Tooth extraction under anesthesia

Tooth extraction under anesthesia helps to avoid pain during this procedure. Tooth extraction can be performed under both local and general anesthesia.

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Tooth extraction under general anesthesia

Tooth extraction under general anesthesia is accompanied by complete loss of consciousness. Anesthesia is used only in specially equipped dental clinics. Anesthesia can cause serious complications, so if you just want to feel nothing, think carefully. Anesthesia is not recommended for the treatment of caries - here you can definitely get by with local anesthesia. The exception is cases when the patient is allergic to all local anesthetics, which happens very rarely. Pregnant women also cannot be given general anesthesia, as well as patients with cardiovascular pathology.

In addition, the tube through which the patient breathes clutters the oral cavity.

But if you need to remove several teeth, general anesthesia can save you time and reduce stress. If you need to remove many teeth at once, general anesthesia is for you.

General anesthesia is suitable for patients with intellectual disabilities and organic brain damage.

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Tooth extraction under local anesthesia

Tooth extraction under local anesthesia is necessary in the following cases:

1. Dental cyst.
2. Incorrect position of wisdom teeth.
3. Tumor of the jaw.
4. Upcoming orthodontic treatment (usually the 4th and 8th teeth are removed).

For local anesthesia, anesthetic is injected into the gum next to the tooth.

Tooth extraction under local anesthesia. Contraindications.

1. Allergy.
2. Renal failure.
3. Heart disease.

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Wisdom tooth removal under anesthesia

Wisdom tooth removal under anesthesia will relieve you of fear. If you need to remove four wisdom teeth at once, you can choose general anesthesia. Wisdom tooth removal under anesthesia is indicated in complex cases, for example, when it lies horizontally in the jaw or has not erupted and needs to be removed from the jaw in parts.

You need to follow these rules if you decide to have a tooth removed under general anesthesia:

1. You must abstain from alcohol 24 hours before removal.
2. You need to come to the clinic hungry, do not eat anything 4 hours before the operation and do not drink anything.
3. After tooth extraction under anesthesia, you need to go to bed.
4. You must come to the clinic with a person who will take you home after the operation. Of course, in an hour you will be able to walk down the street, but your attention will be distracted. You cannot drive on this day.

Before the operation, each patient undergoes an electrocardiogram and has their blood pressure measured.

After general anesthesia, consciousness returns to you smoothly and slowly, within half an hour. The feeling of fatigue remains until the end of the day, so you will not be able to go to work that day. Some clinics use sedation or hypnotics instead of mask anesthesia. During sedation, consciousness is clouded, but preserved. When you wake up, you will not remember anything - no pain and the cracking sound of the extracted tooth.

Price

Prices for tooth extraction under anesthesia may vary in different clinics. The average price for tooth extraction under anesthesia for an adult in Kyiv is 1500 UAH.

Sedation (partial loss of consciousness) during tooth extraction in Kyiv is performed in the Dakhno and Avanto clinics and the Central Dental Clinic of the Ministry of Defense. The price for sedation is 1000-1200 UAH.

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Reviews

Patients who are afraid of dentists and the sight of dental instruments often want to be treated under general anesthesia. Depending on the anamnesis and the results of the cardiogram, the anesthesiologist selects the method of anesthesia. Usually, this is sedation or full mask anesthesia. According to patients, the return to consciousness can occur in different ways - someone already feels normal in half an hour and is able to get home on their own, someone has a fog before their eyes and is very tired all day.

But the doctors themselves are rarely happy. Because when a patient with a phobia comes to them, wanting to treat or remove 5 teeth at once, it is not possible to do it well enough. Everything has to be done quickly - they do not give anesthesia for more than 3 hours, and the tube in the mouth interferes with the work. The decision is, of course, yours.

Tooth extraction under anesthesia is, of course, an extreme measure, but sometimes the patient’s peace of mind is more important; anesthesia can also be used in case of allergy to local anesthetics and some concomitant diseases.