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Originally Posted by jnieman

I recently broke off a tooth that required pulling. It was a molar. I'm getting an implant. My own dentist said he would pull it using a local anesthetic. I having never had a tooth pulled so I agreed. By the time the day rolled around I was terrified. By the time I got to his office I was shaking like a leaf and on the verge of tears. I was shaking so bad he said I needed to stop as I was making him nervous. He was a small man and it took two people holding me down to pull out my tooth. The pain wasn't too bad but the pressure and the enire scenario scared the daylights out of me. Little did I know that I could have gone to an oral surgeon and had it pulled while under anesthesia. I had another tooth break off recently and will be going to Dr. Caylor an oral surgeon. He wll be doing an implant on that other tooth and pulling the other. He said it would take about an hour all together. What you don't know will hurt you.

It's always best to avoid an anesthetic if an alternative exists. Anesthesia puts you to sleep - true - but you may suffer serious injury or worse for any number of reasons. The vast majority of people never have an adverse reaction, but it does happen.