Differences of GA or IV??

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#1 Post by **poloaa** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:09 pm

I will have my three wisdom teeth removed on 17th (monday morning). I have checked w/the web that saying GA is more riskly then IV because they may put the tube in the throat or something to make u breath, is that true? HOw could they remove the teeth when the tube is there? It sounds so scary to me. I have been telling my oral surgeon i would like to put under, but i am not sure which procedure he is going to give me. I will ask him details on the phone tomorrow. If anyone can come up w/anything, pls let me know, thanks so much.

#2 Post by **PrincessMelody** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:25 am

I had my wisdom teeth extracted under what they called in the office GA, but it was IV sedation. I was "out" for about 30 minutes and don't remember anything. I was very very groggy waking up and equated it to being a bit drunk

I slept most of that day, but didn't feel any pain. The great thing about GA/IV sedation is they still give you local anesthetic (after you are already sedated) so that when you wake up you are numb and can't feel anything. My mom being the great mommy that she is went and filled my prescriptions for me so that right when my local wore off I had my vicodin nice and handy to "numb" me up again. I didn't have any pain the following days and only took the 600mg ibuprofen they gave me to help with the swelling. I also got some antibiotics to ward off any infection while the extractions sites healed.

I've also had a tooth removed under just local and it wasn't bad either, although I would much prefer the one little prick I had for the IV then for the 4 injections I had to get that tooth pulled. 3 of the injections were palatal (as the tooth was "wayward" and was residing in my palate) and those weren't the most pleasant. But the actual extraction part was fine as it didn't take very long and all I felt was pressure (not at all painful, just there).
So if you are nervous about the sedation, go for just local.

#3 Post by **Cor1** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:35 am

Hi there, I had three of my wisdom teeth removed, and my oral surgeon used Twilight sedation for me, and let me just say THAT WAS THE BEST EVER DENTAL PROCEDURE I EVER HAD DONE!!!!!! BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER A THING!!!! And I had very little pain and swelling after, a bit of bleeding , but you just chomp down on your gauze pads and it stops, and keep up your pain meds if ya need them, and hopefully all will go well for you..............GOOD LUCK TO YA!!!!

COR1

#4 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:12 am

GA is a stronger type of anesthetic used than IV sedation. You can technically have IV sed in the morning and drive yourself home sometime before the afternoon is up. GA you'll be groggy all day and for people who move around alot or need heavier sedating for more difficult procedures. In the office I worked at, they used GA for people whose impacted wisdoms were very close to the nerve. The less movement, the more precise the OS could be from hitting and damaging that nerve in your lower jaw.

#5 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:33 pm

Hahaha I was always offered to have my extractions done using IV but I always said no thank you, I'll take local!

#6 Post by **JoviFan** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:53 pm

I've opted for an IV drip in 2 days for my 2 upper bicuspids

can't wait......pulling healthy teeth - I don't want to know a thing that they're doing!!!

#7 Post by **PrincessMelody** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:39 am

Two of my wisdoms were impacted. Thanks, but if they're digging out teeth that are so intent on staying hidden, I wanted to be out! To each his own, eh?

Yeah, I know what you mean Meryaten. The day I went into the oral surgeon's office I still hadn't fully decided if I was going to do IV or local. The oral surgeon was SOOO nice (as well as VERY good looking

) and answered all my questions. I had one wisdom tooth that had partially erupted and was sideways. I was curious and asked how they were going to remove that and the minute he said they would have to cut the gum, saw the tooth in half, then dig around for the rest I decided on IV sedation. Just the thought of all that freaked me out. Plus he assured me the IV would be placed in my arm not my hand, which was another one of my "freak outs". Then he also explained that the local would probably be 4 shots for each tooth and that to me far outweighed the one prick for the IV. I hate hate hate needles so that was a huge factor too.

#8 Post by **poloaa** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:15 pm

Thanks for everyone's replies and you help me a lot to understand the differences. So i could request the OS doing the IV for me instead of the GA by the time i go there on monday morning. (man, time flies, i m scared to death), haahahahaha. He did tell me my upper ones are easy to remove, but not sure about the lower right one. but he did remove my other upper teeth BEFORE my braces treatment on Apr. last year. He was so professional and fast and nice too. Actually i think it is scary to think rather than u really get to the place before get things done. When i got there last time, i was so calmed. But wisdom teeth are really something to me...people who i know got their wisdom teeth removed told me the same, OS tried sooooooooooooooooooo hard to move the teeth out, but no pain, sound scary.
Good luck to me on monday. Thanks again.

#9 Post by **poloaa** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:29 pm

Today is the day to pull off three wisdom teeth. I ended up choosing local to do the things. I did ask the OS if i feel no pain, then i prefer the local instead of the under one. He said he could finish the work within 10 mins. That sounds very easy to me, so i trust him and i got two shots on each tooth. The time he pulled my teeth, i could not believe in how fast he did that. He could finish pulling three of them within 4 or 5 mins. Very fast, thanks god. I felt no pain, just pressure and heard the cracking sound of my bone. It was bleeding so bad on the first 3 hours. I was like a Vampire when i opened my mouth, lol. Then later i could not wait to eat yogurt and thai noodles, haha. I just want to thanks everyone here. I feel great now. NO med taken so far, the OS is SUPER.
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#10 Post by **JoviFan** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:32 pm

poloaa wrote:Today is the day to pull off three wisdom teeth. I ended up choosing local to do the things. I did ask the OS if i feel no pain, then i prefer the local instead of the under one. He said he could finish the work within 10 mins. That sounds very easy to me, so i trust him and i got two shots on each tooth. The time he pulled my teeth, i could not believe in how fast he did that. He could finish pulling three of them within 4 or 5 mins. Very fast, thanks god. I felt no pain, just pressure and heard the cracking sound of my bone. It was bleeding so bad on the first 3 hours. I was like a Vampire when i opened my mouth, lol. Then later i could not wait to eat yogurt and thai noodles, haha. I just want to thanks everyone here. I feel great now. NO med taken so far, the OS is SUPER.
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Congrats!!!! Glad to hear everything went well!!!! I opted for the IV drip - I'm a chicken !! LOL --- but am soo glad I did....on the 3rd day post extractions, so far so good

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Differences of GA or IV??

Differences of GA or IV??

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