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- stopple, on 10/11/2007, -6/+212like i wasn't scared enough of the dentist already
thanks digg! - CaptMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -2/+152I went under general anesthesia years ago when I got my wisdom teeth out with no troubles. I checked and it seems the mortality rate is 5 for every 1,000,000 procedures. While it is a tragic story, you're probably in more danger of dying in a car accident on the way to the dentist office than dying while there.
http://expertpages.com/news/mortality_anesthesia.htm - digitalmoto, on 10/11/2007, -15/+151I feel absolutely awful for the family.
When I had my wisdom teeth done, there was no way I was going to go under general - I had local for all 4 of my wisdom teeth and it was totally fine - if you can put up with 10-12 needles for the freezing, then go local - it doesn't hurt and the recovery is much faster. Oral surgeons will always to get you to go general but it is really not necessary. - loconet, on 10/11/2007, -3/+136Well..there goes my wisdom teeth removal for this year.
- beasty_dave_Mk2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+125Knock me the ***** out before any deep tissue trauma plz. k thanks.
- nihility, on 10/11/2007, -0/+89I was fine under general anesthesia besides throwing up for 10 hours afterwards, but I do remember me kind of suspicious about the defibrillator sitting next to me in the chair and I was told it was in case they started losing me. That made me feel a lot better.
- dbt10, on 10/11/2007, -3/+90wow i'm really surprised this story made digg, happened in my hometown and i know the older brother of leejay. extremely sad story for all of us because the whole family is very nice etc. freaked us all out about wisdom teeth stuff, thats for sure.
RIP buddy. - jdbeast00, on 10/11/2007, -1/+83"Excuse me, doc. I know you recommend general anesthetic for cases where the teeth are embedded in bone, and I know you have done thousands of these surgeries before, but there is a user on digg.com named digitalmoto who has had his wisdom teeth out, probably where the teeth weren't embedded in the bone, and he recommended that I have local anesthetic....so thats what I want."
- cw1242, on 10/11/2007, -1/+70I JUST had my wisdom teeth removed like literally 5 minutes ago!!! I'm sitting in a clinical research study waiting room with my mouth full of cotton and blood...good thing i decided to check digg AFTER my procedure instead of before.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+47I had all of my wisdom teeth pulled while fully awake. That was quite an experience, I can assure you.
- Brian48216, on 10/11/2007, -1/+39Would you rather have had the surgeon freak out and wildly wave his arms in the air?
It was probably his calm demeanor that made sure your short tempered dumb ass didn't die. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -9/+42Me too, right after they administered general, I started to feel my body react strangely (not like typical general) 10 seconds later I was passed out. The last thing I remember is the doctor yelling at the nurse to get oxygen.... creepy.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+32I'll spare you the list of common ways of dying in your own home.
- furntree, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31They are talking about a kinked oxygen hose, possible nitrous suffocation?
more about nitrous here: http://erowid.org/chemicals/nitrous/nitrous.shtml - majordannyboy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+33I totally disagree... I had two wisdoms pulled with just a local and the other two pulled at a later date under general. I would prefer the general. So much more relaxing.
- RyeBrye, on 10/11/2007, -0/+29Actually, you are DEFINITELY at more danger of dying in a car accident on the way to the accident than in the procudure.
You just as likely to be struck by lightning than to die getting your wisdom teeth removed. - jasz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24same here.. the family must be devastated.
Can't blame the dentist, he hadn't even started the procedure.. looks like the problem was with the anesthesia. - Homunculiheaded, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24I had local, but honestly it really depends on what your situation is. All of my wisdom teeth had actually come up, so it was simple extraction, quick, and relatively painless. Other's have to have impacted Wisdom teeth cut out of the gum, which is much more like surgery than an extraction. I've known cases were some of the tooth has to be sawed out of the jaw-bone (severaly impacted). Wisdom teeth removal is not always the same procedure. Yes some extractions are simple and require at most a stitch or two, in other cases it really is surgery and general is just as necessary as with any other surgery.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23you guys are lucky...I got a few molars pulled the good ol' fashion way: clamped on and the dentist put his foot on my chair and just pulled for a while
- Akaji, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23Actually, it's not that uncommon. It's a form of anxiety / panic attack - the same happened to me when I had my wisdom teeth out. I've never heard of it causing complications.
- Otto, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24I went under general. It was fine. No pain of any kind. Of course, I'm unable to have most of the more common locals anyway (allergic).
- Dokument, on 10/11/2007, -3/+22that doesnt improve their self seteem
- shawnz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19i find Bounce to be the best antistatic.
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as for anesthetic, i haven't got the faintest idea. - stauken, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19I went under local and was completely fine. I had no problem of any kind. The fact is that there are nerves that your wisdom teeth can attach to that can cause very bad results if they are damaged in the process of removing the teeth. ***** happens. I feel horrible for the kid, and one of the most horrifying experiences in my life was being forced to watch a 20 minute video taped explanation that the wisdom tooth extraction process can kill you (even under local anesthesia) or leave your jaw permanently damaged; but this is a risk any time it ever happens. So basically the point is; local or general, you always are at risk with that particular operation.
