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zach@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months agoWith wisdom tooth extraction, they’re often impacted in tissue and bone that makes removal painful and time consuming. Normal tooth extraction is quick and easy, and can be achieved with only local anesthetic. (Wisdom tooth removal can be done with only local, but most people get anxious especially with the time it takes, so more sedation is used)
painful and time consuming
When I had one of mine removed it was the quickest dentist visit I had. They exposed the tooth, drilled into it, hit it with a wedge and collected the pieces. It probably took less than 10 minutes including the time for local anesthesia to take effect and didn’t really hurt
Either everyone in this thread is very lucky, or I’m very unlucky. 3 extractions done in my life, none were under 20 minutes a tooth, one took over 45 minutes for one single wisdom tooth being extracted, they redid numbing shots twice during the procedure it took so long. I dread the dentist so fucking much now.
That was my experience too. At first I was kind of disappointed I didn’t get the funny drugs but a double extraction took literally ~10 min, and I drove myself home right after.
Everyone I know who went full sedation it would be like a 3-5 hour experience before you come to. Alot of hassle
Damn that’s fast. I saw an animation of that on YouTube once (a long time ago), it was strangely satisfying to watch
You can do a lot with local but, most people don’t like the idea of having a person fiddling with their flesh with sharp instruments for long periods of time.
Yeah I found somewhere that put me under completely to get my wisdom teeth removed. I have lasting trauma from the fuckery that happened during previous teeth removal no way was I going through that again even if I couldn’t feel it
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Depends on your insurance. I’ve got a tooth that should have been taken out 5 years ago but no one will put me under and after having intense pain during three other extractions I just can’t bear to only have numbing shots.