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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 |
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"Linz" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. Ouch! -- Linz YB: 5 months, 17lbs |
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"Linz" wrote in message
... 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. |
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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. --Helen |
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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 |
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"H Schinske" skrev i en meddelelse
... 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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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