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How To Treat Impacted Wisdom Tooth?

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?
Thu, 29 May 2014
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Thanks for consulting health care magic. Extraction of wisdom teeth is not mandatory for all the cases.Since your dentist has told you to go for extraction just for anaemic reasons we dont go for extraction under GA.Usually extractions under GA are done for the persons who are allergic to local anaesthetics, handicaped, mentally retarded, in some pediatric patients and some extreme unexceptional situations.I beleive you dont have any of these and you are young too.For any surgical procedure on must have minimum Hb% is 9 you can acheive this by some heamatic drugs or syrups along with good nutritious food you can see the difference in a week in your blood.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 o nce 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.
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How To Treat Impacted Wisdom Tooth?

Hi Thanks for consulting health care magic. Extraction of wisdom teeth is not mandatory for all the cases.Since your dentist has told you to go for extraction just for anaemic reasons we dont go for extraction under GA.Usually extractions under GA are done for the persons who are allergic to local anaesthetics, handicaped, mentally retarded, in some pediatric patients and some extreme unexceptional situations.I beleive you dont have any of these and you are young too.For any surgical procedure on must have minimum Hb% is 9 you can acheive this by some heamatic drugs or syrups along with good nutritious food you can see the difference in a week in your blood.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 o nce 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.