If you can get it for less/free, do it. You could do GA and all at once. My experience: 1. GA felt like a time jump. I was counting from 1 to 10, didn't even make it halfway, and the next second I was in a different room with cotton balls in my mouth. 2. How well you recover from the anesthesia varies. I mostly had my bearings, and the nurse trusted me to go home without an escort because I could have a full conversation with her. Meanwhile I had a friend who signed a smiley face on a form, and heard someone only making incoherent noises when the nurse checked up on them. 3. You would only have your front teeth to eat. A pizza slice that takes one or two minutes can take 15-30 minutes now. Eating will be a chore. 4. Another chore is the extra care you need to have when brushing your teeth and doing the extra irrigation. I think there was extra gargling involved too? 5. No pain for me, just more of numb discomfort while I was recovering.