- cdharrison, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18They made you watch a video? *****... I wasn't advised of any risks... Thankfully, all 4 of mine were extracted under general and I had no problems... but damn...
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18I had general when my wisdom teeth were pulled. They were all impacted and it required a little bit more than just pulling out a partially exposed tooth. Under local it would have been awkward for me to be awake during the whole procedure. It took them an hour to get 3 of them, and another hour to get the last one. It had to be taken out in pieces.
I woke up half way through, made a noise that sounded like "Gurrrurrrurrrr" and they turned up the oxygen, and I was back asleep in no time.
Best part of the operation?
"Ok, start counting down from 100 as we start the anesthesia."
"100, ninety-nighhhhh" - blindyboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Yea, blame the doctor, I guess that's the easiest thing to do. I mean, it could never just be a bad reaction to the anesthetic, or an allergy that no one, including family members know about. These things happen, its a tragedy, but administering something to a patient with no known problems(if he had some, that would be the headline) is hardly negligence, just as I doubt yours was either. If there was a "kink" in the oxygen tube, then fine, but that's all we'll hear about when a malpractice suit rolls around instead of any other things that happened, like a bad reaction.
- josephlucas, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16of all the places you could have linked for information about Nitrous, you chose erowid. I like the way you think.
- danielrh9, on 10/11/2007, -7/+23If there ever was a need for a medical malpractice lawsuit, it's with this case. Take a look at the following quote from the article...
"According to Fefergrad, the registrar, someone then noticed a kink in the tube that was to supply oxygen to Levene. The tube was blocked."
I would go so far as to argue that this is a case of criminal negligence. This poor kid died because of a stupid elementary mistake. - asaturn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17did he tie a string around your tooth and the doorknob and slam the door?
- PaperMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15I had all four of my wisdom teeth out under general anesthetic and I felt like a million bucks afterward.. of course I didn't have a kinked oxygen tube when I had my general.
- Akaji, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14*never going outside ever again*
- Toupee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I felt awesome too right after the surgery, but I discovered in the following, oh, three weeks? that Vicadin is really overrated. My mouth hurt like a ***** for a long time... and my trash can made me look like some kind of yogurt junkie.
- Protoss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Did you bring your laptop to the surgery? Thats amazing.
- scrimaxinc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Get the nitrous. Get knocked out. It's more fun.
- JefffN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Dentists have an extremely low death rate? I guess that's why most of them are so old.
- Rikka, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Thanks, Digg, right when i'm planning to get my wisdom teeth pulled out.
- FastZ, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13So really, this has nothing to do with the dentist, it's about the kid having a fatal reaction to general anesthesia. This is why they make you fill out those questionaires before you're seen by the doc.
- CaptMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Actually is that uncommon. What he's talking about is called malignant hyperthermia. It happens in about 1 in 10,000-50,000 administrations of general anesthesia. Prior to the introduction of drugs to stop it, it was lethal in most cases. These days, it's only lethal in about 5% of the cases. That percentage drops to almost 0 if the drugs to counter it are on hand in the facilities.
http://expertpages.com/news/mortality_anesthesia.htm - mikeon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12When I had 3 of mine pulled, they showed me the video about the nerves and the dangers. Even had papers that said it was possible I might die during the procedure. I went under general and got knocked out as soon as the guy could find a vein on my puny little arms that were big enough (Took about 5 minutes as he kept poking holes everywhere causing huge bruises the next day)
My teeth were deep inside the gums and at 90 degree angles so that the top parts were pushing up against my other teeth making them go out of alignment, one was even pushing one of my molars into my gums. - AzleGamer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Holy *****, and I just got my wisdom teeth removed Monday. Of course I only remember an IV going into me, followed by the doc injecting something into and then it went dark.
- ryancxx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Because this has definitely never happened anywhere else..
- elmuerte17, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10i was stuck with local anaesthetic for mine. two of 'em were infected and the infection neutralized the anaesthetic. it was the worst pain i have ever felt, and i've had a few broken bones
- tdawson2012, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Dental is not covered under Canadian Health care. It's private. ***** Ass.
- plaincorgi, on 10/11/2007, -3/+13Such a depressing few days that was, how something like this can happen just boggles my mind. This was actually my boss' son. Damn
- uwjames, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Thanks for retriggering my yogurt addiction. Three months of sobriety down the drain.
- mywhitenoise, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13***** you.
- thedarkrabbit, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Wow... I never thought I would actually read the words "Dental Tragedy"
Now my fear of the Dentist has gone up. - projectinfamy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9A kink in the oxygen tube. That's devastating. =S
- profOblivion, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Had absolutely ZERO to do with the Canadian health care system. It was a freak accident and could have happened anywhere. Not only that, but the incident was at a dental surgeon's office, not the hospital.
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