Brian wrote:You had to go on an IV? for me they just strapped some laughing gas tube on my nose and started talking about how nice my eyes were and then I felt someone poke inside my mouth, and some pulling, and it was over.
If they put you to sleep, they use an IV. It's not a typical IV though, it's not attached via a tube to a hanging bag. Instead it's just a small needle with a plastic attachment to it held into the vein and taped to your skin. Basically like the IV without the tube and the bag, they can then inject the anesthesia into you through this needle.
The reason they use that instead of just injecting the anesthesia directly into your vein, is they don't give it all to you at once. They have to keep giving you a little bit at a time, to make sure that you only get the minimal amount needed. That way you can get up as soon as it's over.
If they didn't use the IV, they'd have to keep sticking you over and over again with a syringe.
Lol, I consider myself a bit of an IV expert, I've had plenty of them in my life. I'm not scared of them anymore, hell, I could probably accurately insert my own IVs by now, and believe me... I've had nurses before that had to take several tries to hit the vein, which shouldn't have been hard considering my skin is practically see-through and my veins are clearly visible. [/end rant]
ANYWAY! What I was getting too, the worst part of the IV in my opinion is when they pull the tape off. And luckily for the dental surgery you'll still be asleep when they do that.