Published September 2026
- Before the day itself, a separate visit covers your health history and medicines
- General anesthesia happens in an office, a surgery center, or a hospital, set up for it
- A trained anesthesia provider puts you fully asleep and stays with you the whole time
- Your breathing and heartbeat are watched throughout the procedure
- You wake up gradually afterward, and someone else drives you home
Who usually does it
oral surgeon. Oral surgery offices, hospital dentistry, and pediatric cases that cannot be done awake.
One question worth asking
Where will this be done, and is the facility billed separately from the dentist?
General anesthesia
You are fully asleep for the procedure, given by a trained anesthesia provider in an office, surgery center or hospital. Billed in fifteen minute blocks, with a separate evaluation visit beforehand.
An anesthesia provider puts you fully to sleep and stays with you throughout, in an office set up for it, a surgery center or a hospital. There is a separate evaluation visit beforehand to go over health history and medicines. Time is billed in fifteen minute blocks, and the dental work itself is billed on its own lines. Most plans file this as Major. What they actually pay varies by plan.
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