Depends on the type of anasthesia used.

If you have a modern dentist you will get a simple injection in your gums to numb the area, after which the tooth can be removed painlessly. The anasthesia is very local and won't even cause uncontrolled drooling, just a numbness of the mouth that lasts a few hours.

If you have a dentist who for some reason still thinks it is circa 1950 you may get laughing gas (nitrous oxide) which can have much more serious side effects (including death), which is why no dentist worth his salt uses that anymore.

These days the removal of a wisdom tooth can be done quickly, cleanly and painlessly. My dentist always advises people to have them removed before they start causing trouble, because at that time they will still have the structural integrity to be removed in one piece and with one pull.

If you wait until they start to decay they may have to be removed in pieces, which involves making incisions into the gums.

The first procedure has you eating normally again one to two days after the surgery, while the second one may have you in pain for a week or two.

One thing to be careful of with wisdom teeth: When they are pulled they leave a relatively big hole in your jaw. This hole gets filled with a blood clot and that is normal and good. However, this clot may dislodge itself, leading to a nerve being directly exposed to air which is incredibly painful.

To avoid this it is very important to avoid svcking motions for the first two days or so, after that the risk of so-called 'dry socket' is neglible. This means no beverages drunk from straws or smoking. If you do happen to get dry socket (it is rare), plug the hole with a piece of sterile gauze and contact your dentist, stitches may be in order.

Plugging the hole will grant instant relief from the worst of the pain.

Just remember OP. There's a reason they are called Wisdom Teeth. After your operation, you will become a toothless, blabbering, drooling idiot.

I was never the same after having all four of mine pulled.

In the UK, they offer either sedation (in the form of a gas or Triazapan to calm your nerves) then local injections to the gum.

If the Wisdom teeth are impacted, however, they quite often will offer you a General Anaesthetic (which means you're 100% unconscious). It's rare that they do this for dental work, but there's a lot of tugging, sawing and drilling to get an impacted Wisdom out and, being at the back of your mouth, it's often extremely uncomfortable while you're awake.

Several of my friends have had to be put completely asleep for impacted wisdom teeth, but it's the only dental surgery they'll ever do it with really.

Yeah, that's probably why they offered me general anesthetic over sedation. All four of my teeth are apparently impacted, although from what I remember of the x-rays none of them are too bad. In fact, I had no idea they were impacted because there are gaps with all but one of my teeth.

One hour until I leave for the surgery. After that, five days of watching movies and eating ice cream .

We were talking about drugs that alter your perception so I assumed you meant those when you said no anesthesia, I guess my "?" wasn't a good indication that I wasn't sure if that's what you meant or not. And around here, they schedule for general unless you say otherwise if your teeth are to be surgically removed. (Not pulled, but if they're impacted.)

You'll be fine, I had all 4 impacted and removed at the same time. I hung out in bed and ate milkshakes and painkillers for about 3 days but by day 4, I was fine. Just enjoy your mini-vacation! And impacted doesn't always mean there isn't room, they could be coming in at an odd angle. (Least that was my understanding of it.)

I highly doubt they'll use anything that makes you go crazy afterward. Many of my friends have had wisdom tooth extractions, and they were just given general anaesthetics to numb the pain for a few hours.

No laughing gas or anything ,hah.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Novacaine svcks. I have to get upwards of 12+ shots of novacaine and I still feel everything they do. However, they knock me out and they could cut my head off and I wouldn't know.

Last time I had any oral surgery it took them 20 minutes to wake me up. I kept saying, 'Nah...nah...I don't want to go to school. Just lemme sleep.', they said it was the funniest thing they ever encountered.