Hi in 22 years old and i have all 4 of my wisdom teeth impacted. i was told i will have to use a general anesthetic... my question is i am anemic and i was worried that the surgery would cause me to bleed out. should i have the surgery done in the chair or at the hospital?
HiT hanks for consulting Chat Doctor. Extraction of wisdom teeth is not mandatory for all the cases. Since your dentist has told you to go for extraction just for anemic reasons we don't go for extraction under GA. Usually extractions under GA are done for the persons who are allergic to local anesthetics, handicapped, mentally retarded, in some pediatric patients and some extreme unexceptional situations. I believe you don't have any of these, and you are young too. For any surgical procedure on must have minimum HBO is 9 you can achieve this by some dramatic Chat Doctor. Hence, I suggest you to find out the correct reasons for performing under GA. If you are willing to go extraction of all the teeth I mean 4 wisdom teeth at a time, or you have any discomfort with those teeth then yes it has to be done under GA.otherwise if they are interfering with the other teeth then go for extraction of two on the same side at once and remaining two on the other side at once that is better hardly it may, it make 1 month to finish it. Kindly know the reasons and proceed further.