what is the length of dental operation under general anesthesia?

Question

I need respectable statistics give the averge time of comprehensive dental treatment under general anesthesia.

Answer 1

Your question is impossible to answer with any degree of accuracy without knowing what procedure is being
contemplated.

Answer 2

:) I think no one can actually answer this question, except to say: no one alive who can post a reply knows what death is like; true death is unknown to the living. One cannot really compare an unknown with a known state, even if the description seems agreeable. Even if one DID "die" (and was revived), we do not know if getting a little dead is exactly like being 100% dead with (one hopes) all connection to corpse severed... Some general anathesias work by disrupting memory functions; you simply have no memories of whatever stimuli your body may have endured while under the anesthia... Therefore, anesthia IS analogous, very directly, with brain and memory impairments... Can one suffer when one has no awareness or memory of it? ... This has practical implications not just for :) medical practice like surgury and law but also for concerns about Alzheimer's patients, and many other situations.... It also has some other philosophical implications; if someone has no memory of their actions, can it be moral or immoral? What if the person has no memory of someone ELSE's actions? Is evil merely an opinion, or a judgment which requires some consciousness' awareness? Personally I think that a tree that falls in the forest does make a sound. Aside from anesthia, shock can have similar effects; the body defends the mind when overwhelmed; even with effort, I cannot recall moment-by-moment a serious accident; and minds have another defense, against the distress of loss of awareness; the descriptions offered by others who witnessed the accident ARE now in my memory, and it would be easy to ignore logical discrepancies, such as, how can I remember seeing from this visual perspective, when I could never have seen it myself? Memory is a fascinating thing... The link below may interest you, if you agree with that opinion...

Answer 3

I would be very surprised if you went under general anesthesia for a dental procedure. During a general most of the time you are intubated to help breath. A general will suppress everything. More likely you will be given something like versed. It will put you under enough that you won't know what's going on, or remember it. But a general requires constant attention from an Anesthesiologist.

Answer 4

Anywhere from half an hour to four hours or more.

What is your dentist planning on doing? What is the condition of your mouth? How fast does your dentist work? How good are his/her assistants?

There are a lot of factors. The person to answer this question is the dentist who is doing the work.

I give generals for dental work, but it's usually restricted to small children and mentally handicapped people. Seriously.

Answer 5

I had 2 teeth pulled and from start to finish it was one hour. That included bring me around too. Just depends on what you are having done. My Oral Surgeon told me what to expect.

Answer 6

HELLO,

THAT'S LIKE ASKING HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO DO OPEN HEART SURGERY. THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION AND IS BASED ON THE PROCEDURE TO BE DONE AND THE PERSON DOING IT. SO I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.

Answer 7

I don't know about you but I was under for about 45 minutes.