What are the benefits of me getting a tooth out by an oral surgeon rather than a regular dentist??

Question

I'm extrememly nervous!!! It's tomorrow!!!!!!

I hope i can still recieve the laughing gas even though i have the stupid Access card (Medicaid) in pennslyvania...............

Answer 1

An oral surgeon has far more experience and is likely to have better skills at extraction. He or she will also have more experience in pain management both during the tooth removal and afterward.

Answer 2

None, but if the tooth is under the gum line and not actually exposed the dentist will send you to an oral surgeon. When I was younger my mouth was too small for the baby teeth to fall out, they would get loose, but get stuck between other teeth, I had to have several removed by a dentist. Recently they found my wisdom teeth never came up, so I was refered to an oral surgeon to have them removed Monday. Either way it will hurt afterwards. A dentist will numb you with a needle, the needle hurts, but only for a second or two, the pain comes when you're all done and go home, just be happy you don't need an actual extraction from under the gum line and they don't need to cut into you! You'll do just fine, when you worry it is much more worse, because you panic, just try to relax and it will be over with soon enough. Good luck!

Answer 3

A dentist can deal with a normal extraction. The Oral surgeon is a specialist and is better trained to deal with any problems. The surgeon is more expensive, but there must have been a reason you were referred to him .

You can get a pill if you are very nervous.

Answer 4

Being put to sleep. I just had 3 of my wisdom teeth pulled by the regular dentist and just shots were not enough for the pain, trust me! And if any of the teeth are impacted in any way the oral surgeon can manuever these better than the regular dentist.

Answer 5

An oral surgeon can put you under so you dont have to feel anything or be awake. A dentist can numb you so you dont feel anything and possibly give you a little gas to calm you, but at the dentist office you will be coherent during the visit.

Answer 6

The stuff the oral surgeon uses to knock you out is great! I felt so at peace and at ease the rest of the day. Think it was the valium in it. I had four wisdom teeth pulled all at once. During the prep, they stuck a big black rubber block in my mouth, and about at time I decided I didn't want to be there. About two seconds later, I was out! When I woke up, I felt so relaxed. I'd love to be put out for all my dental needs! If you're worried, don't be. You won't be awake for any of it.

Answer 7

An oral surgeon just has more practice at oral surgery (obvious, no?) He isnt responsible for your oral hygine, like brushing teeth, etc. hes just there to pull teeth really. But ive had 4 teeth removed in one sitting, i was perfectly OKAY when it was done. I was nervous to.. what happens is you go in, they tell you not to eat a while before so you fall asleep easier, they use a small needle, on a prenumbed portion of your arm to help with the sleep process, you get woozy and you inhale sleeping gas and fall asleep, you wake up with a small hole in your gums clotting itself and your givien powerfull pain killers to help numb the already numb pain. Its no big deal, actually.

Answer 8

Usually when a oral surgeon pulls a tooth you are totally unconscious under and this alone is well worth the extra cost!

Answer 9

I used to work at the Oral Surgery Unit at the Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City, and we have both general dentists and oral surgeons on-staff. This is how they usually route the extraction cases-- Non-surgicals go to the GPs and the surgicals go to the OMFSes.

General practice dentists are very well-trained in doing non-surgical extractions (i.e. extractions that do not require cutting away gum and drilling away bone).

Oral surgeons are very well-trained in doing surgical extractions (i.e. extractions that requires cutting away gum and drilling away bone, such as bony-impacted wisdom teeth) and other oromaxillofacial surgery such as sinus lifts, orthognathic surgery, etc.

If your dentist feels an extraction is too complicated, he will refer you to an oral surgeon. If it is a non-complex straight non-surgical extraction, any general-practice dentist can handle it.

Hope this helps.

Answer 10

A huge deffirence between them
You can just relax under the hands of surgeont because he has a huge experience in this and have the proper instrument and he can easly solve any problem that he might face also the time much shorter
Go for the more experience and the more science