Can dentist's extract impacted wisdom teeth in the UK or do you have to go to hospital?

Am sure dentist's can do it right? my dentist is from the NHS as am not working at the moment, i got a appoitment tommorrow, surely a dentist is trained to extracted impacted teeth or tooth arent they? thanks.

Can dentist's extract impacted wisdom teeth in the UK or do you have to go to hospital?
had mine out in hospital about 10 years ago. top two and bottom two.
Reply:yeah, dentists can do that in their office. although he has to be a licensed surgeon of that field. i forgot what its called. but yeah, he can remove the impacted tooth in his office. ihad mine removed, it only took him like 45 minutes to open it up, remove it and sew it back. but we had to go to a specialist not just a general dentist
Reply:you have to go to a dental hospital which is normally in a hospital as they dont have the resources in a normal dental surgery. you wouldnt have and operation in your doctor surgery would you ?
Reply:you have to be refered to the hospital by your dentist so wheter dentists can do it or not you'll still have to see your dentist
Reply:It depends if you have to undergo GA. If you need GA, you need to go to hospital where it's safer. If you needed to be resuscitated they have the equipment and crash team.
Reply:Depends how bad it is as I had one out last year by my dentist and it was straightforward and didn't need stitching
Reply:Depends on the experience of the dentist and the degree of impaction there.. It is often better to have an Oral Surgeon do the procedure but can be done with sedation not necessarily a general
Reply:hi there i am a dental nurse and a dentist can carry out the extraction if he/she feels confident that they can do it this is usually determined from an xray showing the root shape and positioning and if a lower tooth how close the tooth lies to the nerve. confidence of the dentist would depend on the experience that they have in doing such extractions within a dental surgery this procedure can be carried out under local anaesthetic with or without sedation patient and dentist qualification pending. a referral to the hospital would be sent if the dentist feels that it is necessary due to difficulty or if a GA was needed and it is felt to be in the best interest of the patient.





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