Why do Americans seem to always be put to sleep for wisdom tooth removal? /u/ChronicChaos01 No such thing as stupid questions

In the UK we don’t use GA unless a tooth is very impacted or has some other extreme reason it can’t be removed while the patient is awake – I had mine taken out 1 at a time over a few months and it took 15/20 mins max in between patients and I was back working straight away on the next patients – still with a cotton swab in my mouth (I work as a dental nurse)

I see a lot of American videos and they have literal bandages wrapped around them and a mouth packed full of swabs etc

I’m just curious why it seems like I come across tonnes of videos online of mainly Americans having GA for this? Given GA use runs with its complications?

Edit: wondering if I’m just being fed videos of Americans being high after GA or LA and it’s not actually the majority that are put to sleep

In the UK we don’t use GA unless a tooth is very impacted or has some other extreme reason it can’t be removed while the patient is awake – I had mine taken out 1 at a time over a few months and it took 15/20 mins max in between patients and I was back working straight away on the next patients – still with a cotton swab in my mouth (I work as a dental nurse)

I see a lot of American videos and they have literal bandages wrapped around them and a mouth packed full of swabs etc

I’m just curious why it seems like I come across tonnes of videos online of mainly Americans having GA for this? Given GA use runs with its complications?

Edit: wondering if I’m just being fed videos of Americans being high after GA or LA and it’s not actually the majority that are put to sleep