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Is it safe for a patient to drive herself/himself home after wisdom tooth removal if only local anesthetic was given for the procedure?
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Maybe not, but...: It can depend on many, many variables. For example, some people are not safe to drive no matter what the situation is... which is why we in the U.S. have 34,000 deaths each year by car wrecks. Other variables besides the skill of the driver, include the distance driven, the safeness of the route taken, the degree of distraction by the unusual jaw and face sensations after the procedure, etc...
Answered 1/25/2018
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