How does the anesthesiologist keep you asleep during wisdom teeth removal?

Wisdom Teeth: Typically during removal of your wisdom teeth, the doctors use what is called IV sedation. They have continuously infuse a sedative into your veins that will induce sleep far enough for a minor surgery, yet not so deep a sleep that you are exposed to any significant risks. Your doctor & dentist will customize the medications based on your health history & conditions.

I've sedation: Is IV sedation. Only an oral surgeon can do IV sedation to remove wisdom teeth. It is faster and less painful. This is conscious sedation. Way safer than general anesthesia (completely out). Your surgeon monitors you oxygen, blood pressure. If needed they can wake you up quickly. You are really awake all the time. You get meds to help you forget and prevent pain.

I.V plus: You can get local, I.V.Sedation, nitrous (laughing gas) general ( unconscious). Or combinations of each of those. A crna or anesthesiolgist can give all but the oral surgeon can only give sedation and local. Safer to have someone there to do the anesthesia other than the person doing the extractions.

Sedative medications: Most wisdom teeth can be removed using a combination of local (numbing) anesthetic and sedation. Small doses of medications (almost any kind of sedative) are carefully given to keep the patient comfortable, but still awake and breathing. In some cases, patients may require general anesthesia and intubation for dental procedures.

IV sedation: With a variety of sedative medications through your iv.