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Do I need anesthesia for a tooth extraction?
I'm 22 years old and I need to have one of my upper teeth extracted. But here's the thing... I don't want to use anesthesia during my procedure, mainly because I don't like unnatural things in my body. Is it possible to do my procedure without out it?
2 Answers
Yes, but I would speak to your dentist about all your options. Any anesthetic used for a simple tooth extraction would likely be administered by the dentist, not an anesthesiologist.
You may be able to just do it with local anesthesia where lidocaine is injected around the nerves that supply that tooth. I don’t think so here are any dentists that would attempt this without any anesthetic as it would be too painful.