4 impacted wisdom teeth (1 horizontal)

[Sam2002]

Hi All,

I have been told that I need to have my wisdom out soon. I have one which is horizontal and my dentist said it would be excruciating. I am terrified. Please can someone have a look at the picture below and let me know if it appears really bad. Thank you!

 

[Gordon]

I had my wisdom teeth out many years ago, just with local.

One of mine was as bad as your left one, it wasn't any worse than getting a filling done, I'm not sure what your dentist means by "excruciating", it seems a tad hyperbolic to me.

 

[Sam2002]

Hi Gordon. I found out a couple of days ago that the dentist has been let go by the practice so I am hoping that he was just being hyperbolic.

Do you remember how long the surgery in total and how long the horizontal one took?

I am not sure if I will be getting local or general anesthetic yet and sometimes I hope its local as I hate the idea of losing control and other days I hope its general so i dont remeber anything.

 

[Gordon]

I think it took about 20 minutes all in for each side. Probably took a bit longer because I was chatting with the surgeon (who was my boss at the time!).

Personally I'd go with LA and some IV sedation, but if you wanted a GA I wouldn't argue about it.

 

[Sam2002]

20 minutes thats a huge relief. I was googling it and it said 40 minutes per tooth which terrified me.

With IV Sedation, do you feel the tube in your arm at all?

Sorry for all the questions and thank you for the help, I'm just really nervous.

 

[Gordon]

I suppose it would depend on who's doing it, most upper wizzies take a few seconds, lowers can be longer.

I've never had IV sedation, don't remember any patients mentioning the IV line in the arm at all. Anyone care to chip in from actual experience?