Hi there, OK let's just get this going:
Wisdom teeth removal, which many of you are intimately familiar with, or will be soon. The methods:
1) Freeze the gums via shot, remove your wisdom teeth(probably 2), and you're done within the hour or two.
2) The full IV treatment where you are totally "out" - you have the Anesthesiologist sitting there monitoring you, and the specialist performing the removal
3) You are handed two pills and water. The pills take effect quickly and put you into a "drunken" state - you feel no pain and the operation is performed in this manner. A waiver may be signed if you request all 4 teeth removed at once. You may be notified that you will not be "completely knocked out" for legal reasons(?)
Option 1 is straightforward and not much to talk about there. Please, no "MAN UP" replies please.
My questions center around the determination between Option 2 vs Option 3. For you health-care professionals and so on out there:
Some dentists seem very hesitant about granting you Option 2. Is this due to the cost(if so, can this not be simply passed over to the patient, as Anesthesiologists time is not free)? Is this due to putting someone out being inherently risky, and they'd rather avoid that? Or is Option 2 reserved for "complicated" extractions only?
I've had a friend vehemently insist that she cannot handle the pain nor the trauma, and they granted her the request to be completely knocked out for her wisdom teeth removal(Option 2).
So what's the determining factor at hand here? Or are the reasons nothing more simple than just "it just depends on your dentist"?
Thanks everyone.