My daughter has to get her wisdom teeth out but she is severely afraid of needles. what options are there for her?

IV Sedation or OR: If your daughter is terrified of needles, she has the following options: 1) An oral anti-anxiety pill and than local (needle) remembering the pill will really chill her out, 2) IV Sedation or twilight sleep which will be used first and than local (needle) to insure profound pain relief and 3) final option would be General Anesthesia in an OR setting. Using insurance to help pay, may limit choice!

IV or General Anesth: In many cases wisdom teeth should be extracted due to complications associated with the presence of tooth decay or gums. For anxious, dental phobic patients the procedure, generally performed under intravenous (IV) sedation, or general anesthesia by a specially trained dentist or oral surgeon. See your oral surgeon for more information.