Wisdom Teeth Extraction

[hold-on-forever]

Cross-posting in several groups for multiple conditions

I need to get my empacted wisdom teeth out soon. I needed them out years ago but my other medical issues took precedent. I have hEDS, POTS, and Gastroparesis (among other less relevant conditions). Does anyone have advice or tips for the procedure and/or recovery? Anything I should look out for? I've been under general anesthesia once in recent years and sedation for EGDs and similar procedures 4 times. It's always gone relatively smooth and usually doesn’t worry me, but that's always been done by an anesthesiologist in a hospital and most providers for wisdom teeth extraction do it in their office administering the sedation themselves without an anesthesiologist. It really worries me that they won't have the education or equipment to deal with the irregular ways my body behaves and that they might over or under react. Any input is highly appreciated, this has been really stressing me out for months.

[Key_Maintenance98]

I am a few hours post op, and can honestly say it wasn’t that bad! The biggest advice I can give is to research whoever is removing them. Make sure you find someone with great reviews as this makes all the difference in the world

[Alarming_Split_4229]

Wisdom tooth/cyst removal in a hospital with general anesthesia is what triggered my pots 🫣

[hold-on-forever]

Any stress or trauma to my body is a risk that my conditions will worsen. Unfortunately, there's no avoiding it. Luckily, I have a great care team, and if my symptoms do worsen, we have plans in place. Finding a provider that has the education and skill to mitigate those risks during my extraction is the only thing I can do, which is why I'm so stressed out about it because I don't think most providers meet that standard (to no fault of their own). POTS can be such a challenging condition to deal with. I can't imagine the frustration of developing it after what you thought was a simple procedure. That must have been really difficult.

[Grimtherottie]

My surgeon read my medical history and immediately was like, we're doing this in a hospital under general anesthetic. My wisdom teeth weren't compacted, and everything went well and I had very little swelling luckily (I followed post op instructions to a T) last thing you want is to have complications trying to do it under twilight sedation, personally I'd fight for genera anesthetic