When you get put under anesthesia do they give you a breathing tube?

Question

So I am going into get all four of my wisdom teeth removed today. I am being placed under anesthesia and will be knocked out for the surgery. I was wondering if anyone knew will I have a breathing tube inside of me?

Answer 1

As I understand it, the tube is the anaesthesia, the injection they give you is just to knock you out, then they insert the tube and start the general anaesthesia, generally it also keeps the airways open with constant positive airways pressure, but it does not breathe for you. It has a very short activity, and acts only while they are giving it to you. When they stop giving you the gas and take the tube out, you quickly start to wake up. This form of anaesthesia is very effective, with less side effects than those of twenty years ago, when you could be sick for days after simple surgery, just due to residual drugs in your system.

Answer 2

most wisdom teeth extractions can be done with local anesthesia and iv sedation (commonly called "twilight sleep"), which does not necessitate a breathing tube. if the surgery is going to complex or extensive, or if for whatever reason your surgeon doesn't believe local anesthesia will be adequate, then you will need a general anesthetic. a general anesthetic would require the insertion of a breathing tube in order to prevent aspiration (the inhalation of foreign substances down into your unprotected windpipe while you're unconscious).

Answer 3

I would be surprised if you had a breathing tube.

There are several types of anesthesia, with local (shots only) being the simplest. If they give you stronger anesthesia, they will probably give you a twilight-type for a few where you are out but retain enough reflex function that you can breathe on your own.

I would be surprised if they gave you a general anesthesia where they had to intubate you. However, I am not a dentist, who would be the best person to ask.

Answer 4

there are two types of anethesia local and general . in local only required area is made insensitive and no breathing tube is required. in general all important body functions like breating and circulation are taken care artificially.what all functions are abolishe and to extent they are diminished deopends on the depth of anesthesia, to maintain breathing they provide you with mask or a tube that depends on anesthesist no universal law.

Answer 5

You will have a tube inserted, to keep your airways open.
Thats why, when you wake up, you have a very dry throat.