what
happened. I believe that's what I had for my wisdom teeth, and it might as
well
have been a general, because all I remember is the prick of a needle going
in
and then someone telling me it was all over.

I was very much aware of the whole process - they said I turned green :-D
They did give me some weak coffee afterwards.

I tried to go to work right afterwards, but the employer had to send me
home - I was dizzy.

Different culture, different habits, I guess.

Tine, Denmark

You wrote:
I have never heard of anyone having any teeth removed in a general anae..
ana... anea... (pain releif). It's always done in local, but often in an
oral surgery clinic. They may sometimes crush the tooth and remove it bit by
bit.

Mary responds:

Totally depends on how difficult the extraction is. I have had four
permanent teeth in the front removed as part of orthodontic work, and
yes, they just gave me a local and pulled them in the clinic, and it
was no big deal (horrid crunching, but still not too difficult).

However, I also had to have my wisdom teeth out by an oral surgeon,
and I had to have a general. Only one of the teeth had started to cut,
and they were all poised to come in on an angle and push my other
teeth, so they had to go (I have big teeth and a very small jaw).
Because they were impacted (i.e. not emerged) and my mouth is small,
they put me under, and I'm glad they did. I ended up with FOUR sets of
stitches in my mouth, a hugely swollen face, black eyes, and a sore
chest - and the chest part is because I'm sure they were leaning on me
trying to get leverage to get them out. I can't IMAGINE being awake
for that whole ordeal, nor can I imagine the misery of several
appointments to accomplish the same thing undera local (I doubt anyone
could stand having more than one done at a time given how difficult it
was to get them out).

My mothers were similar - i.e. a general, black eyes etc. I've had
friends who were able to have their wisdom teeth out in the dentist's
office, but I think it depends on the position of the teeth, shape of
the jaw, whether or not the teeth have come in - and whether or not
its advisable to let them come in (that choice would have been a
disaster for me, since I was already in pain from the one that had
started, because it was pushing my other molars around).

Mary G.

Mary Gordon wibbled

However, I also had to have my wisdom teeth out by an oral
surgeon, and I had to have a general. Only one of the teeth had
started to cut, and they were all poised to come in on an angle
and push my other teeth, so they had to go (I have big teeth and a
very small jaw). Because they were impacted (i.e. not emerged) and
my mouth is small, they put me under, and I'm glad they did. I
ended up with FOUR sets of stitches in my mouth, a hugely swollen
face, black eyes, and a sore chest - and the chest part is because
I'm sure they were leaning on me trying to get leverage to get
them out.

They do. I was told that my surgeon actually wound up kneeling on me
slightly, as my jaw is slightly 'off' and proved hard to dislocate... I
also woke with bruises all down my arms but apparently that was me, in
the half-awake period, trying to get out of bed against medical advice
(i.e. they kept putting me back in and I kept fighting my way back
out). :-)

Jac