Going this am for a tooth extraction, will probably be sedated, No eating since last night and worst..

No coffee this morning!!!

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
Going this am for a tooth extraction, will probably be sedated, No eating since last night and worst..

No coffee this morning!!!

I do not react well to sedation, etc. Novocaine or equivalent to numb the area works just fine for me.

Benefits: No vertigo or disorienting after-effects, no restrictions on breakfast, coffee, etc., and no restrictions on driving or operating heavy machinery, which makes me wonder how much a washing machine weighs, because I need to do a load of laundry.

I have had dental procedures using both the novacain approach as well as the "knock me out" variety.

Can't honestly say which is better, or worse.

When using the novacain the doc did at least 2 injections from various angles.

The other style was on single shot in the arm.

Given my choice I would go with the "knock me out".

Only one shot, and no knowledge of all the gyrations the doc goes through to pull the tooth.

Like having to split the tooth in the middle to get the roots out of the jaw bone.

I was awake for one of those. Prefer not to be

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va No eating since last night and worst..

No coffee this morning!!!

There would be blood and mayhem with no coffee.

Just got back from having one extracted. First since wisdom teeth as a teenager. Had Novocaine, still have gauze in mouth. Fortunately I had coffee this morning.

Just had to break the news to my ever-voraciously-hungry teenaged stepson that since he's going to have his wisdom teeth extracted tomorrow, the dentist said he can't eat anything after midnight.

No. Food?

But...

But...

No food at all?

Not even cereal?

(The poor boy looked absolutely crushed. I hope he survives somehow, preferably without gnawing his arm off.)

I had wisdom teeth extracted ... jeez, 40 years ago. I got half done on one visit, the other half on another. They knocked me out. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have wanted to be awake for chiseling on them with a miniature air hammer.

I lucked up and after the dental surgeon looked at my tooth, advised me to be numbed, instead of sedated.

All went well, he would have made a great auto body shop guy....

I am home now, drinking a milkshake, the Novacain is wearing off, and I feel this badddd ache coming on.

Rear molar removed, it cracked in two, and had an extra root, but the procedure didnt last 10 mins.

God was kind to me, I am one of those people that didnt have wisdom teeth.

Many years ago, before I started radiation treatments to my head and neck, they required me to have a check by my dentist on marginal teeth. Turns out I had 3 major teeth, that could have caused problems once I started radiation, so they had to be removed.

All three at the same time,removd right after I finished my chemo treatments back in 2003.

I was awake for mine ~15 years ago. Couple shots of Novacain on either side, some cracking and yanking, and the dentist sent me home with instructions to take some Tylenol and not to drink through straws. I even drove myself home afterwards.

Nowadays, it seems like most people are put under, and then given a prescription for copious amounts of opiates afterwards. Apparently either mine was one of the simplest wisdom tooth extractions ever, or my dentist was just a minimalist. (Perhaps dentists today are overly cautious?)

Had a tooth extracted about a month ago . Dentist prescribed two pills . Don't remember what they were . Take one an hour before the appointment . Bring the second with you .As soon as I got in the chair , put the second pill under my tongue .Dentist came in and numbed me with Novacaine . After that , I don't remember shit . They could have removed a kidney and I wouldn't have cared .

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Nowadays, it seems like most people are put under, and then given a prescription for copious amounts of opiates afterwards. Apparently either mine was one of the simplest wisdom tooth extractions ever, or my dentist was just a minimalist. (Perhaps dentists today are overly cautious?)

The DEA is checking dentists now for opiate prescriptions, so expect the large quantities of opiates prescribed to decrease. Besides for most dental procedures ibuprofen works better to decrease the inflammation which is the source of most of the pain. The conscious sedation is both a money maker and quicker because the dentist or oral surgeon can work more quickly. Its about the time and the money.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
I was awake for mine ~15 years ago. Couple shots of Novacain on either side, some cracking and yanking, and the dentist sent me home with instructions to take some Tylenol and not to drink through straws. I even drove myself home afterwards.

Nowadays, it seems like most people are put under, and then given a prescription for copious amounts of opiates afterwards. Apparently either mine was one of the simplest wisdom tooth extractions ever, or my dentist was just a minimalist. (Perhaps dentists today are overly cautious?)

Using deep sedation to near General Anesthetic doses of medications is the exact OPPOSITE of being more cautious. There have been several cases of otherwise healthy children suffering severe anoxic brain injury to even dying because of incompetent administration of deep sedation during dental procedures. Oral surgeons get a little bit of anesthesia training during residency, not sure about most general dental practitioners. In either case, it just enough knowledge to get themselves into trouble without the ability to get the,selves out of it.

I was not knocked out to have two wisdom teeth extracted, and also not for a later extraction. I usually need some extra local anesthesia, but never missed the sedative.

Well, I'm updating my posting almost a week later.

My jaw has been hurting really bad the past couple of days, not so much where the tooth was pulled, but the adjacent spot where the dentist injected the novacaine.

He really put force in that injection I remember, been taking antibiotics and yesterday, pain pills. I completely forgot about Ibuprofen.