Hi Nibbles,
I just thought of my reply to you suggesting to call your oral surgeon on monday and remembered that monday is a holiday!! So of course no one will be in the office......... so no help there :-((
If the surgeon planned on giving you IV sedation, you would have had to sign a release form and you would have been given strict instructions about not eating for at least 9 hours prior to your appointment. If he planned on giving you oral sedation, then he would have given you a prescription and instructions on how to use it. Do you recall any of those things being discussed?
Otherwise, you will have local anesthetic and will be given the choice of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) or not which means that you should have something to eat and a glass of water about an hour or two prior to your appointment.
Sorry if my other reply caused any confusion....... I forgot this was a holiday weekend!!
Please keep in touch ~'.'~
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Nibbles
I'm going in on Tuesday for my surgery on this tooth, and I have not heard a word from the dental surgeons office. I don't know if I am supposed to fast, or avoid doing anything before I go in. There have been a number of stories in the media today about surgeries done in private hospitals resulting in death, which is not increasing my confidence at all..
I don't know what to do, I can't live with this stupid tooth and the blazing headaches any more, but I really am not happy with the lack of basic info I've been given (they haven't told me how long the surgery will take, how long I should take off afterwards, or any of the very basic things) I've gotten more info from this site than I have from the doctor's office.
I realise that some of these are things that are my responsibility to ask, but I think that things like do I need to fast/stop taking any meds before surgery is one that they should be telling me before I go in? When I did ask questions of the nurse that I booked in with, I didn't really get helpful answers..
Any thoughts?
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