is it better to have wisdom tooth removed with Local anesthesia of General anesthesia?

Question

because it takes long time, and whats the effects of general anesthesia?

how long the gums will be cured after the 3rd molar surgery?

Answer 1

Local is a better idea. There is much less of a chance of complications with a local, and you get to be mentally present. I had my wisdom teeth removed with Novacaine for local anesthetic, and nitrous oxide to prevent anxiety. It was a great combination - I was perfectly comfortable both mentally and physically, but knew what was going on the whole time.

When you have a general and are "put under", you are really trusting your life to someone who tries to monitor your condition to be "normal", but normal for you may not be much like normal for everyone else. Plus there is always more of a chance for simple human error, and you will not be awake to let them know if something seems to be going wrong.

I was eating most solid food again after three days. Here's a tip: if they don't automatically give you one, try to find a syringe with a curved plastic tip for cleaning out the gums where teeth have been removed. A gentle stream of water from the syringe does a great job cleaning, and makes your mouth heal fast and feel fresher and cleaner.

Two of my wisdom teeth shattered during removal, and that is not terribly unusual, but even with that minor complication, I found the whole process was no big deal. To compare it to a common health event, I can say I'd rather have my wisdom teeth out again than have a cold or flu.

By the way, I had all mine done at once. I don't know why they sometimes do them seperately, but i was glad to do it once and be done with it.

Either way, you'll do fine - don't sweat it

Answer 2

I had all four wisdom teeth removed via general anesthesia. Its it just a matter of preference. I had two "I" teeth pulled under general anesthesia, and it was more disturbing to see the dentist hovering above me using my shoulder as leverage with a large metal gadget yanking my head around trying to pull a tooth. I would not ever again have local because it was too much anxiety. Only certain dentists or oral surgerons use laughing gas, most however, dont anymore. And as for the oral surgeon not knowing what "normal" is (as indicated in an answer above), these people are trained to know what homeostasis is (a set of stable internal conditions found in all living things) for example, everyone's blood pressure should be within a certain range and if yours isnt, he will know because you tell him on your registration papers, so dont sweat it. general is better and causes less pain.

It will usually take up to 3 weeks for your gums to heal depending on whether or not your teeth are impacted. Good Luck.

Answer 3

I had my impacted wisdom teeth removed under general anesthesia. It seemed to happen in a snap - one minute they were injecting me with something, the next minute, I woke up and realized they were already done! Unfortunately, after the anesthesia wore off, my gums hurt like a *****! It took several weeks for the next teeth below to erupt and take the spots on my gums that my wisdom teeth had been impacting.

The next time I had two molars (pre-wisdom teeth) extracted because they never descended fully and were just becoming annoyances (brushing, flossing, cavities, etc). I had them removed via local anesthesia. The dentist just used novocaine and a DVD movie to distract me. But it was definitely disturbing to feel him physically extracting my tooth, using those methods of leverage and elevation to slowly ease and pull that long molar tooth out. Oh well. One learns to deal... The pain afterwards wasn't nearly as bad as the wisdom teeth, but probably mainly because the teeth weren't impacted. It is taking a while for the gums to be cured, but only because there's no teeth to grow in to take the place of the holes left by the extracted molars.

Answer 4

LOcal. I never recommend general anesthesia, unles you need to undergo a serious intervention. General anesthesia affects your entire body and you get well slower.
And do not worry about pain, because local anesthetics are really powerful. You won't feel a thing!

Answer 5

i believe the local anesthesia is safer ,,easier,,cheaper,,,very efficient in such a case,and it was invented for such minor surgical operations.....it's duration of action last approximatly for 3 hours regarding that the most difficult wisdom tooth extraction cases don't need more than 1/2 an hour for a specialist ....thank u and good luck.