“Why does it take so long to wake up from dental anesthesia?”
I am a 20 year old female. I want to know why does it take so long to wake up from dental anesthesia?
4 Answers
Time of emergence from anesthesia is related to the quantitative doses and type of medications administered as well as your ability to metabolize the anesthetics.
Dentists typically use long acting drugs
I cannot give you a specific, detailed answer to your question without knowing what your dentist gave you; however, one drug that dentists use (ketamine) can have lasting effects; ketamine acts as a strong analgesic and a dissociative anesthetic, but may have residual effects that last more than twelve hours afterward.
Most dental anesthesia utilizes Nitrous oxide gas which prolongs recovery although not significantly.
