Dr. Katie ToThe Wellness Dentist, CEO and Founder of Center for Wellness Dentistry and Wellness Dentist Institute.

What to Know Before Dental Surgery: Anesthesia Options and Prep

10 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment Dr. Katie To advises patients on how to prepare for dental surgery. She emphasizes starting a clean diet, staying well‑hydrated, and getting adequate sleep to support the immune system and recovery. A pre‑surgery checklist is mentioned as a tool to ensure patients complete all necessary steps before the procedure. On the day of surgery, patients can choose between local anesthesia (awake) and general anesthesia with a medical doctor present; the choice is personal, and while both are available, the majority of patients successfully undergo the procedure with only local anesthesia.

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We also encourage them to start eating clean, improve on hydration and sleep. That's critical to immune system and recovery. We have a whole checklist of what to do before the surgery. And then during the surgery, the day of surgery, patients do have choice, of course, beforehand to doing with local anesthesia or doing it when they have general anesthesia with a medical doctor by their side. It is a personal preference. Nobody say you have to be sedated or awake for it, but majority of patients can handle that with local anesthesia.