Having a tooth pulled out under general anaesthetic

[NotAllThere]

After GA, drink plenty of water to flush the drugs out of the system - but maybe that's only after major surgery...

[dropcliffsnotbombs]

I really wish I hadn't just read this thread. I've finally registered with a dentist after years in the wilderness and am thinking about getting my gnashers straighten which is going to involve extractions.....

[jimjamuk]

had a top wisdom out last year - nhs dentest said he'd give it a go or he would refer me to a private job.

Based on the "give it a go" comment, had the private done for about £300 which involved drip in the arm for a sedative - seriously didnt remember a thing bar telling the nurse it wasnt working then remember singing in my brothers car on the way home

best dentist experience for years

[SuperZ]

Had two impacted wisdom teeth removed years ago under GA - had no option. Worse part was when they removed a tube from my nose when I started to come around - felt like my brains were being sucked out - oh and I was also dying for a peeeeeeeeeeee. Try communicating that to someone when half out of it but i managed to and somehow safely had a leak - ahhhhhhhhh.
Best part was after a second sleep I woke up to find a sexy redhead nurse bending over right in front of me bed - oh joy.

[Lockhouse]

I had my 2 lower wisdom teeth removed under general anaesthetic in an NHS hospital some years ago. I wasn't allowed to eat anything for 12 hours prior to the op. I went in at 10:00am was prepped and had the surgery done by 12:00. I was conscious by 14:00 but not able to get up and walk about until around 15:00 as I was still quite groggy. By 20:00 I was discharged. Don't try to rush about afterwards as you'll chuck up (like I did). I also looked like a chipmunk for a week.

There's always a slight risk they'll damage the nerves to your tongue - it took about a week for my taste buds to get back to normal.

[TimberWolf]

That's what happened to me...

Perhaps it's a hallucinogenic effect of the drugs, to turn dentists into stunning redheads gagging for it?

[Menelaus]

My best friend at uni was on a dentistry course: when he got his own practice I was his first patient and needed to have four fillings.

Whilst he wanted to do the injection-into-gums on four separate occasions I was less than impressed with this offering and instead took him up on his offer of GA .

I was out for about an hour, needed to be driven home, and after that went to bed for a few hours so I could form a nice salivary pool on the pillow (sexy, not).

Anything my dentist wants to do now that involves more than a check-up? GA is the way