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Snuff · 06-19-2004, 05:39 PM

I put people to sleep for a living.....
First thing you need to find out is if your teeth are coming in straight or if they are impacted or coming in at odd angles. Also find out if the nerve roots to the wisdom teeth are wrapped around your jaw bone.

If the teeth are coming in straight and no problems are seen with the nerves, it's just a matter of how freaked out you are by having having to be repeatedly numbed up and hearing the drills ect.

If the oral surgeon anticipates any difficulty extracting the teeth or the nerve roots, it would be well worth the money to do it under general anesthesia.

I personally have seen how brutal wisdom teeth extraction can be and would opt for general anesthesia regardless. Plus if anesthesia is involved, they can givie you medication during the case to help with post-op pain and nausea unless the canadian heathcare system requires them to do it cheap as possible.

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Snuff is Offline Corporal Posts: 899 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Land of opportunity	06-19-2004, 05:39 PM I put people to sleep for a living..... First thing you need to find out is if your teeth are coming in straight or if they are impacted or coming in at odd angles. Also find out if the nerve roots to the wisdom teeth are wrapped around your jaw bone. If the teeth are coming in straight and no problems are seen with the nerves, it's just a matter of how freaked out you are by having having to be repeatedly numbed up and hearing the drills ect. If the oral surgeon anticipates any difficulty extracting the teeth or the nerve roots, it would be well worth the money to do it under general anesthesia. I personally have seen how brutal wisdom teeth extraction can be and would opt for general anesthesia regardless. Plus if anesthesia is involved, they can givie you medication during the case to help with post-op pain and nausea unless the canadian heathcare system requires them to do it cheap as possible.