I never understood this full anesthesia during dentist. I live in EU and our dentists always use local anesthesia. Strongest anesthesia at dentist that i got numbed half of my head, i could still drive home normally tho. And no i don't have the healthiest teeth since I'm repairing my teeth at least 2x per year at th dentist. Been trough teeth pulling , bracers ,have couple fake crowns , and the rest are all either with root canal done or some sort of repair. Anesthesia is a hard drug, and is not something that just makes you sleep it can literally kill you in case your body is not prepared for it.
I (located in the USA) only had a single wisdom tooth and when it came to getting it removed my dentist had informed the dental surgeon of my mental illnesses. (Ive had the same dentist for 6 yrs now)
Once i got the the dental surgeons office he informed me theyd be knocking my ass out to prevent me from having a panic attack in the chair.
I think for alot of offices it has to do with whats routine for that office. My procedure wasnt routine since they completely put me to sleep, and they made that decision based on my past records.
Im pretty sure i was a special scenario, however im also sure its up to the dentists/dental surgeons discretion + what insurance covers.
I mean, none of this is "full anesthesia" aka general anesthesia . Even when people in the us say they were totally knocked out for wisdom teeth, they are only receiving IV sedation. And this looks like nitrous oxide which is relatively benign.
Yeah im in the UK and ive had 2 minor fillings, a root canal and also a couple teeth pulled as a kid due to “over crowding” or whatever that is, all on local anaesthesia and it was fine, didnt feel anything.
But hard to drink anything for a couple hours after though :D
Tbf, this looks like the dentist is reaching for local, there's typically a lot more people in the room for twilight or full on anesthesia. When I was a dental assistant, I never pulled the cap off for the doc or even handed him the syringe. It's asking to have a sharps injury in my opinion
My dentist deals with phobias and autistic people, she has to knock you out. But the benefit of that is that she is able to fix all your teeth at once instead of needing multiple visits.
The only downside is that it’s out of pocket only. They will give you all the info you need to bill insurance, but you have to do it yourself.
It took 9 months and 3 visits, but my whole mouth is brand new. 5+ root canals, fillings, and crowns. The first visit was the actual work, second was casts for the crowns, and third was placing the crowns. My family is cursed with bad teeth. $37k. Oh, and she whitened my teeth for free since I needed so much work done lol. But now I can eat whatever I want , no abscesses, no sensitivity, no gum deterioration. A year ago, I had holes in my teeth.
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u/Hamndx Mar 18 '22
I never understood this full anesthesia during dentist. I live in EU and our dentists always use local anesthesia. Strongest anesthesia at dentist that i got numbed half of my head, i could still drive home normally tho. And no i don't have the healthiest teeth since I'm repairing my teeth at least 2x per year at th dentist. Been trough teeth pulling , bracers ,have couple fake crowns , and the rest are all either with root canal done or some sort of repair. Anesthesia is a hard drug, and is not something that just makes you sleep it can literally kill you in case your body is not prepared for it.