Going to sleep for wisdom teeth?

So my dentist recommends I have 2 wisdom teeth taken out that are not impaced they are already up. But only one of them, the bottom one is causing some problems. Anyways he says that if you take the bottom one out you should also take the top out.





I think I only want to have the bottom one out at least for now. But my question is even though they are already in (not impacted) the person I scheduled my appointment said they can make me go to sleep. I'm wondering do they normally let ppl go to sleep if they arent impacted and you only take out one wisdom tooth. And also, do you think I should go to sleep cuz I have no clue what its like to be knocked out.





Also I know this sounds crazy but I always wanted to know what happens if when ur getting your teeth pulled and you needa pee cuz ur asleep and you cant go up to go to the bathroom. Does your body just allow you to keep holding it in even if you needa go or do you go in ur pants

Going to sleep for wisdom teeth?
Hey :) not too sure about only getting one of the two wisdom teeth removed but im sure that if your dentist/dental surgeon recommended that you get them both out that you should, I'm sure he knows what he's talking about and didn't do like 6 years study for nothing :P





About the going to sleep thing, it's nothing to be worried about. I've done it a few times before, for wisdome teeth, and my appendectomy. They may be letting you have the option of having a general anaesthetic if they feel that you may be too anxious to have just a local anaesthetic in your gums.





Getting 'knocked out' is just like falling asleep, you know when you're dead tired and you shut your eyes, and when you open them again its morning? Thats what its like, one minute you're breathing in oxygen and then next minute you're in recovery! Really quite awesome haha.





Also about having to go to the toilet, whenever you are going to be having a general anaesthetic they don't let you have any food or drink for 12 hours i think it is prior to srugery. So that way any food or drink would have had a chance to be excreted, and there's no chance of you vomiting up anything during surgery which is dangerous.





If it makes you feel any better I hav sat in on a lot of surgeries and not one of the patients wet themselves while under the knife, not even the surgeries that go for a few hours, so you'll be right :)
Reply:Well from my own experience with this the dentist tells you not to drink water the day of the surgery or atleast afew hours before so that probably means if you drank alot of water beforehand then you wouldn't have control over your bladder when you're asleep but I'm not 100% sure.





I also think that if their suggesting you do all four at once it is the best thing to do because after the surgery it is very painful and your face will be swollen and probably discoloured aswell.





One important tip you must know before you have it done is rinse your mouth with abit of salt in a cup of water each day after the surgery or maybe after everything you drink because you probably won't be eating food for awhile or be able to brush your teeth. The stupid dentist did not tell me this and of course I got an infection, prolonging my pain for about 2-3 weeks.





Good luck.
Reply:I had all four of mine taken out at once, and yes I was asleep. I wouldn't have done it any other way. It's a gradual thing... they gave me a tranquilizer, then an injection and had me count backwards from 100... last thing I remember was 90. You're not gonna be "out" that long, but I think your body keeps you from peeing if you needed to. If you're worried, just be sure and pee before you go.
Reply:You won't pee in your pants. If this was a common occurrence, I can't imagine dentists would want put folks to sleep. I would get them both out at the same time. The dentist is right, usually both need to be pulled. Why go through it twice?


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