so... Wisdom tooth Removal

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Ryo Chan

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well, long story short, i've had a chip in my wisdom tooth for bout 7 months now, they said they'd try fix it with a filling when i go in 3 weeks from now, however if it's too complicated they'll have to remove it.

Well since the 7 months it's slowly begun to crumble more and more, until today a bit has fallen out of my gum (ouch) which makes me 90% certain it's comming out

now last one i had out was under local anaesthesia, and tbh, i felt like i was going to die, it took em 40 mins to remove it.

so this time i want it to be under general anaesthesia (either way it will be at the hospital since my dentist doesn't do it) so has anyone had any experience with it? is it just a simple case of asking for them to do it that way or will they only do it as a last resort?
 
A friend of mine had something similar. I think how it goes is that you can request it however they would prefer to use it as a later option as it apparently has more risk attached to it.

Don't quote me off of that i'm just going by memory. :p
 
I had mine removed under general because they grew in a totally stupid manner and nobody had the guts to remove them. In the end we found one hospital who would but it had to be done under general and half of one tooth is still in there (they cut it in half during the operation as it was the only way).

The actual operation was very smooth and everything went perfectly for me. They'll probably try to wriggle out of it but if you get an understanding specialist and explain the problem they might decide it's less likely to be a problem the way you want it anyway.

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I've removed all my 4 wisdom teeth... they were actually taking the other teeth in my mouth to get out of place.... Does that makes me an unwise person? mmm, that's why!
 
I've only had one wisdom tooth removed, and that was largely because it was growing in the middle of the roof of my mouth and slowly slicing open my tongue.

Had that done under general because my dentist had no clue what was going on with it.
 
From what I can gather general anaesthetic is only used as a last resort, either because the NHS are tight-fisted or the increased risks to the patient of general on health and safety grounds. I've only had two teeth out (prior to braces as a teenager) and found the injection to be more painful than the extraction itself...but then they were two healthy teeth so were probably more difficult to remove. I recall the dentist having a real hard time pulling them out!

I can't comment on wisdom teeth I'm afraid because the two that have come through so far aren't causing any problems. One used to ache like hell for a while but it seems to be fine now.
 
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