I took the local anesthetic for wisdom teeth... it was a real strange thing to have my jaw jerked about and to hear the crunching of the teeth as they broke.

For wisdom teeth they often offer general anesthesia, at least where I am in the US they do. I passed on it and they gave local instead with novocaine in the gums. 

I felt most of it which sucked a lot, but still preferable to getting knocked out.

If I'm dying, obviously go ahead and knock me out, do what you gotta do:
https://stacker.news/items/454525?commentId=454660

OneOneSeven

But the anesthesia used in dentistry is local, not general? General anesthesia is a completely different ball game.

SpaceHodler

Sounds like the reasonable thing to do. I sedated myself with alcohol last time i had a tooth problem~~

south_korea_ln

science

For 170 Years, No One's Known How General Anaesthesia Works (2020)

This is why I chose no anesthesia when I had three wisdom teeth pulled at some rinkydink dentist office this year hahahah.

