> I sometimes wonder if being put under is really all that much better For me, it was fantastic. My wisdom teeth had to be pulled just as they started to surfa

> I sometimes wonder if being put under is really all that much better For me, it was fantastic. My wisdom teeth had to be pulled just as they started to surface, because letting them grow out all the way would have just wrecked years of brace work. So they had to cut into the gums to fish them out. And apparently the guy said one shattered in the process and they -really- had to dig that one out. From what I remember, I counted from 100 to around 90-80, and the next thing I knew, "okay we're done." Was a bit out of it for a while, but very little pain. Kept on the pain medication for the next few days; worked great. Aside from the mandatory cleaning you have to do after having wisdom teeth removed, I didn't really experience much pain at all. And I'm the kind of person that's extremely on-edge even about simple cleanings (very low pain tolerance.) I would wholly recommend the general anesthesia. I don't even care if I ended up being awake for the whole thing but just don't remember it. Ignorance is bliss :)