Wisdom tooth extraction while fully awake
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From: MSE on 13 Nov 2005 21:11 On the advice of our dentist, my daughter is going to an oral surgeon this week to see if she needs her wisdom teeth extracted. She had oral surgery a few years ago to connect a chain to an impacted tooth and insisted on staying awake. She handled the surgery without a complaint. So, now she wants to stay awake if she needs the 4 teeth removed. She has incredible staying power but the surgeon's office told me that one of the doctors in the practice refuses to do them awake, and another only does them once in a blue moon on fully awake patients and that it is very rare.My daughter is like me, she is more afraid of the anesthesia. I can withstand quite intensive procedures without incident while awake and I think she will be able to do the same. I would like to know the opinions of other surgeons with respect to wisdom teeth removal. Thanks.
From: Joel M. Eichen on 13 Nov 2005 22:11 On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:11:28 GMT, "MSE" <swimgiraffe(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On the advice of our dentist, my daughter is going to an oral surgeon this >week to see if she needs her wisdom teeth extracted. She had oral surgery a >few years ago to connect a chain to an impacted tooth and insisted on >staying awake. She handled the surgery without a complaint. So, now she >wants to stay awake if she needs the 4 teeth removed. She has incredible >staying power but the surgeon's office told me that one of the doctors in >the practice refuses to do them awake, and another only does them once in a >blue moon Wait for the next blue moon .... I am with your daughter on this. Joel >on fully awake patients and that it is very rare.My daughter is >like me, she is more afraid of the anesthesia. I can withstand quite >intensive procedures without incident while awake and I think she will be >able to do the same. I would like to know the opinions of other surgeons >with respect to wisdom teeth removal. Thanks. >
From: Joel M. Eichen on 13 Nov 2005 22:12 On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:11:28 GMT, "MSE" <swimgiraffe(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On the advice of our dentist, my daughter is going to an oral surgeon this >week to see if she needs her wisdom teeth extracted. She had oral surgery a >few years ago to connect a chain to an impacted tooth and insisted on >staying awake. She handled the surgery without a complaint. So, now she >wants to stay awake if she needs the 4 teeth removed. She has incredible >staying power but the surgeon's office told me that one of the doctors in >the practice refuses to do them awake, and another only does them once in a >blue moon on fully awake patients and that it is very rare.My daughter is >like me, she is more afraid of the anesthesia. I can withstand quite >intensive procedures without incident while awake and I think she will be >able to do the same. I would like to know the opinions of other surgeons >with respect to wisdom teeth removal. Thanks. My theory is that if the patient needs to be asleep, the tooth problably does not need removing! (Has to do with how deeply submerged in the jaw it is.) >
From: Steven Bornfeld on 13 Nov 2005 22:24 MSE wrote: > On the advice of our dentist, my daughter is going to an oral surgeon this > week to see if she needs her wisdom teeth extracted. She had oral surgery a > few years ago to connect a chain to an impacted tooth and insisted on > staying awake. She handled the surgery without a complaint. So, now she > wants to stay awake if she needs the 4 teeth removed. She has incredible > staying power but the surgeon's office told me that one of the doctors in > the practice refuses to do them awake, and another only does them once in a > blue moon on fully awake patients and that it is very rare.My daughter is > like me, she is more afraid of the anesthesia. I can withstand quite > intensive procedures without incident while awake and I think she will be > able to do the same. I would like to know the opinions of other surgeons > with respect to wisdom teeth removal. Thanks. > > If she is an otherwise manageable patient, I don't understand refusing to do this on a conscious patient if she so desires. OTOH, and esp. if awake, I probably would encourage her to have only the 2 right side or 2 left side per visit. If you explain this and they are adamant, I'd find another surgeon. Steve -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 Remove "nospam" to reply\par }
From: JimSocal on 14 Nov 2005 04:36
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 03:24:11 GMT, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinnospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > >MSE wrote: >> On the advice of our dentist, my daughter is going to an oral surgeon this >> week to see if she needs her wisdom teeth extracted. She had oral surgery a >> few years ago to connect a chain to an impacted tooth and insisted on >> staying awake. She handled the surgery without a complaint. So, now she >> wants to stay awake if she needs the 4 teeth removed. She has incredible >> staying power but the surgeon's office told me that one of the doctors in >> the practice refuses to do them awake, and another only does them once in a >> blue moon on fully awake patients and that it is very rare.My daughter is >> like me, she is more afraid of the anesthesia. I can withstand quite >> intensive procedures without incident while awake and I think she will be >> able to do the same. I would like to know the opinions of other surgeons >> with respect to wisdom teeth removal. Thanks. >> >> > > > If she is an otherwise manageable patient, I don't understand refusing >to do this on a conscious patient if she so desires. > OTOH, and esp. if awake, I probably would encourage her to have only >the 2 right side or 2 left side per visit. > If you explain this and they are adamant, I'd find another surgeon. > >Steve I just had mine extracted, while awake, and while it was painful it was bearable. It was one of those things where just about the time it got to be really painful, it was over. I admittedly am a chicken, when it comes to dental pain. I would think having 2 done at once would be fine for someone who can easily withstand dental pain. 4 at once - from the standpoint of this patient - seems excessive. The after-surgery pain is no picnic, either, and a friend of mine had complications after having his one tooth extracted, and had to go back to the dentist like every day for a week or something to have it tended to. Me, I am having bone slivers come through my gum after the extraction (a month ago) and while that is not super painful it is certainly no fun. So I would think having 4 done at once would just increase the chance of these kinds of complications, and having these complications on more than one tooth at a time would be pretty unpleasant. Just my uneducated opinion based on my own experience and anecdotal hearsay. |