[dancek]

Many comments here mention waking up during wisdom tooth extraction. I've had two surgical wisdom tooth removals under local anesthesia. General anesthesia was never suggested to me, and frankly I can't see why you'd even want that when local anesthesia works just fine and is safer.

Is it common to have general anesthesia for wisdom tooth surgery somewhere in the world, maybe USA? I live in Finland.

One of my operations turned out problematic and slightly traumatic. No one wants stressful situations like that, of course. I'd still rather remember what happened and try to come to terms with it.