Infected wisdom tooth

It's not the pain I fear, it's the general anaesthetic, I have a fear of not being fully asleep, not being able to move and having a panic attack , if I have to have it out I hope it's only a local one!

I put people to sleep for a living, and routinely do this operation.
We never paralyse a patient.

In simple terms 2 drugs are often given during major surgery. One paralyses the muscles. This is because you still get some reflexes even when asleep, making certain surgeries difficult - in particular those inside the abdomen.
The other puts you to sleep.

In dental surgery we only use the one that puts to sleep. So if you really were waking up mid-surgery you response would be to punch the surgeon.

Of course even before you are a tiny bit awake I would notice as your heart rate and breathing would speed up making my machine make loud beeping noises. I would then give you more drugs to get you asleep.

Hope that helps.

That helps a lot, thankyou! I have a question for you.. Do you have any kind of procedure for people who have panic attacks? As I have a lot of them and would most likely have one before all the needles and things..

99% of people who say they suffer panic attacks don't when they actually come into hospital.
Our response would be to get the needle in. Makes little difference to us whether you are hyperventilating or relaxed as, once the 'injection' is over you'll calm down!

It's not the pain I fear, it's the general anaesthetic, I have a fear of not being fully asleep, not being able to move and having a panic attack , if I have to have it out I hope it's only a local one!

I had one in March and was really ill with it. There was a flap of cartilage (sp?) over my wisdom tooth and there was an infection underneath, so gross, I couldn't eat for a week and had to go to the emergency dental hospital. They didn't pull the tooth but I had to take 3 different kinds of antibiotics which made me totally high plus painkillers. The tooth is through now so hopefully it won't recur.