Mayhap I'm misunderstanding what is meant by 'general'. I tend to think of general anaesthetic as meaning being so drugged that one is no longer breathing for oneself.
This, to my knowlege, is not done in dentist's offices but only in hospitals. And if you woke up and tried to hit someone that's not what I think of as general anaesthesia.
I have no memory of having my wisdom teeth out. I slept through at least some of it, in that I counted backward from 10 to maybe 6. But when I woke up on a bunk bed they told me I walked to it. And they'd made sure my inhaler was accessible during.
This is "heavy sedation" (or IV sedation), not "general anaesthesia"
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Date: 2006-01-04 04:24 am (UTC)This, to my knowlege, is not done in dentist's offices but only in hospitals. And if you woke up and tried to hit someone that's not what I think of as general anaesthesia.
I have no memory of having my wisdom teeth out. I slept through at least some of it, in that I counted backward from 10 to maybe 6. But when I woke up on a bunk bed they told me I walked to it. And they'd made sure my inhaler was accessible during.
This is "heavy sedation" (or IV sedation), not "general anaesthesia"
general anaesthesia
IV Sedation