Wisdom teeth being pulled in matter of hours?

[johnagent1911]

Hey getting my wisdom teeth taken out in like 5 hours. However they said to me not to eat after 12PM. Well me being who I am ignored that and enjoyed a meal at 1AM. Does anyone know the risks I'm running? Also how bad was it for you? Haven't really talked to anyone about it... Would like to know more.

[avman]

The reason they say that is that the anesthesia they use can make you nauseous. If you have an empty stomach that is minimized.

 

You should tell your dentist that you ate something. They may want to reschedule the surgery. Don't just ignore it, you could vomit during the procedure and aspirate it into your lungs (yes, thats a bad thing).

[kellbell]

Tell your oral surgeon that you ate something. Anesthesia can make you feel sick to your stomach so they rather have you do the surgery on an empty stomach. It's a precaution. You might have to re-schedule.

[Jinx]

Don't just ignore it, you could vomit during the procedure and aspirate it into your lungs (yes, thats a bad thing).

As avman stated this is a major problem, and you can have serious complications.

 

When it comes to surgery and anesthesia they're extremely picky about this for the safety of their patient. I learned this myself after drinking a minute amount of soda, and they wanted to reschedule it over that, far less a meal.

 

The worse thing you can do is not tell them and put yourself at risk and cause the doctor problems. It is better to reschedule and do it on a truly empty stomach than lie and cause yourself problems.

[RayKay]

Yup, you better call them and tell them.

 

There are reasons for the "no eating past ___" rule, I have known many whom broke it by even a few minutes, and were told to reschedule. It can have bad consequences if you have a reaction to the anasthesia, as has been mentioned by others.

 

Tell them, because not telling them and hoping they won't find out can put your health at risk, even during a really minor surgery like getting your teeth pulled.

 

They may decide it's okay, but better to be safe then sorry.

[annie24]

definitely - anathethesia is not something to mess with. I hope by now you've told your doctor, and maybe he will reschedule it.

[KIDD]

Wow, that's weird.. I'm getting mines pulled too next week & I was about to basically ask the same questions as you lol!