Sue that asshole. You have a witness (may not testify....but they will probably settle anyway)

I can say for a fact that it happens, despite Hollywood making a movie about it. I had my wisdom teeth pulled back in June. During the procedure, I kept waking up for brief periods. And yes, I remember everything. I remember feeling the rubber block in my mouth to keep my jaw open. I remember the doctor reaching in and pulling out the teeth. Unfortunately, the rest of my body took the anesthesia well. All I could was sit there and cry. It was terrifying.

"Apparently the medicines don't work on me" All the people saying "sue" don't know what they're talking about. You can't sue for that because it's not malpractice. In other words, the doctor was operating under perfect procedure, it was the OP's fault for not telling the doctor that they were immune to painkiller. I'm immune to one kind of anesthesia, and I have to tell my doctor every time I get a surgery, so he can use an alternative. (actually, I'm immune to the alternative, so the regular works just fine for me) Of course, in this case, the OP probably didn't know, which means that it's nobody's fault, it just sucks majorly. I mean, theoretically the doctor could test everyone, but it would suck for the rest of us who'd have to get anesthesia once before the surgery just so he could tell if it worked. If he underdosed her, it'd be another story, but the way it's written implies otherwise. I'm tempted to cry fake on this one though. Or, at the least, the OP doesn't know what's going on. Contrary to popular belief, getting teeth extracted hurts like hell. Most people (even the ones who could feel it) are still under partial influence of the anesthesia and therefore some of the pain is blocked. If she were totally immune, she wouldn't have been able to "sit there crying." She'd be thrashing around. I'm an ex-football lineman who does 3 kinds of martial arts, and I've never been hit by anything that hurt even half as much as getting a tooth extracted totally without painkiller.Much more likely the OP's dose just wore off a bit early, leaving her immobile, but also (thankfully) partially sedated.

Eff you, I'm getting my teeth yanked out in two months.

SUE! It would be one thing if no one noticed during the procedure but a nurse definitely saw something was wrong and the jackass dentist just dismissed an obvious red flag.

My wisdom teeth will not be touched. My top left tooth has grown, and my top right one is growing. **** getting them cut out or pulled.

Anesthesia Awareness: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23597612/ It might not be the doctor's fault that she woke up but the fact that she had her eyes open and was crying and the doctor completely disregarded this, might giver her reason to sue. If instead of shrugging it off, had the doctor reacted to the nurse's concern, the OP could've been spared the pain.

My god. I had my wisdom 2 wisdom teeth pulled on the same side, and I have 2 more to go on the other side. Next year.( Yeah I spaced the sugeries 2 years apart) They just injected my gums with novacaine or lidocane. And I could feel that pressure of them pulling and wiggling. God it was awful. I dare say it may be worse than child birth( at least ur getting something cute out it) . And now I'm glad they didn't put me sleep i would not want to freak out and wake up out of if. Lord that would suck. True the vicadin they gave me did not work, I had to take 4. With my moms permission. They just knocked me out for the rest of the day.They were only good for sleeping. Op I wish u the best in getting over this.

way to scare me.. i need mine taken out soon =(

hahaha good i hope it hurt real bad