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Anon has their wisdom teeth removed (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] zach@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

With wisdom tooth extraction, they’re often impacted in tissue and bone that makes removal painful and time consuming. Normal tooth extraction is quick and easy, and can be achieved with only local anesthetic. (Wisdom tooth removal can be done with only local, but most people get anxious especially with the time it takes, so more sedation is used)

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

painful and time consuming

When I had one of mine removed it was the quickest dentist visit I had. They exposed the tooth, drilled into it, hit it with a wedge and collected the pieces. It probably took less than 10 minutes including the time for local anesthesia to take effect and didn't really hurt

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That was my experience too. At first I was kind of disappointed I didn't get the funny drugs but a double extraction took literally ~10 min, and I drove myself home right after.

Everyone I know who went full sedation it would be like a 3-5 hour experience before you come to. Alot of hassle

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Damn that’s fast. I saw an animation of that on YouTube once (a long time ago), it was strangely satisfying to watch

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can do a lot with local but, most people don’t like the idea of having a person fiddling with their flesh with sharp instruments for long periods of time.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah I found somewhere that put me under completely to get my wisdom teeth removed. I have lasting trauma from the fuckery that happened during previous teeth removal no way was I going through that again even if I couldn't feel it