<i>One slip up by your anesthesiologist and you are kaput. Doctor&#x27;s are people who make mistakes. Minimise risk.</i><p>Technically true, but the kind of sedation used for wisdom teeth removal is nowhere near as disruptive to your body as the general anesthesia you&#x27;d be under for, say, open heart surgery.  The kind of sedation used for that is the same (or very close) to what they use for placing stents, doing arthroscopic surgery, etc.   I can&#x27;t even imagine how many patients are sedated every day around the US and there doesn&#x27;t seem to be any epidemic of people having adverse reactions.