Wisdom tooth out...??? IV?

Question

I am having 1 wisdom tooth out tomorrow. It is impacted and I chose to do it with only local anesthetic. Will they still need to put an IV in me for anything? It doesn't bother me, I'm just curious.

Answer 1

They won't need to put an IV in you, especially since you only need one out.  I think they'd only do that if you were getting all four out and/or if all four were impacted.

I only got 2 out at once (because I only have 2 wisdom teeth) and no IV was needed even though they were both impacted.