Is GA absolutely necessary for wisdom teeth removal?

[fireandice1000]

I ask this since I got a quote from the local oral surgery clinic here and they want about $525 to put me under general anesthesia while they would remove all four wisdom teeth (all of them are visible and I'm assuming that they're erupted). They claim that they have no NO2 gas in their clinic at all and I found that to be odd. I am asking this question to Dental Fear because:

1. I really don't want to pay for something I really don't need.

2. I get really nervous about going under GA.

What do you all think?

 

[decan]

No. You can get it done with local anesthesia alone.