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General anesthesia? Here in Europe we don't do that. I had one wisdom tooth that got rotten and the injections did not help with the pain because of the infecti
by askonomm 5y ago
General anesthesia? Here in Europe we don't do that. I had one wisdom tooth that got rotten and the injections did not help with the pain because of the infection, so the nurse held me down while the doctor pulled the tooth, me screaming in agony. Then they gave me a shot for the trauma so I would calm down. This is Northern Europe.
- merrywhether 5y agoHoly smokes. It sounds like you weren’t given the option, but did you prefer that to the risks of GA? (Honest question, no agenda. That sounds like something that would make me never go back to the dentist, but maybe that’s just me projecting popular dentist horror.)
- askonomm 5y agoHonestly it's just not a possibility in most of the dentist offices I've visited in Estonia as well as not really a thing (I don't know anyone who has ever gone under GA). Whatever horrible stuff that needs to get done gets done with you wide awake, and that's the norm. Good thing is that it's over pretty quickly. When I lived in Spain I knew they offered GA there, but it usually meant paying 100+ EUR more, which is quite a lot. And europe doesn't really have a thing such as dental insurance. In most countries (Not 100% sure) in Europe you pay out of pocket for all the dentist stuff. Maybe you get a free cleaning once a year. But other than the availability of GA and the money, I have nothing against it and would have obviously preferred that to my experience of medieval dentistry.
- selfmodruntime 5y agoThat's insane. Any practice here in middle Europe will give you Midazolam so you won't remember anything.