IV sedation for tooth extraction

[Pringle84]

Hi, just wandering if anyone has had iv sedation before for tooth extraction. Im feeling more anxious about having the iv sedation than the teeth removed. Im having it because I suffer with vertigo so can't lay flat.
But I hate the feeling of being out of control so im worrying about the iv sedation. Any experience would be good. Tia

I've had IV sedation for a complicated wisdom tooth removal and it was great, I don't remember a thing about the procedure. When I came round my mouth was still numb and I didn't believe them that they'd actually done it until they went and got the tooth to show me. My legs were a bit wobbly straight after and DH had to help me get to the car but other than that it was fine.

I have had sedation quite a few times during extensive dental work . Love it ! Aware of certain sights/ sounds but disconnected from any pain or fear . A long procedure feels like five minutes and you have very hazy recall afterwards . You will need someone to take you home . There is a bit of general soreness due to the natural tugging etc. but paracetamol took care of that . The best thing was the sleep afterwards , bliss ! Just plan to clear your day after do that you can do this . I slept from around 4pm until next morning.

I was just about to post this I’ve just been jabbed with local and yanked about!

I recently had nasel sedation to get a filling removed and replaced in a cracked tooth. Dental fear and needles. Plus holding my mouth open is agony due to TMJ. There was no way I could have coped any le gth of time on the chair.
It was wonderful. They put earphones on me and a film on the ceiling TV. I remember a couple of bits of the film (when i realised i just took a few deeper breaths ! ) and the new filling going in. But didn't feel anything. I was there but not there is the only way to describe it.
I was there an hour and a half but it seemed like a couple of minutes.
It was expensive as they charge by the hour but worth it.

IV sedation is a stronger sedation so I would think you'll have hardly any awareness of the procedure.

Yes mine was also a top back tooth, the second tooth from the back and I was just slightly tilted, nowhere near lay down.

I have had sedation for three hours previously when having a crown done in one session plus a large filling on another tooth.
Prices will vary quite a bit but at my new practice sedation is £300 for a complex extraction (an hours slot). This is with a Bupa dentist. Obviously the longer you need the more expensive.
IV sedation has been absolutely fantastic for me, once it is administered the part of the brain which creates fear is basically given a little holiday, as previous person mentioned it also prevents memory being formed so you don’t build up new fears, for me its meant that over time my confidence in the dentist has increased and I can now have some treatments without it.

The NHS won't offer
Neither will a private dentist unless you ask and then you may need to go to a specific one. Not everywhere offers it and you have to pay.

I’ve had IV sedation for an extraction through an NHS dentist, however the procedure was done at a different surgery and I had to pay - about £280 - for the sedation.

Wow, must be area dependent then as here it's private only.

Maybe the dentist at the clinic , will do it without sedation. Just seems weird that they would opt to that rather than get a dentist who can do it without me having to lay down 🤷‍♀️

When people say they slept after as you feel really sleepy. Are you able/allowed to sleep after , because of having the gauze in place for the bleeding? When my husband had a tooth removed he it wasn't under sedation and it was a tricky removal a bit of bone was involved. But he had to keep the gauze in place for about an hr afterwards and couldnt sleep until that came out?

I don’t feel like I need to sleep but I do feel pretty chilled and just want to sit on the sofa watching tv for a bit. I’ve had sedation many times now tho and can’t remember if I slept the first time I had it or not.

I had it when I was 14. Waiting list was much longer and had to be at a hospital not a dentists.

Mine was private but it never occurred to me to even ask

Anaesthetist pov (albeit on who only does dental in hospital not in dental clinics)… Part of the reason you have to pay quite a bit for dental sedation is for the expertise of the person doing the sedation (rather than the drugs costing masses) - it’s a shared airway procedure so whoever’s giving the drugs is balancing comfort vs safety (all of the sedative drugs can affect breathing and airway reflexes and there’s a bit more to think about than just boshing in some drugs so the person forgets what’s going on).

They would not let you leave with anything in your mouth if they thought there was a risk that your airway reflexes weren’t safe. You would normally need a sensible adult with you for 24 hrs after any procedure after sedation. What drugs they use might depend a bit on whatever’s causing your vertigo, and how hungover people feel depends quite a bit on the drugs. Just occasionally GA is safer than sedation, but that very much depends on the individual patient.

There definitely are some cowboys/girls out there so it is worth asking questions…had to be very firm when one of my parents nearly agreed to a really high risk sedation for a dental clinic procedure.

Both times mine were NHS and didn't pay anything

I had four teeth out under IV sedation fairly recently, to deal with overcrowding before having a brace fitted.
It was worth every penny, I have a vague memory of the procedure but nothing upsetting. It was in a normal dentists chair, probably tilted back slightly I would imagine, but not lying flat. I think it was all over fairly quickly and I 'recovered' in the waiting room straight after in a normal chair with DH before he drove me home. I was completely fine very quickly afterwards.

How did you manage to achieve this as I have to have either a root canal or extraction and cannot do it awake, but my dentist just brushes me off and says it's no worse than a filling (which I also massively struggle with but haven't needed one for about ten years)

I have had sedation many times. I call it lala juice. Got me through some difficult procedures at the dentist and hospital.

I have a jaw issue where I cannot open my mouth very wide at all so I asked to be referred to a specialist dental clinic where they sedate you.
The second time my dentist wasn't strong enough to pull the root out so I got referred again.

Yes. Done by supervised dental students. Was amazing. But probably good because they gave me a full syringe full which sent me nicely to sleep.

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It almost sounds like a spa day 😁 I really should give it a go!

As a child, my dentist used no anaesthetic at all, so that we "learned" to look after our teeth properly (She was a good friend of my mum. My mum was abusive and thought it was funny 🤐)

It really is no worse than a filling, just takes longer so it can be a bit more uncomfortable holding your mouth open so long!

When you have had iv sedation for a tooth extraction , do you have gauze in your mouth afterwards for the bleeding or how do they do that bit incase you fall asleep again etc. Im having it done in medway kent . Paid £73.20 for it.

They can give you a rubber wedge the they put in the corner of your mouth on the other side to rest your teeth on. That helps with the achy jaw.