Teeth pulling method?

Question

I have 3 teeth that need to be pulled 2 are top molars with adult teeth growing over them and the other one is on the bottom with a tooth growing over it. Which method is better when getting your teeth pulled. Gettin put to sleep or the shot in the mouth. I dont care about afterward pain I care about when they give me they painful shot and pull out the tooth. I want to be put to sleep but my mom says I will feel it all. Your opinion?

Answer 1

Dear snaggletooth,
You mother really does not know what she is talking about. If you are asleep, how do you feel it? Do you think they use novacaine for open heart surgery or what? Good luck with oyur nasty choppers.

Answer 2

I recommend you go to an oral surgeon. Most general dentist do not want to bother with wisdom teeth because of such things as roots breaking off from the tooth and other complications. An oral surgeon specializes in these procedures and can do it in a fraction of the time as a general dentist and his office is set up to handle any complications; especially "dry sockets" that may arise after the teeth are extracted (pulled). This comes from eating or drinking too soon after surgery and washes the blood clots out of the sockets. This can be very painful. Their office will explain all of this to you when you go in for a consultation appointment. Impacted teeth can be a tedious job and should only be done by an oral surgeon in my opinion to minimize brusing of the face and surrounding tissue. Anesthesia is given in an IV with trained dental assistants so blood pressure and vitals can be monitored. If available you can also have nitrous oxide(laughing gas) to make you more at ease. I highly recommend it. As soon as the procedure is over, you are taken to recovery where you stay until you are alert and everything seems fine. You will have to have someone with you to drive you home. Most oral surgeons will give you a presciption for pain at the consultation appointment so that you can have it filled before the day of your surgery and they most likely will give you a dose for pain before you leave their office. After about 48 hours you will be fine to do whatever if there are no complications. My seventeen year old daughter had hers out a year ago. She is deathly afraid of needles and expected the worst. She had gas to calm her, and then the IV and the tissue around the teeth were numbed before the procedure started.. The only thing she felt was slight pressure and all four teeth were impaced. She took one or two pain pills that day and needed nothing else. Her swelling was minimal but you must keep ice packs on after the surgery to achieve this. It makes ALL the difference!!! Oddly enough, I am 52 and I still have all my wisdom teeth. I was missing teeth on each side of my mouth,upper and lower jaws, known as (congenitally missing), so my general dentist wouldn't pull them. He said I would need them to eat but the oral surgeon said they will only affect my health later on. I am having trouble with one at present! I hope this answers some if not all of your questions. BEST OF LUCK to you! I know you'll do fine if you listen and follow their instructions. Remember the ICE!!

Answer 3

It will be up to the dentist or oral surgeon who does the teeth removing. Maybe the person who does this has a headset you could listen to. Or, for that matter, if you have your own, please bring it with you. You will need to ask the person if it's ok to wear it while having the work done tho, out of respect for the person. Don't play it too loud either. Just enough for you to hear. If you get konked out, they would probably have to put an IV needle with IV in your arm, for the procedure. Just the shot, they usually have a pre-shot gel they can put on the cheek where the shot will be placed. To help numb that area for the shot. Then you will be numb. If you can't use a headset, then please do what my dad told me to do when I had to go to the dentist. Close your eyes, think on other things. You will be okay. Take care.

Answer 4

It depends on your level of anxiety - if you just get numbed around the area then you will be awake for the procedure but just feel some pushing when they are taking the teeth out
If you get put to sleep whether it is sedation of general anaesthesia (hospital) you will not feel or remember anything for that matter and this is the least traumatising way to go. Even if you do get put to sleep they still numb the area so you mother is wrong in that regard and you won't feel a thing

Answer 5

I'm pretty sure that the doctor will numb you up even if you are put to sleep. I work at a dentist office and I have had my wisdom teeth pulled. I was put to sleep to have my teeth pulled and they still gave me shots. I haven't ever seen a dentist pull teeth without numbing it up.

Answer 6

a lot of the time you will not have a choice- if it is not a mojor deal for the dentist to pull them they ill not put you to sleep- if it will be a process, like the pulling of my wisdom teeth- they put you to sleep. If you do have a choice- I highly recommend oyu letting them knock you out. You may have some pain afterwards that can be controlled with pain meds but during the process you will not feel a thing and you wont remember a thing, get put to sleep!!

Answer 7

shots arent painful
it just feels like a small pinch
ive had a tooth pulled and well, i didnt hav an option to get put to sleep...
i would rather get put to sleep, but dont worry.
the shot does not hurt as much as u think.
and plush that shot numbs ur mouth so much that u cant feel a thing at all!

Answer 8

having the dentist put a shot in the back in your jaw joint and ask for a little gas to make you relax. Have your mom drive you though because you shouldn't drive yourself afterwards.

Good luck!

Answer 9

you take a tissue, and hold on it with your hand then you just take you have with the tissue on it put it on your teeth and pull as hard as you could.

Answer 10

Being put asleep you will feel nothing, hear nothing, know nothing. Your mother is very wrong.